Thin Crust BBQ Chicken Pizza
This thin crust BBQ chicken pizza is crispy, saucy, gooey, and full of tangy barbecue flavor - everything you want in a takeout style pizza night at home!
Equipment
Ingredients
New York Style Thin Crust Pizza Dough (adapted)
- ½ cup warm water
- 1¼ cups bread flour divided
- 0.125 oz active dry yeast
- ¾ tsp granulated sugar
- 1 tbsp olive oil plus ½ tsp for coating
- ¾ tsp salt
BBQ Chicken
- ½ lb chicken breast
- 1½ tbsp vegetable oil
- ½ tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp garlic powder
- ½ tsp onion powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- ¼ tsp paprika
- ¼ tsp mustard powder
- ⅛ tsp chipotle powder
Pizza Toppings
- ¼ cup pizza sauce
- ¼ cup Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce plus extra for drizzling
- 1½ cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- ¼ cup red onion sliced
- 2 tbsp scallions sliced
Instructions
New York Style Thin Crust Pizza Dough (adapted)
- Add water, ¼ cup bread flour, yeast, and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer. Stir well to combine and let sit until foamy and bubbling, about 20 minutes.
- Then add remaining 1 cup bread flour, 1 tbsp olive oil, and salt to the mixture. Stir to combine until a loose dough ball forms, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let rest at room temperature for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Using the dough hook attachment, knead the dough on low speed until soft and resilient, about 10 minutes.
- Lightly coat the dough ball in about 1/2 tsp olive oil and transfer to a clean bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 24-48 hours.
- Remove the dough from the fridge and let rest at room temperature for about 1 hour before making the pizza.
BBQ Chicken
- In a bowl, combine chicken, vegetable oil, apple cider vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, paprika, mustard powder, and chipotle powder. Marinate at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Preheat a cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the chicken, flipping every 3 minutes, until it reaches an internal temperature of about 160 degrees F, about 12 to 15 minutes total.
- Transfer chicken to a cutting board and slice into strips, about 1 to 1 and a half inches long. Set aside.
BBQ Chicken Pizza
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F and and lightly grease a 14-inch pizza pan with cooking spray.
- Lightly dust your hands with flour and carefully stretch the pizza dough into a 14-inch circle. Pick up the dough and work around the edges, gently pulling and letting gravity help you, then lay the stretched dough flat onto the pan.
- Prebake the dough for 4 minutes. While it's in the oven, add pizza sauce and BBQ sauce to a bowl and stir to combine. This will be your 50/50 blend base sauce for the pizza.
- Remove pizza dough from the oven. Spread the 50/50 blend sauce evenly over the crust, leaving about a quarter to a half inch of space around the edges. Top evenly with mozzarella cheese, then BBQ chicken, red onion, and scallions. (See notes.)
- Bake until the cheese is bubbly and the crust is golden-brown, about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Finally, drizzle the pizza generously with extra BBQ sauce before slicing and serving.
Notes
Pizza dough: We made this recipe by Amanda-Rae, with a few modifications based on the reviews (using some of Brian B’s tips) and learnings from our Mastering Pizza cookbook. If you want to try making this dough from scratch, make sure you prepare it 1 to 2 days ahead of time so it has time to rise. Alternatively, you can always use store-bought pizza dough for this recipe if you prefer. Note that you may not get the same thin crust, crunchy results as if you made it from scratch, however.
Topping the pizza: You may not need all of the BBQ chicken you cooked for this pizza - use your best judgment for how much chicken to load it up with! Likewise, use as much onion and scallions as you see fit.
Baking pizza: Pizza can be finicky and cooks at different rates depending on the hydration level of your dough, your oven’s actual temperature, and other factors. We recommend keeping an eye on your pizza as it cooks and using visual cues to tell when it’s done – use our time estimates as a rough guide.
Storing & reheating leftovers: You can keep leftover pizza in the fridge for up to 4 days, wrapped in foil or in an air-tight container. Reheat in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes, or until warm.
Nutrition
Calories: 231kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 35mg | Sodium: 587mg | Potassium: 221mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 229IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 121mg | Iron: 1mg