BBQ Chicken Pizza (Smoked & Grilled)
Two techniques for grilling BBQ Chicken Pizza outdoors -- one on a smoker, and one on a hot charcoal grill. (The recipe below is for 1 pizza. If you would like to do the smoked vs. grilled pizza challenge, like we did, then double the recipe to make 2 separate pizzas)
Servings: 1 pizza
Cost: $10.00
Ingredients
- Pizza dough your favorite homemade dough, or store-bought
- ¼ cup bbq sauce your favorite homemade or store-bought (I use this homemade sauce for this recipe)
- ¼ cup pizza sauce or tomato sauce
- 1 cup leftover smoked chicken shredded, or the equivalent of 1 full chicken breast grilled and shredded
- ½ medium red onion sliced into thin strips
- 1 medium tomato diced (about ½ cup worth)
- ½ cup shredded cheese my favorite combo is ½ cheddar, ½ smoked cheddar, more or less depending on your cheesy preferences
- ¼ cup feta or cojita cheese
- Diced scallions for garnish
- Diced cilantro for garnish
Instructions
- Slice and prep all of your ingredients in advance, either in your kitchen, or in the great outdoors (aka your backyard)
For the smoked pizza (cooked on a pellet smoker)
- Place pizza stone on smoker and bring to a high heat (400 degrees) to warm up pizza stone.
- Mix the bbq sauce and tomato sauce in a small bowl.
- Roll out the pizza dough very thin (about ¼ -1/2 inch thick), on a slid-able pizza peel.
- Layer the dough with the bbq/pizza sauce mixture, shredded chicken, onion, tomato, and cheeses.
- Slide onto pizza stone, reduce heat to 300 degrees and cover. Cook until the crust is where you want it (about 25-25 minutes). See instructions above for further guidance. Cooking on a lower temp will garner different results than high heat, but will infuse with nice smoked flavor.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro and scallions.
For the grilled pizza (cooked on a hot charcoal grill)
- Pre-heat your outdoor grill to medium heat.
- Mix the bbq sauce and tomato sauce in a small bowl.
- Roll out the pizza dough very thin (about ¼ -1/2 inch thick).
- Brush the dough lightly on both sides with olive oil.
- Grill the dough on both sides for about 1 minute (or less) per side (just long enough to make light grill marks on the dough, but not to cook it completely).
- Remove the dough from grill and begin to add your ingredients. Start with your sauce, then layer with chicken, onion, tomato, and cheeses.
- Slide back onto the grill. Cook for approximately 8 minutes (see instructions above for the method).
- When the dough is crusty and cheese is melted remove from heat.
- Garnish with chopped cilantro and scallions.
- Slice and enjoy the heck out of this pizza!
Nutrition
Calories: 683kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 56g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 183mg | Sodium: 1919mg | Potassium: 1106mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 32g | Vitamin A: 2045IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 542mg | Iron: 4mg
