Food and Recipes Recipes BBQ Chicken Pizza Say bye-bye to delivery. By Karen Schroeder-Rankin Karen Schroeder-Rankin Karen Rankin is a chef, recipe developer, and food stylist with over 25 years experience cooking, developing recipes, styling food, and entertaining guests at her table and in restaurants. During the past 11 years, Karen has been styling food for various publications such as Cooking Light, Southern Living, Eating Well, Real Simple, as well as creating instructional videos for Southern Living Magazine's Tips from the Test Kitchen, featured on select television programming, and on websites. With an interest in the use of color, texture, and presentation, she develops recipes that are intended to surprise and delight the recipients of these dishes, both from a visual standpoint and a flavor experience. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on September 1, 2022 Print Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Photographer: Will Dickey Prop Stylist: Missie Crawford Food Stylist: Erin Merhar Active Time: 25 mins Total Time: 50 mins Servings: 4 If you are cooking a lot at home, finding new things to prepare can often be a bit problematic. We think your family will love this game-winning combination of pizza and BBQ. This easy to assemble homemade pizza allows you to say bye-bye to delivery and turn your kitchen into a fun-filled pizzeria. Whether you serve it for a quick and easy supper or a hearty lunch, your entire family can get in on the action of shaping the dough, spreading the sauce, and topping the pizza with cheese, chicken, peppers, and onions. Pizza is one of those dishes that you can "make your own," so don't be afraid to add your favorite toppings, such as whole corn kernels, black beans, or sliced jalapenos. For best results, use a thicker BBQ sauce such as Sweet Baby Rays–it is less watery and won't run all over the pizza crust. Preheating the oven with the pizza stone in it is a real crust game changer. You can assemble your pizza on parchment, and easily lift it to the hot stone or sheet pan so the crust gets super crispy. Ingredients 1 (1-lb.) fresh pizza dough, at room temperature 1/2 cup bottled barbecue sauce 4 ounces smoked Gouda cheese, shredded (about 1 cup), divided 4 ounces pre-shredded, low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella cheese (about 1 cup), divided 4 ounces fresh mozzarella pearls (from 1 [8-oz.] pkg.) 6 ounces chopped grilled or roasted chicken (1 1/4 cups) 1/3 cup pickled sliced banana peppers, patted dry 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion (from 1 [8-oz.] onion) 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions (2 scallions) Torn cilantro leaves, for garnish Directions Preheat oven to 450°F with a pizza stone or baking sheet in oven on middle rack. Roll or stretch pizza dough into a 12-inch circle on a sheet of parchment paper on work surface. Spread barbecue sauce over dough, leaving a 1/2-inch border. Sprinkle with half of the Gouda and half of the shredded mozzarella. Top with mozzarella pearls, chicken, banana peppers, red onion, and scallions. Sprinkle with remaining Gouda and shredded mozzarella. Once oven is preheated, carefully lift parchment paper, and place parchment and pizza onto preheated pizza stone or baking sheet. Bake in preheated oven until crust is golden brown and cheese is bubbly, 18 to 20 minutes. Let pizza stand 5 minutes; cut into slices, and garnish with torn cilantro leaves. Print