BBQ chicken flatbread is the perfect weeknight dinner solution, when you're craving something different than regular ol' pizza. Pizza dough gets a makeover with a barbecue sauce base, two cheeses, tender chicken, and some kick from jalapeños. Topped off with homemade ranch dressing and slices of ripe avocado, you will not be able to stop at just one piece!
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
It is a great way to use store-bought shortcuts! With a few prepared shortcuts, this flatbread is weeknight dinner friendly.
You get the perfect mix of spicy and sweet! The sweet barbecue sauce and spicy jalapeños are a great mix together!
Flatbread pizza is easily customizable! This recipe is fantastic the way it is, but you can add or leave off ingredients as you wish! It is a great way to use up whatever is left over in the fridge.
Recipe Overview
Flavour: This flatbread is the perfect mix of flavour. Sweet barbecue sauce, spicy jalapeños, herbaceous ranch, and creamy avocado all play well together on this flatbread. Every bite is packed with flavour! No one flavour is overpowering on this flatbread.
Ease: The hardest part of this recipe is stretching the pizza dough. I know it sounds funny, but I often struggle with it. Once you get past that, all that's left is to layer the ingredients and bake it off.
Time: This flatbread takes 30 minutes to make. This includes the time it takes to stretch the pizza dough.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Pizza dough: If you have a tried and true homemade pizza dough recipe, feel free to use it here. I personally went with a store-bought pizza dough. Many local pizzerias offer their doughs for sale as well. If you are not completely comfortable with stretching or rolling out the dough, that's fine! You may purchase pre-baked flatbreads from the bakery section of your grocery store. They are usually just as good, and take a fraction of the effort!
Rotisserie Chicken: Rotisserie chicken is the easiest protein to use for this pizza. You can alternatively poach fresh chicken breasts and shred them yourself if you prefer.
Jalapeño peppers: I used fresh jalapeño peppers on this flatbread. If you prefer the sourness of pickled jalapeños, you can use those instead.
A full list of ingredients with measurements is located on the recipe card, below.
Instructions
Start with ...
- Preheating your oven - You will want a hot oven preheated to 375°F. The oven should be waiting for you, not the other way around.
- Prep your ingredients - Peel and finely slice your red onions. Wash and thinly slice the jalapeño pepper, if you are using fresh jalapeño. Using a box grater or a food processor with a grater blade, freshly grate the cheeses.
- Stretch the dough: On an oiled baking sheet, stretch the pizza dough into a long oval shape. You can also stretch it to completely fill a rectangular baking sheet if you wish. However, if it is easier for you, you can also use a rolling pin to roll the rough out.
- Par-bake the flatbread dough: Par-bake the dough until it has set and solidified, but is not yet brown. This should take 5-7 minutes.
- Add your toppings: Top the flatbread with barbecue sauce as the base, then with cheese, shredded chicken, red onion and jalapeño slices. Bake for another 10-15 minutes until the crust is golden brown, and the cheese is browned.
- Finish: Drizzle with homemade ranch or your favourite store-bought variety, and add sliced avocado.
Expert Tip
When working with fresh pizza dough it is best to use a thoroughly floured surface. Dust your work surface with flour (or even corn meal for a nice crust) as well as your rolling pin if you are using one. It makes a world of difference, and will make sure the dough does not stick!
Recipe FAQs
I do not recommend adding raw chicken to the top of the pizza. The cooking times vary.
You certainly can! You can leave the chicken off completely. You can also use meatless chicken nuggets for a twist!
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BBQ Chicken Flatbread [With Homemade Ranch!]
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Ball Prepared pizza dough - halved
- ¾ cup Barbecue sauce
- 1 Cooked chicken breast - shredded
- ½ Red onion - thinly sliced
- 2 Jalapeño peppers - thinly sliced
- 1 cup Mozzarella cheese - shredded
- 1 cup Cheddar cheese - shredded
- Ranch dressing - to drizzle
- 1 Avocado - sliced
Instructions
- Stretch the dough: On an oiled baking sheet, stretch the pizza dough into a long oval shape. One pizza dough ball will yield two flatbreads.
- Par-bake the flatbread dough: Par-bake the dough until it has set and solidified, but is not yet brown. This should take 5-7 minutes.
- Add your toppings: Top the flatbread with barbecue sauce as the base, then with cheese, shredded chicken, red onion and jalapeño slices. Bake for another 10-15 minutes until the crust is golden brown, and the cheese is browned.
- Finish: Drizzle with homemade ranch or your favourite store-bought variety, and add sliced avocado.
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