Easy Homemade Barbeque Chicken Pizza
Ingredients
For the pizza crust:
- 2 1/2 cup All purpose flour
- 1 Cup Luke warm water.
- 1/2 Tsp Sugar
- 2 1/4 Tsp Instant dry yeast(one packet).
- 2 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil (or any mild tasting oil).
- 1/2 Tsp Garlic powder(Or more if you like)
- 1/2 Tsp Salt
- 1 Tsp Italian seasoning or at least some oregano and basil for flavor.
For toppings:
- 1 - 1 1/2 Cups Caramalized thinly sliced peppers (See notes). I used yellow,red and orange peppers.
- 4-5 Tenderloins of chicken cooked and cubed (See below).
- 1 Cup Smoked Gouda cheese grated(or more if you like)
- 1/2-1 Cup Mozzarella grated (Do not use grated cheese bought from stores. This has an anticaking agent and will not melt properly. Use block of cheese for best results.)
- 1/2 - 1 Cup Barbecue sauce
- 2-3 Sprigs Chopped green oinions. And more for garnishing.
- 2 Tsp Oregano
- 1/2 Red onion sliced.
For the chicken
- 3 Tsp Smoked paprika
- 2 Tsp Garlic powder
- 2-3 Tbsp Extra virgin olive oil.
- Salt to taste.
Instructions
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Preheat your oven at 425F.
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Caramelize peppers on medium high heat in olive oil. Add salt and any seasonings you like to it. I added smoked paprika and garlic to mine.
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Season chicken with smoked paprika, chili powder, garlic, and salt. Cook the chicken on medium heat in a frying pan with two table spoons of oil, 4-5mins per side. When it is done, rest the meat for a few minutes for juicier tenderloins. Then cube the chicken for the pizza.
To make the crust
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While the chicken and peppers are cooking, in a medium bowl, mix yeast and sugar. Do not add salt at this point.
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Then pour the oil and warm water over the yeast mix. Leave it unstirred for a minute.
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Combine all the dry ingredients and whisk. Then dumb all of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Mix it to form a sticky dough.
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Transfer the dough to a floured table top and knead it for five minutes. Use flour and oil on your hands to manage the dough. After five minutes or so you will notice that the dough is softer and elastic.
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Oil your pizza pan with coconut oil (easier to release your pizza after baking) and spread your dough in your preferred shape , thickness. Make sure to leave the edges thicker.
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Poke holes on the pizza dough with a fork to avoid the dough bubbling up while baking. Leave the dough to rest for 10 minutes while you prep your toppings.
Topping the pizza
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Brush barbecue sauce generously on the crust. Arrange caramelized peppers on the crust. Add chopped green onions. Next add chicken, Gouda cheese and finally mozzarella. Then arrange sliced onion. Adding onions last helped them cook and caramelize a bit and this was tasty! Crush generous amount of oregano between your fingers and sprinkle on the pizza. After you top the cheese, make sure to press the cheese gently on to the other toppings. This helps the cheese to soak in some of the moisture of other toppings. It avoids burning and helps to have perfectly melted cheese.
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Bake the pizza for 15-16mins or until you have slightly golden brown edges. Take the pizza out and garnish it with some green onions or cilantro. Let it cool for couple of minutes.
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Pig-out! :) Enjoy your barbecue chicken pizza.
Recipe Notes
Notes:
- Cooking time of this pizza is 15mins can be 20mins. But usually this pizza is done at 15mins. The telltale sign is a lightly brown edges.
- Brushing some water or oil on the crust will keep it from drying out.
- We used smoked Gouda but regular Gouda works perfect as well.