Easy BBQ Chicken Pizza
Barbecue sauce, shredded chicken, mozzarella, red onion and cilantro. A great use for leftover rotisserie chicken.
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 13 min
- Total
- 58 min
- Makes
- 1 (12-inch) pizza
BBQ chicken pizza is the easiest way we know to turn half a rotisserie chicken into dinner. Tossing the chicken in a little sauce before it goes on keeps it juicy in a hot oven.
Make it your own
Use your favorite bottled barbecue sauce or one of our homemade BBQ sauces. A little smoked gouda or smoked cheddar with the mozzarella makes a noticeable difference.
Easy BBQ Chicken Pizza
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 13 min
- Rest & wait
- 30 min
- Total
- 58 min
- Makes
- 1 (12-inch) pizza
Ingredients
Method
Heat the oven with a pizza steel, stone or upside-down sheet pan inside to 500°F for at least 30 minutes.
Toss the chicken with 2 tablespoons of the barbecue sauce.
Stretch the dough into a 12-inch round on parchment. Spread the remaining sauce over the dough, then add the cheeses, chicken and red onion.
Bake for 11 to 13 minutes, until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling.
Scatter with cilantro and slice.
A new recipe from our editors: times are estimates and have not yet been confirmed in our own test kitchen. Use the doneness cues and temperatures above.
Questions, answered
Should the chicken be cooked before it goes on the pizza?
Yes. Always start with fully cooked chicken; the pizza bakes too quickly to cook raw chicken safely.
