BBQ Chicken Mini Pizzas

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I never want to hear this pizza say "I am going away"

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 40 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 50 minutes

Servings

Calories 642kcal

Ingredients

8 oz pizza dough (tested with Publix)

For my BBQ sauce:

1 Tbsp butter (unsalted)
½ small sweet onion (chopped)
salt and black pepper (to taste)
1 large clove garlic (minced)
1 cup ketchup (tested with Heinz)
⅛ cup molasses
¼ cup brown sugar
⅙ cup apple cider vinegar
1 Tbsp spicy brown mustard
1½ tsp chili powder
1½ tsp smoked paprika
1 dash liquid smoke
1 pinch cayenne pepper

For the Remaining Toppings:

2 Tbsp olive oil (for brushing)
4 oz grilled chicken (sliced, chopped, or shredded)
4 oz fresh mozzarella (thinly sliced and roughly chopped)
2 oz smoked gouda (shredded)
½ handful fresh cilantro

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat to oven to 550°. Place pizza dough (still in bag) on counter to rise for at least 1/2 an hour.

To Make The Sauce:

In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onions with salt and pepper and cook until translucent, about 3 minutes. Add in garlic and stir for 30 seconds, or until fragrant. Remove from heat.
In the same saucepan, add in remaining sauce ingredients. Whisk together and return to heat until boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low and partially cover. Simmer for 20-30 minutes or until thickened.
Remove from heat and cool. In either a blender or using an immersion blender, blend sauce until smooth.

To Assemble The Pizzas:

Use all purpose flour to dust rolling surface with to prevent the dough from sticking.
Cut pizza dough in half. Make each piece a round ball. Roll each piece out to 7" round.
Add dough to mini pizza pans. Brush outside edges of dough with olive oil.
Brush inside the edges with BBQ sauce. Reserve remaining sauce for other uses or for dipping.
Top with chicken, and cheeses. Bake pizzas in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes, or until cooked through.
Top with fresh cilantro. Slice into 4 wedges and serve.

Notes

You can totally use store-bought BBQ sauce. I've done it. I just happened to have both leftover grilled chicken and leftover BBQ sauce in my fridge so I wanted to give you my sauce because that's what it's pictured with.

My chicken is one leftover grilled breast that was seasoned with salt pepper and paprika. Use whatever chicken you can find, including rotisserie chicken or pre-cooked chicken strips.

If your oven doesn't go up to 550°, no sweat. Preheat to 500° and just add a few minutes to the cooking time, as needed.

Invest in a marble rolling pin! YOU NEED ONE IN YOUR LIFE. It'll make your life so much easier when it comes to rolling out dough. I rolled these out in 3 back and forth passes. Click here for the one I have.

Click here for my mini pizza pans. Feel free to use a sheet pan, if necessary.

Click here for my immersion blender. I highly recommend. I've had mine 6 years and it still runs like new.

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