This easy Barbecue Chicken Pizza is packed with amazing flavors of chicken, barbecue sauce, shredded cheese, and red onion. Makes a tasty pizza for pizza night!
If you’re looking for a quick and delicious dinner, this Easy Barbecue Chicken Pizza is it! We’ve eaten this barbecue chicken multiple times in the last couple of weeks.
I’ve made it using different crusts each time – just really depending on what I have on hand. (I even made a diet version using the Flat-Out Bread and low-fat cheese. The low-cal version was actually pretty good, lol.)
Ingredients needed for a Simple BBQ Chicken Pizza:
- Pizza crust
- A good barbecue sauce (Head Country is our fave.)
- Shredded Cheese (I like Colby jack or cheddar for this recipe)
- red onion
How to make the Barbecue Chicken Pizza:
This is one of those recipes where I don’t really measure as I add the toppings, I just add however much is needed or whatever “looks right”. (Find a printable recipe at the bottom of the post.)
Start with your pizza crust, (sometimes I like to prebake it for a few minutes so it is extra crispy) Spread the barbecue sauce over crust, then spread the chicken and onion over the sauce.
Drizzle with more bbq sauce if needed and top with cheese. Bake according to the instructions for your crust. (For the pre-cooked crust I in the pictures, I baked the pizza at 425 for 10 to 12 minutes.)
Can I use Rotisserie Chicken for this Barbecue Chicken Pizza?
This is one of my favorite recipes to make when I bulk cook chicken. I have several recipes that use my slow cooker barbecue chicken recipe, but any chicken, either something you cooked, rotisserie or even canned chicken works great. All you need is a good barbecue sauce and it will be awesome.
What kind of Cheese is best on a BBQ Chicken Pizza?
While I prefer cheddar or Colby Jack. Mozzarella or a smoked gouda would be yummy too. Whatever you have on hand.
Other recipes to use up leftover Barbecue Chicken:
- Baked Barbecue Chicken Sandwiches
- Barbecue Chicken Skillet Pockets
- Barbecue Brisket Stuffed Baked Potatoes (post shows brisket, but chicken is great too)
- Barbecue Chicken Sliders – shred your chicken, mix with bbq sauce and serve on a slider bun
Easy Barbecue Chicken Pizza Recipe
Description
This easy Barbecue Chicken Pizza is packed with amazing flavors of chicken, barbecue sauce, shredded cheese and red onion. Makes a tasty pizza for pizza night!
Ingredients
- Pizza crust of choice
- 3/4 to 1 cup of chopped or shredded cooked chicken
- about 1/3 of a red onion, diced
- +/- 1/4 cup of your favorite barbecue sauce (My favorite is Head Country BBQ sauce)
- 1/2 to 3/4 cup of shredded Colby Jack cheese
Instructions
- Spread the bbq sauce over your crust, then spread the chicken and onion over the sauce.
- Drizzle with more bbq sauce if needed and top with cheese.
- Bake according to the instructions for your crust. (For the pre-cooked crust I in the pictures, I baked it 425 for 10 to 12 minutes.)
Enjoy!
Stephanie Carlson says
Great recipe, Jamie! This is one of our favorite pizzas when we eat out. Now, thanks to you, I can make it at home!
Garage Sales R Us says
My mouth is watering! I am visiting from Thee Blog Hop and I am a new follower! I hope you will drop by http://www.garagesalesrus.blogspot.com/ and do the same.
Robin
pinkoddy says
Oh that does look yummy. My boys love pizza.
Carole says
Scrumptious. Thanks for sharing it via Chef in Training
Sarah Jenkins says
This looks delicious! I love specialty pizza! I'd love for you to share this recipe on my new link party: http://naptimedelights.blogspot.ca/2012/05/document.html
Sarah @ http://www.naptimedelights.blogspot.com
Marcie says
Would love for you to share this at my linky party!
http://www.igottatrythat.com/p/blog-hop-linky-colde.html
Jan Berry says
My husband has been wanting me to make one of these for a while now – this looks delicious & very do-able!
Nicola says
I'm serving BBQ chicken pizza for dinner this weekend and was looking for a great recipe. I'm going to use yours!
Nikki says
Ah definitely one of my favourite flavour pizzas. Never tried making it myself though. Might have to now…
cheapcraftymama says
I love making pizza and that looks wonderful! Pinning it! Thanks so much for sharing at Pin It and Win It Wednesday @ http://www.cheapcraftymama.com!!
Christine @ First Home...Love Life says
Yum! I saw you at A Bowl Full Of Lemons, and wanted to invite you to link up at http://www.firsthomelovelife.com/2012/05/whats-cooking-wednesday-1.html
Thrifty Miss Smith says
Mmmm this and philly cheese steak pizza are my two faves. I gotta make this!
Miz Helen says
We just love a B-B-Q Chicken Pizza and your recipe looks delicious! Hope you have a great holiday week end and thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday.
Come Back Soon!
Miz Helen
[email protected] From the Heart says
We just love Bar-B-Q Chicken pizza. Yours looks delicious~makes me want to make one right now.
Maria says
This pizza looks DELICIOUS!!! The topping looks wonderful! I'm your newest follower! :o)
Six Sisters says
This is one of our very favorite pizzas! It looks SO yummy right now!! 🙂 We'd love it if you'd share this with our link party this weekend! -The Sisters http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/05/strut-your-stuff-saturday-link-party_25.html
Stacey says
Oh my word – that is superb! I love bbq, pizza and chicken! Must try this!
Thanks for linking up!
Stacey of Embracing Change
Judy says
This looks awesome. I will be featuring it tonight at my Swing into Spring party. Please stop by and pick up an I've Been Featured button. Thanks.
Shasta @ intheoldroad says
Yum! That looks good…perfect for summer. I'd love it if you would consider sharing it with our Summer Recipes linky party. We're two blogs sharing one combined linky party for double exposure.
Shasta
http://intheoldroad.blogspot.com/2012/05/summer-recipes-and-all-stars-linky.html
Katy @ Live Laugh Love Craft says
Stopping by to let you know that I featured this post on my blog today. 🙂 Stop by to grab a button, if you want!
Stacey Mowery says
This was awesome!!! Thanks for sharing your recipe!!!
Carole says
This is a very nice chicken dish. Would you be happy to link it in to my Chicken Edition of Food on Friday? This is the link . I found you again via It's a Keeper's Thursday link up.
Debi says
Great recipe. My son love bbq chicken pizza. Thanks for the recipe. I have a link party, and I would love it if you would link this post. You can find it at
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2012/07/face-cleansing-oil-and-wednesdays.html
It is called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Link Party.
I hope to see you there. Have a great Day.
Debi Bolocofsky
Adorned From Above
http://www.adornedfromabove.com