Pesto Chicken Pizza
This pesto chicken pizza is hearty, delicious, and a great way to switch things up on pizza night. You get tender rotisserie chicken, kalamata olives, red onion, and, of course, crumbles of feta—all finished off with an herbaceous drizzle of basil pesto.
Servings: 8 pizza slices
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh pizza dough Try my one-hour no-knead pizza dough
- 1 TBSP corn meal, more to sprinkle over crust if desired
- 3 TBSP olive oil
- 8 oz shredded pizza cheese
- 1 cup cooked chicken (rotisserie, or roughly chopped)
- 1/2 cup sliced kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta, more if desired
- 1/4 cup basil pesto, more if desired
- Garlic salt, to sprinkle over crust (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 525˚F or as hot as it can go up to that point. (Don't use your broiler, however. That will burn your pizza and ruin your day.)
- Lightly flour a clean and flat surface. Remove your dough from its packaging and roll the dough out, working it into a nice flat round.
- Place your cast iron pan onto the stove over medium-high heat to preheat the pan. You want your pan to be hot, but not smoking. Once your pan is nice and hot, remove it from the stove (with oven mitts on, please!) and place it on a heat resistant surface. Sprinkle the hot pan with some flour and some cornmeal, then carefully place the dough into the pan. Press and pull the sides of the dough up the rim of the pan to create your crust surface and distribute the dough evenly. Avoid creating thin patches!
- Slather the pesto in the center of the dough. Leave about 1/2-1" around the edges for your crust. Then top the pizza with your shredded cheese, chicken, olives, red onions, and feta.
- Brush the edges (crust) with olive oil, then sprinkle with some garlic salt for a nice garlicky crust.
- Again, using oven mitts, transfer the pizza into the oven and let it bake for 10-15 minutes, or until the cheese is melted, bubbling, and slightly golden.
- Once the pizza is ready, remove it from the oven and let it rest for a few minutes. Then, dig in.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 405kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Fiber: 1g
