BBQ Chicken Pizza is one of our favorite meals, so we took all the deliciousness and wrapped it in a calzone to make it even more kid-friendly!
These Barbecue Chicken Calzones are a perfect meal for those crazy nights when there isn’t much time to cook. They only take 30 minutes to throw together from start to finish.
They’re so easy to make – plus, you can have your kids join in on the fun (and then maybe they’ll be more likely to eat them, right?).We love that calzones are the perfect size for little hands – and dippable (which is always a win in our family). If you like these, you’ll love our Quick and Easy Calzones or our Mini Spinach Calzones.
Our favorite BBQ Sauces:
One of our most-asked questions is what BBQ Sauce we love to use with these. We love Stubbs (this isn’t sponsored, it’s just a favorite). It’s a much healthier option with only 25 calories per two tablespoons, and only 4 grams of sugar per serving.
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How to make barbecue chicken calzones:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Fry the bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp (you can also use bacon bits or pre-cooked bacon if you’re in a hurry). Remove bacon from pan, blot with paper towels and crumble.
Add onion and shredded chicken to a pan with olive oil. Saute over medium heat until onion is tender. Stir in 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and remove from heat. Mix in crumbled bacon.
Flatten out biscuit dough on a greased cookie sheet. Spread a teaspoon of barbecue sauce on each biscuit.
Divide the chicken mixture between the biscuits, spreading on only half of each biscuit and keeping 1/2 inch away from the edge.
Sprinkle cheese and cilantro over top of each biscuit. Fold biscuits in half and press the edges together with a fork to seal (this is a great step that the kids can help with, too!).
Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown. Serve with additional barbecue sauce for dipping.
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Barbecue Chicken Calzones Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 strips of bacon
- ½ cup diced red onion
- 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and shredded
- 1 Tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 16 ounces barbecue sauce, 1 bottle, divided
- 16.3 ounces refrigerated biscuit dough, 1 package
- 1 cup shredded Mozzarella cheese
- 2 Tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
Equipment
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, blot with paper towels and crumble.
- Add onion and shredded chicken to a pan with olive oil. Saute over medium heat until onion is tender. Stir in 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and remove from heat. Mix in crumbled bacon.
- Flatten out biscuit dough on a greased cookie sheet. Spread a teaspoon of barbecue sauce on each biscuit. Divide the chicken mixture between the biscuits, spreading on only half of each biscuit and keeping 1/2 inch away from the edge.
- Sprinkle cheese and cilantro over top of each biscuit.
- Fold biscuits in half and press the edges together with a fork to seal.
- Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Serve with additional barbecue sauce for dipping.
Notes
- You can also use bacon bits or pre-cooked bacon if you’re in a hurry.
Nutrition
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that sounds fantastic- good idea~
little man looked like he totally enjoyed that!
I meant to say, we’ve been on a chicken kick, I don’t know why I said mexican, sorry. 🙂 Looks great though!
That sounds really good. I make a barbecue chicken and smoked gouda pizza — I may have to try turning it into a calzone!
Yummy!! Can’t wait to make this!
I had to comment because I actually made it and it was fantastic! I will be making this often!
it looks good, my mom said she is going to make it today
Which brand of BBQ sauce did u use?
Just made it – so awesome!! If you aren’t so focused on eating healthy, adding a little brown sugar made the sauce sooooo good!
This came up in the menu plan this week. One of the steps is to add onion to the pan, but I don’t see onions listed in the ingredients. How much and what type of onions do you use?
Do you get the Standard Plan? Onion is listed. It’s 1/2 cup red onion (diced).
Can you freeze these? If so, how would you do it?