BBQ Chicken Pizza

5 from 8 votes

Get the classic BBQ Chicken Pizza recipe, plus other fun toppings you can add that pair well with BBQ and make your pizza even more flavorful.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Total Cost: $4.87 recipe / $1.21 serving

Servings: 2 slices each

Calories: 532.88kcal

Author: Beth Moncel

Equipment

Small Bowl
Skillet
Pizza Pan

Ingredients

Quick BBQ Chicken*

½ tsp smoked paprika $0.05
¼ tsp garlic powder $0.02
⅛ tsp salt $0.02
⅛ tsp black pepper freshly cracked, $0.02
1 chicken breast boneless, skinless (about ⅔ lb.) $2.20*
½ Tbsp cooking oil $0.04
¼ cup BBQ sauce $0.16**

Pizza

1 pizza dough $0.62***
4 oz. Monterey jack cheese shredded, $0.98
½ cup BBQ sauce $0.32
1 jalapeño sliced, (optional) $0.33
¼ cup red onion sliced, $0.11

Instructions

In a small bowl, combine the smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Season both sides of the chicken breast with the spices.
Heat a skillet over medium. Add the cooking oil and swirl to coat the surface of the skillet. Add the seasoned chicken breast and cook for about 5-7 minutes on each side, or until cooked through (internal temperature of 165ºF). Transfer the chicken to a clean cutting board.
Let the chicken rest for about 5 minutes, then chop into small pieces. Add ¼ cup BBQ sauce to the chopped chicken, and stir to coat the chicken in the sauce.
Preheat the oven to 450ºF. Place the prepared pizza dough or crust on a pizza pan, then spread about ½ cup BBQ sauce over the surface.
Add the cheese, BBQ chicken, sliced jalapeños, and sliced onion to the pizza.
Bake the pizza for 10-12 minutes, or until the crust and cheese are golden brown. Slice into 8 pieces and serve.

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Notes

*Instead of cooking fresh chicken, you can simply season pre-cooked chicken like rotisserie chicken or canned chicken breast. Leftover grilled BBQ chicken will work, too!

**You can use any BBQ sauce you like. I'm not too picky with BBQ Sauce, but I do tend to like Sweet Baby Ray's brand. Personally, I do prefer smoky BBQ sauces to some of the sweeter sauces. Today, I had this Hickory Smoke BBQ Sauce from Kroger. I think it would be fun to try a spicier BBQ sauce or even a pineapple-flavored BBQ sauce.

***You can literally use any type of pizza dough or crust you like for this BBQ chicken pizza. I used my classic homemade pizza dough, but it would also go well on a thin and crispy pizza crust, on French bread, a baked tortilla, or your favorite store-bought gluten-free or cauliflower crust. The toppings listed here are enough for a 14-16" pizza crust.

Nutrition

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