This Garlic Chicken Pizza is full of garlic flavor topped with tender pieces of shredded chicken, bell peppers, grape tomatoes and fresh basil. This delicious pizza is easy to make and ready to enjoy in under 20 minutes!
Pizza is always a favorite in my home and it wouldn't be Friday night without pizza and these crispy baked sweet hot chicken wings on the table!
This pizza recipe is mainly for the topping and you can make your own homemade pizza dough or buy a pre made dough in the grocery store for convenience.
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Why You'll Love Garlic Chicken Pizza
- It's full of buttery garlic flavor infused into tender rotisserie chicken.
- These single serving pizzas bake in just 10 minutes!
- Family fun! Kids can help assemble their own pizza!
Ingredients
You will need a good pizza dough recipe or purchased dough, some leftover rotisserie chicken, and thin slices of garlic cloves are the stars of this flavorful pizza. Below are what you will need to make Garlic Chicken Pizza.
- Pizza dough
- Shredded chicken
- Bell Peppers
- Onion
- Fresh garlic
- Grape tomatoes
- Fresh basil
- Salted butter
See recipe card for quantities.
How to Make Garlic Chicken Pizza
To make the chicken topping:
- Step 1: Saute peppers and onion in olive oil.
- Step 2: Add garlic slices and saute another 1-2 minutes.
- Step 3: Add shredded chicken and butter, stir to combine, until butter is melted.
- Step 4: Use homemade pizza dough or store bought for the crust.
To assemble the pizza:
- Step 1: Press dough out into a lightly oiled pizza pan.
- Step 2: (optional) top dough with a sprinkling of parmesan cheese or a thin layer of ricotta cheese.
- Step 3: top with shredded mozzarella cheese
- Step 4: add chicken and pepper mixture and top with sliced tomatoes.
- Step 5: Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes.
- Step 6: Sprinkle with fresh basil and serve.
Substitutions
- Protein swap - this is also a great way to use leftover turkey, or ground meat!
- Weight watcher friendly pizza dough - this 2 ingredient pizza dough is perfect for those who are watching their diets.
- Vegetarian - substitute the meat with this plant-based chicken. (affiliate link)
Variations
- Bacon Ranch - sprinkle the top of the pizza with diced crispy cooked bacon pieces and a drizzle of ranch dressing.
- Barbecue - stir a couple tablespoons of your favorite barbecue sauce into the chicken mixture before topping the pizza.
- Buffalo style - add a tablespoon or two of buffalo sauce to the chicken mixture.
Equipment
These 8 inch pizza pans or these (affiliate link) are perfect for making individual pizzas!
Storage
Store leftover pizza in an airtight container in the fridge up to 4 days. Reheat in the oven or toaster oven.
Top tip
You can make this as one large pizza instead of 8 individual pizzas. Just spread pizza dough out onto a pizza stone and top with toppings as instructed. Adjust cooking time accordingly.
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Garlic Chicken Pizza
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ยพ cup bell pepper
- ยผ cup onion slices
- 3 extra large garlic cloves thinly sliced
- 4 cups shredded chicken
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ยฝ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups part skim mozzarella cheese
- ยฝ cup sliced grape tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon basil leaves torn
- 1 pound pizza dough
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil In a medium skillet over medium heat until hot.
- Add the pepper and onions and saute for 2 minutes, until peppers begin to soften. Stir in the sliced garlic and cook, stirring often, for 2 minutes.
- Add the shredded chicken and butter to the pepper mixture and stir until butter is melted and mixture is warm. Remove from heat.
- Portion dough into 8 equal pieces. Form each portion into an individual round circle and place on pizza pan.
- Once the pizzas are formed, assemble pizzas as follows: parmesan cheese (optional), mozzarella cheese, chicken mixture, sliced tomatoes.
- Bake at 450 degrees for 8-10 minutes, or until dough is golden and cheese is browned.
- Remove pizzas from oven and sprinkle with fresh basil.
Katherine
I LOVED this pizza! The attached crust recipe gave a crispy, chewy, flavorful crust. And the toppings were SO darn scrumptious. Every bite makes your mouth sing.
I was pleasantly surprised because white pizzas are usually not my first choice, but the flavors are so complimentary and meld well with each other. Because I had leftover dough from the first night, I made the same darn pizza the next night as well. JUST as good the second time around.
Looking forward to making this with the buffalo ranch variation next time.
Pretty easy to make and wonderful to eat. Try it even if you use store bought dough. Really, really good.