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It's fun to get creative with homemade pizza. Baking a lot of small pizzas is a great way to make everyone their customised gourmet pizza, or you can go for one big pizza for everyone using all kinds of toppings.
A sublimely cheesy, spicy Buffalo chicken pizza meets all of our cravings in one delicious pie. This beauty starts with an easy homemade pizza crust, but you can use store-bought or any type of pizza crust you like.
There’s nothing quite like a traditional pizza, but chicken buffalo pizza is so much better. The tangy spiciness of the buffalo sauce and the creaminess of blue cheese is probably one of the best taste combinations ever created. So why not put the flavour of buffalo wings on a pizza? It’s the perfect culinary fit and so simple to prepare. Shredded chicken, spicy buffalo sauce, crumbles of flavourful blue cheese, and bright, lemony cilantro on top of the most delicious crust.
Got some leftover roasted chicken? This is the perfect recipe for using it up. Alternatively, shredding rotisserie chicken will do the trick. And in the absence of either option, you can boil some chicken breasts and shred them.
You can control how spicy or mild you want your buffalo chicken pizza to be by adjusting the amount of buffalo sauce you add. Buffalo wings fans will enjoy this pizza.
You can make your own Buffalo chicken pizza with this gourmet recipe, which combines all of the flavours of chicken wings into one tasty dish that is easy to prepare and sure to please. Buffalo-inspired flavours – hot sauce and blue cheese – come together to make a fantastic pizza that will leave you and your friends wanting more. You can serve it for your next game day party, whip it up for an easy weeknight meal, take it to potlucks, or bake it whenever you crave comfort food. It doesn't matter the occasion or event; this delicious buffalo pizza will not disappoint.
Buffalo chicken pizza recipe
This recipe is highly customisable. Not a fan of blue cheese? Use ranch dressing and mozzarella, provolone or feta cheese. You can get creative with the toppings and add whatever you like: tomato slices, scallions or red onion, parsley, spinach. You can make the crust as thick or thin as you wish - the baking time will need to be adjusted accordingly.
Total time: 20 mins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 ball of pizza dough
2 cups shredded cooked chicken
1/3 cup Buffalo sauce
1/4 cup blue cheese dressing
1/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped
Preparation
Preheat the oven to 500°F / 260°C with a pizza stone or overturned cookie sheet. Alternatively, you can bake the pizza on a pizza pan instead of a pizza stone.
Stretch the pizza dough into a 12 inch / 30 cm circle on a sheet of parchment paper dusted with cornmeal.
Toss the chicken with the buffalo sauce in a small bowl. Spread the blue cheese dressing over the pizza, and then add the shredded chicken. Top with blue cheese crumbles.
Bake 9-11 minutes in the oven, or until the crust is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
Remove the pizza from the oven and garnish with cilantro. Enjoy hot.
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