Copycat California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe
I love making copycat restaurant recipes in my home, including this California Pizza Kitchen BBQ Chicken Pizza. It tastes just like the restaurant!
Servings: 8
Calories: 671kcal
Equipment
- Baking Sheets
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
- 1 ½ cups warm water
- 4 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup olive oil
For the Pizza
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked and cubed
- 20 ounces barbecue sauce
- olive oil for drizzling
- salt to taste
- 16 ounces mozzarella cheese sliced
- ½ red onion thinly sliced
- ½ cup cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Sprinkle yeast over warm water in a small bowl and let stand for 5 minutes
- In a mixer, combine flour and salt.
- Drizzle olive oil into the mixer and mix until combined.
- Pour in yeast/water mixture after it has proofed and mix until dough is formed.
- Coat a large mixing bowl with olive oil and form dough into a ball and place inside. Cover bowl tightly with plastic wrap and set aside for 1-2 hours or in the fridge for 2+ hours.
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
- Drizzle and spread olive oil over two baking sheets.
- Split dough in half and roll out onto each pan.
- Lightly brush a little olive oil onto each crust and sprinkle with salt.
- Spread 1/4 cup bbq sauce on each crust.
- Combine cooked chicken with remaining bbq sauce until chicken is coated in sauce.
- Top pizzas with mozzarella, chicken and sliced onion.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.
- Remove from the oven and garnish with cilantro.
- Cut into squares and serve.
Notes
Makes 2 pizzas.
Nutrition
Calories: 671kcal | Carbohydrates: 79g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 81mg | Sodium: 1443mg | Potassium: 513mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 626IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 324mg | Iron: 4mg