This home made BBQ hen pizza options tangy BBQ sauce, pre-cooked hen, and purple onion. Mixing mozzarella with smoked gouda cheese makes for essentially the most scrumptious taste, and cilantro provides a contact of freshness. My pizza dough recipe makes sufficient for 2 12-inch pizzas, so you possibly can freeze half for later in case you solely need one pizza now. Ditch the restaurant as a result of you possibly can actually style the distinction right here!
I initially revealed this recipe in 2014Â and have since added new pictures and some extra success ideas.
Right here’s Why You’ll Love This BBQ Rooster Pizza
- Tangy-sweet barbecue sauce mingles with the flavors of smoky gouda cheese, sharp purple onion, and contemporary cilantro for an extremely flavorful pizza.
- Nice for anybody who doesn’t actually love pizza sauce. (And actually loves bbq sauce!)
- Makes use of pre-cooked/rotisserie hen for comfort.
- Gouda + mozzarella: Double the cheese.
Attempt This Home made Pizza Dough
Although store-bought crust is handy, I counsel utilizing home made dough for the BEST BBQ hen pizza. Home made pizza crust is so a lot simpler than you suppose.
I make this pizza dough each single week and that’s as a result of:
- You solely want 6 elements
- More often than not is hands-off (because the dough rises)
- The crust is the right steadiness of crisp edges & fluffy, chewy inside
- It’s a straightforward recipe, excellent for bread novices new to baking with yeast
- And it freezes nicely in order for you one pizza now, and one pizza later.
And it simply tastes so, so a lot better than something store-bought! I even have an equally easy complete wheat pizza dough recipe that bakes up surprisingly smooth. (I really like the heartier, healthful taste of that one.)
My pizza dough recipe yields about 2 lbs., which is sufficient for two pizzas. You want 1/2 of the dough recipe for 1 BBQ hen pizza, or you possibly can double the topping elements to make 2 pizzas. (Should you’re solely making 1 pizza, make a batch of tacky breadsticks on the aspect or freeze the second half of dough. Since you WILL need to make this BBQ hen pizza once more!!)
The right way to Make BBQ Rooster Pizza
After the pizza dough rises, it’s time to roll it out and add the toppings. Right here’s the whole lot you could high it:
Should you don’t have a pizza pan, you should use a daily sheet pan. Grease it with olive oil and sprinkle with cornmeal, after which press the dough into no matter form that may match. Ensure that the dough is about 1/2-inch thick. For a thinner pizza, stretch the dough out extra.
High the pizza crust with:
- BBQ Sauce: Everybody has a favourite kind of BBQ sauce, so use yours right here. You want about 1/3 cup, however you possibly can add extra in case you love further sauce. Or serve some on the aspect for dipping your crust.
- Rooster: You want 1 cup of chopped cooked hen. You should purchase pre-cooked hen or choose up a rotisserie hen. Shred it, then use because the pizza topping. Or you possibly can prepare dinner your individual hen for the BBQ hen pizza. One skinless boneless hen breast is loads. Whichever you utilize, toss the cooked hen in just a little BBQ sauce proper earlier than layering it on high of the pizza; doing so prevents the cooked hen from drying out.
- Cheese: For greatest taste, let’s use TWO cheeses. Shredded mozzarella for that basic pizza taste and smoked gouda for deep smoky taste. Smoked gouda pairs splendidly with the candy BBQ sauce and contemporary cilantro. If desired, you possibly can skip the gouda and use extra mozzarella.
- Pink Onion: Sharp purple onion provides a lot taste to every chew.
The pizza takes nearly quarter-hour to bake in a very popular oven. As soon as the sides are browned, take away from the oven and sprinkle with chopped contemporary cilantro. The contemporary cilantro on the new, tacky pizza knocks each chew out of the park. If cilantro isn’t your factor, no worries! You may depart it off or substitute with contemporary basil.
The flavors and textures on this pizza are merely unimaginable. You get the candy tang of the BBQ sauce-smothered hen, zesty purple onion, contemporary cilantro, smoky gouda, smooth & chewy crust, and melty mozzarella masking all of it. By far considered one of my favourite methods to high home made pizza.
Extra Pizza Recipes:
Home made BBQ Rooster Pizza
Prep Time: 2 hours, 10 minutes (consists of dough rising)
Cook dinner Time: quarter-hour
Whole Time: 2 hours, 25 minutes
Yield: one 12-inch pizza
Class: Dinner
Technique: Baking
Delicacies: American
Description
This home made BBQ hen pizza options tangy BBQ sauce, pre-cooked hen, and purple onion. Mixing mozzarella with smoked gouda cheese makes for essentially the most scrumptious taste, and cilantro provides a contact of freshness. My pizza dough recipe yields about 2 kilos of dough, which is sufficient for 2 12-inch pizzas. Toppings listed under are sufficient for one 12-inch pizza. Freeze the remainder of the pizza dough for one more time, or make two pizzas by doubling the topping elements. Be at liberty to make use of 1 lb. store-bought pizza dough as a substitute of home made.
Directions
- Dough: Put together pizza dough by means of step 3. If utilizing store-bought frozen pizza dough, be certain it’s thawed.
- Preheat oven to 475°F (246°C). Enable it to warmth for no less than 15–20 minutes as you form the pizza within the subsequent step. If utilizing a pizza stone, place it within the oven to preheat as nicely. Flippantly grease a big baking sheet or pizza pan with 1/2 Tablespoon of olive oil. Sprinkle evenly with cornmeal, which supplies the crust further crunch and taste.
- Form the dough: When the home made dough is prepared, punch it all the way down to launch any air bubbles. Divide the dough in half and freeze half the dough for one more time—see freezing directions within the pizza dough recipe. On a evenly floured work floor utilizing evenly floured fingers or rolling pin, gently flatten the dough right into a disc. Place on ready pan and, utilizing evenly floured fingers, stretch and flatten the disc right into a 12-inch circle, about 1/2-inch thick. If the dough retains shrinking again as you attempt to stretch it, cease what you’re doing, cowl it evenly and let it relaxation for five–10 minutes, then strive once more. As soon as formed right into a 12-inch circle, elevate the sting of the dough as much as create a lip across the edges. I merely pinch the sides as much as create the rim. If utilizing a pizza stone, place the dough straight on a baker’s peel dusted with cornmeal. Cowl dough evenly with plastic wrap or a clear kitchen towel and permit to relaxation for a couple of minutes as you collect the pizza toppings.
- High the pizza: Utilizing your fingers, push dents into the floor of the dough to forestall effervescent. Brush remaining olive oil everywhere in the dough. Unfold 1/3 cup (about 95g) BBQ sauce evenly on high of the dough. Toss the cooked hen with the remaining BBQ sauce, then scatter it throughout the pizza. High with evenly with the cheeses and purple onion.
- Bake for 14–quarter-hour or till the crust is golden brown. Take away from the oven, and sprinkle with contemporary cilantro, if desired.
- Slice sizzling pizza and serve instantly. Cowl leftover pizza tightly and retailer within the fridge for as much as 5 days. Freezing and reheating directions under.
Notes
- Freezing Directions: See home made pizza dough recipe for the way to freeze the pizza dough. You may freeze the baked and cooled pizza or pizza slices. Wrap tightly in plastic wrap and place wrapped slices in a freezer container or bag. Freeze as much as 3 months. Thaw within the fridge or at room temperature.
- Reheating Directions: Reheat leftover chilly pizza within the microwave or cowl with aluminum foil and bake on a lined baking sheet/pizza pan in a 350°F (204°C) oven till warmed. (About 10 minutes for slices, 15–20 minutes for complete pizza.)
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- Entire Wheat Pizza Dough: Be at liberty to make use of my complete wheat pizza dough recipe as a substitute. You solely want half of the dough to make 1 pizza, so freeze the additional dough in accordance with these instructions or make 2 pizzas.
- Topping Swaps: Should you wouldn’t have smoked gouda, substitute with the identical quantity of shredded mozzarella. You may depart off the onion and/or cilantro if desired.
- This recipe was impressed by the BBQ Rooster Pizza at California Pizza Kitchen restaurant.
