Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Deliciously flavorful homemade pizza.
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 292kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough recipe (makes 2) see below
- 3 strips of cooked bacon crumbled
- 2 tomatoes sliced, like Roma
- ½ red onion sliced and sautéed until translucent and soft
- 1 batch buffalo chicken see below
- 1 ½ C shredded mozzarella cheese
- ½ C parmesan cheese
For the Buffalo Chicken
- 1 chicken breast
- 2 tablespoon cooking oil like canola or vegetable oil
- ½ teaspoon salt, pepper, garlic powder, and paprika
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- ¼ C buffalo sauce we love Sweet Baby Ray's
Garlic Butter Sauce
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
Optional Toppings
- more buffalo sauce
- homemade Blue Cheese Dressing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 550°F and place baking stone inside if using.
- To make the buffalo chicken—chop the chicken into bite sized pieces and season with salt, pepper, garlic and paprika.
- Evenly sprinkle with cornstarch.
- Place oil in a pan and over medium heat. Cook chicken until no longer pink.
- Remove chicken from the pan and toss with buffalo sauce. Set aside.
- Make the garlic butter by heating both together in a small bowl until butter is melted. Set aside.
- Roll out dough and place cornmeal underneath or if using a baking sheet, place cornmeal on the sheet and place the rolled out dough on top.
- Using a brush or a spoon spread garlic butter over the entirety of the pizza, including the crust.
- Top with mozzarella, all toppings and then sprinkle with parmesan.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the crust is browned.
- Using a spatula slide pizza off the baking sheet onto a cutting board and allow to cool for 5 minutes.
- Enjoy with a healthy amount of blue cheese dressing on the side.
Nutrition
Calories: 292kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 854mg | Potassium: 214mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 462IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 190mg | Iron: 2mg