Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Two Sauces
Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Two Sauces is one of our favorite summer pizzas. This recipe makes two pizzas, and serves about four to five people. Starting with homemade pizza dough, I top the pizza with a zesty Red Barbecue Sauce. Also, it’s topped with chicken, onions, two cheese, and fresh tomatoes. After it’s baked, I drizzle the pizza with a White Barbecue Sauce and cilantro. White Barbecue Sauce is an Alabama thing, and I fell in love with it on a recent trip to Birmingham. This pizza, with it’s double cheeses and double sauces, is really delicious.
The Equipment I Used
- A Bread Machine- I used my bread machine to make this dough. If you don’t have a bread machine, use my Hand Kneaded Pizza Dough recipe that I’ve attached.
- Two Pizza Stones- You could also use pizza pans or baking sheets.
- Two Pizza Peels- These help you slide the pizza into oven.
- A Food Scale- For perfect results every time, weigh your flour.
The Ingredients Needed for Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Two Sauces
- Chicken- I use boneless skinless chicken breasts. You could also use leftover roasted or grilled chicken.
- Red Barbecue Sauce- My recipe includes a homemade Red Barbecue Sauce, but to save time, feel free to use your a bottled barbecue sauce.
- Mozzarella Cheese- Use whole milk mozzarella cheese.
- Mayonnaise- You’ll need this for the White Barbecue Sauce. I like Hellmann’s .
- Yeast- Be sure and use active dry yeast, not quick acting.
- Horseradish-Prepared horseradish adds so much great flavor to the White Barbecue Sauce.
How I Made my Pizzas
- First, I made my pizza dough. It’s important to measure carefully, and add the ingredients to the bread machine, in the order suggested by the bread machine.
- Next, I roast the chicken.
- Then, I make both sauces.
- Next, I roll out the pizzas.
- Then, after they rise and bake, I add the toppings.
- Finally, after the second bake, I add the cilantro and White Barbecue Sauce.
If you love barbecue chicken, you need to try this fabulous Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Two Sauces.
Barbecue Chicken Pizza with Two Sauces
Homemade pizza dough topped with both red and white barbecue sauces, mozzarella, Monterey pepper Jack cheese, red onions, chopped tomatoes, chicken, and cilantro.
Equipment
- Bread Machine
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Bread Machine Pizza Dough
- 2 cups each whole milk mozzarella and Monterey Pepper Jack cheese, shredded
- 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tbsp. each extra virgin olive oil and unsalted butter
- 4 whole garlic cloves
- ¼ tsp. each kosher salt and black pepper
- 1 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1½ cups chopped tomatoes, with seeds and juice removed
- ¼ cup cilantro leaves
For the Bread Machine Pizza Dough:
- 1 cup water
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 3 cups all purpose flour (360g)
- ¼ cup fine cornmeal (30g)
- 1 tsp. each honey and salt
- 2 tsp. active dry yeast
For the Red Barbecue Sauce:
- 2 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 1 cup minced onion
- 3 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tbsp. chili powder
- ½ tsp. black pepper
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 2 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- ¾ cup ketchup
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce
For the White Barbecue Sauce:
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp. hot sauce
- 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp. prepared horseradish
- 1 tbsp. chives
- ⅛ tsp. black pepper
Instructions
- Begin by making the pizza dough: In your bread machine, add all the ingredients in the order suggested by your bread machine. Select the dough cycle, and let it run the full cycle.
- While the dough rises, bake the chicken: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Place the breasts in a small baking dish and top with the garlic, butter, oil, salt and pepper. Bake for twenty minutes. With a fork, crush the garlic and rub it all over the chicken. Cut the chicken in bite size pieces, and set aside..
- Next, make the Red Barbecue Sauce: In a three quart saucepan, melt the butter and cook the onion and garlic until they're softened, on low heat, for about five minutes. Add the rest of the ingredients and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the chopped chicken.
- Next, make the White Barbecue Sauce: Simply mix the ingredients together in a small bowl, and refrigerate.
- When the dough cycle ends, preheat the oven to 425 degrees, and add the pizza stones if you're using them. On a floured board, divide the dough into two balls.
- Line your pizza peels or baking sheets with parchment paper, and using your fingers press each ball of dough into a 12 inch circle on the papers. Brush each circle with olive oil, and cover loosely with plastic wrap. Let rise for thirty minutes. Then bake for 15 minutes either on the pizza stones or on baking sheets.
- Remove the pizzas from the oven using the pizza peels. Spread the pizza with the Red Barbecue Sauce and chicken, and then add the cheeses, red onion, and tomato. Bake for ten more minutes. Before serving, drizzle with some of the White Barbecue Sauce and the cilantro.
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Hand Kneaded Pizza Dough
Pizza dough mixed with a wooden spoon and kneaded by hand.
Ingredients
- 1 cup warm water (110 degrees)
- 1 tsp. honey
- 2¼ tsp. active dry yeast
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- In a measuring cup, stir together the water and honey. Stir in the yeast. Let this mixture sit for five minutes.
- In a large bowl, stir together the bread flour and salt. Add the yeast mixture and the oil, and stir until it's all combined. Dump it on to a floured board, and knead it for 8 minutes.
- Place the dough in an oiled bowl, and turn the dough until it's all covered in oil. Cover the bowl with a damp towel and let it rise in a warm place for one hour.
- Divide the dough in half and roll into two circles. Place on two pizza pans, or pizza peels. Brush with olive oil and cover with plastic wrap. Let rise for thirty minutes.
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