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    Last Modified: Aug 15, 2024 by Tara Gerner 15 Comments

    How to Make the Best Chicken & Bacon Pizza with Ranch or BBQ Sauce

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    How to make homemade chicken bacon pizza with ranch or BBQ - This simple and easy recipe makes the best garlic crust that's baked in the oven with ranch dressing or barbecue sauce. More ideas for variations including buffalo.

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    This past weekend, we made some homemade pizza, and it was delicious. In fact, this pizza was the best one we've made in months, and we make pizza almost every week.

    See, we had gotten into a pepperoni and mushroom rut, and this was a wild departure from that.

    We originally made half of our pizza chicken bacon ranch and the other half BBQ chicken and bacon. Gracie liked the ranch half better, and Joe and I liked the BBQ sauce side better, but the whole thing was delicious.

    How to make a chicken bacon pizza with ranch or BBQ sauce

    1. Preheat the oven to 400º and spray a pizza stone with cooking spray.
    2. Fry bacon in a skillet until it is crispy. Drain and pat dry with paper towels. Chop coarsely. Remove all but 1 tablespoon of grease.
    3. Add chopped onion to skillet and sauté until translucent and soft.
    4. Unroll dough on the pizza stone; starting at center, roll into a large circle.
    5. Pre-bake the crust for 10 minutes or until the crust is just beginning to turn golden on top.
    6. Spread sauce evenly over dough. Top with chicken, bacon, onion, tomato, and cheese.
    7. Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.

    Variations on the original recipe

    We created this recipe using ranch dressing and BBQ sauce. It was very flavorful and delicious. However, there are many variations you can easily make:

    If you want a chicken bacon ranch stromboli, use ranch dressing (here’s my homemade recipe for ranch dressing which is amazing!).

    f you want a BBQ chicken stromboli, use BBQ sauce (my favorite is Sweet Baby Ray’s or Jack Daniels, but I have also made a sugar-free BBQ sauce which is pretty good).

    If you want a buffalo chicken stromboli, use Frank’s RedHot or a different buffalo wing sauce.

    If you want a traditional pizza flavor, use pizza sauce.

    If you're looking for more unique pizza topping recipes, check out these 24 healthy & frugal pizza recipes.

    Recipe

    chicken bacon ranch pizza with a homemade crust

    Chicken Bacon Pizza with Ranch or BBQ

    How to make homemade chicken bacon pizza with ranch or BBQ - This simple and easy recipe makes the best garlic crust that's baked in the oven with ranch dressing or barbecue sauce. More ideas for variations including buffalo.
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    Prep Time 20 minutes mins
    Cook Time 15 minutes mins
    Total Time 35 minutes mins
    Course Main Course
    Cuisine American
    Servings 8 slices
    Calories 456 kcal

    Equipment

    • Garlic press
    • Pizza stone

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 pizza crust see notes below for a link to our favorite homemade pizza crust or use a pre-made crust from the dairy case
    • 1 cup sauce ranch, BBQ, pizza sauce, or buffalo wing sauce
    • 12 ounces chicken breast cooked and chopped or shredded
    • 4 slices bacon
    • 1 large onion chopped
    • 1 plum tomato seeded, chopped
    • 1 ½ cups cheddar cheese shredded
    • 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese shredded

    Instructions
     

    • Heat oven to 400°F. Spray a pizza stone with cooking spray.
    • Fry bacon in a skillet until bacon is crispy. Drain and pat dry on paper towels. Chop coarsely. Pour out all but 1 tablespoon of bacon fat from the skillet. Add chopped onion to the skillet and sauté until translucent and soft.
    • Unroll dough on stone; starting at center, press dough into a large circle.
    • Pre-bake the crust for 10 minutes or until the crust is just beginning to turn golden on top.
    • Spread sauce evenly over dough. Top with chicken, bacon, onions, tomato, and cheeses.
    • Bake 13 to 16 minutes or until crust is golden brown and cheese is melted.

    Notes

    We made half of our pizza with the ranch dressing and the other half with Jack Daniels BBQ sauce. Joe and I preferred the BBQ half. Grace devoured the ranch pizza.
    I hate raw tomatoes, and I convinced Joe to leave them off of half of the pizza. It was good without them, and he said it was good with them.
    Here is the link to our favorite homemade pizza dough. You could use a pre-made dough, and that would certainly save both time and effort, but the homemade dough is really delicious and I promise that you won't regret taking the extra time.
    Here is the link to our favorite homemade ranch dressing powder. That post includes directions for making dressing from the seasoning mix.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 456kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 799mg | Potassium: 240mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 432IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 310mg | Iron: 2mg
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    1. Jerri says

      February 11, 2009 at 3:56 am

      This looks awesome! I'm just starting to experiment with different kinds of pizza ideas. I'll have to put this on my list! Thanks for posting!

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    2. Jerri says

      February 10, 2009 at 10:56 pm

      This looks awesome! I'm just starting to experiment with different kinds of pizza ideas. I'll have to put this on my list! Thanks for posting!

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    3. Angie says

      February 11, 2009 at 11:53 am

      YUM! that looks so good! thanks for sharing!

      Angie
      @pricousins

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    4. Angie says

      February 11, 2009 at 6:53 am

      YUM! that looks so good! thanks for sharing!

      Angie
      @pricousins

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    5. Lisa@Blessedwithgrace says

      February 11, 2009 at 9:24 am

      Good recipe. Sounds good.

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    6. Lisa@Blessedwithgrace says

      February 11, 2009 at 2:24 pm

      Good recipe. Sounds good.

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    7. Andi - udandi says

      February 12, 2009 at 1:46 am

      I love pizza of all sorts and then I love bacon, so this is like heaven on bread!

      Reply
    8. Andi - udandi says

      February 11, 2009 at 8:46 pm

      I love pizza of all sorts and then I love bacon, so this is like heaven on bread!

      Reply
    9. melinda says

      February 12, 2009 at 11:12 am

      bacon. ranch. chicken. pizza. YUM!!!!

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    10. melinda says

      February 12, 2009 at 4:12 pm

      bacon. ranch. chicken. pizza. YUM!!!!

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    11. Connie says

      February 15, 2009 at 6:30 am

      I've never heard of ranch dressing on pizza before. Sounds good though. I know my Hubby and dd would love it. I'd love to give it a try.

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    12. Connie says

      February 15, 2009 at 1:30 am

      I've never heard of ranch dressing on pizza before. Sounds good though. I know my Hubby and dd would love it. I'd love to give it a try.

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