Description
This Buffalo Chicken Pizza is a flavorful twist on the classic pizza, combining tender diced chicken tossed in spicy buffalo sauce with creamy blue cheese dressing and melted mozzarella on a crispy pizza crust. Perfect for game day or a quick weeknight dinner, it offers a spicy, tangy, and cheesy combination that’s sure to please.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken & Sauce
- 3 cooked chicken breasts, diced
- 1 (2 ounce) bottle hot sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Pizza Base
- 1 (16 inch) prepared pizza crust
Toppings
- 1 (8 ounce) bottle blue cheese salad dressing
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Preheat your oven to 425°F (220°C) to ensure it’s hot enough to crisp the crust and melt the cheese perfectly.
- Make Buffalo Sauce: In a medium bowl, mix the hot sauce and melted butter together to create a flavorful buffalo sauce that will coat the chicken.
- Toss Chicken: Add the diced cooked chicken breasts into the buffalo sauce mixture, making sure every piece is evenly coated for maximum flavor.
- Prepare Pizza Crust: Evenly spread the blue cheese salad dressing all over the prepared pizza crust as the base layer, providing creamy tanginess that complements the buffalo chicken.
- Add Chicken: Scatter the buffalo-coated chicken pieces evenly across the pizza crust to distribute flavor throughout the pizza.
- Top with Cheese: Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella cheese generously over the chicken to add gooey, melty cheesy goodness.
- Bake the Pizza: Place the pizza in the preheated oven and bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown, and the crust is crisp.
- Slice and Serve: Remove the pizza from the oven, slice into wedges, and serve hot with your favorite side dishes or extra blue cheese dressing for dipping.
Notes
- Use cooked chicken to save time; rotisserie chicken works well.
- Adjust the amount of hot sauce for desired heat level.
- Blue cheese dressing can be substituted with ranch if preferred.
- For a crispier crust, bake the pizza crust for 3-5 minutes before adding toppings.
- Serve with celery sticks and extra blue cheese dressing as a classic buffalo wing accompaniment.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8 of pizza)
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 3g
- Sodium: 720mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0.2g
- Carbohydrates: 25g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 22g
- Cholesterol: 65mg
Keywords: Buffalo Chicken Pizza, Spicy Pizza, Blue Cheese Pizza, Game Day Pizza, Chicken Pizza Recipe, Easy Pizza
