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!
Serving8
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
Equipment
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: 671 kcal · Carbohydrates: 79 g · Protein: 32 g · Fat: 24 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Cholesterol: 81 mg · Sodium: 1443 mg · Potassium: 513 mg · Fiber: 3 g · Sugar: 25 g · Vitamin A: 626 IU · Vitamin C: 2 mg · Calcium: 324 mg · Iron: 4 mg