Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza
Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza features a thin crust pizza with all of the best components of Nashville hot chicken, from a homemade bbq sauce to crispy chicken pieces and of course dill pickle slices
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Nashville Hot Sauce
- ¼ cup unsalted butter half a stick
- 2 tbsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tbsp. brown sugar
- 2 tsp. chili powder
- ½ tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. paprika
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tbsp. honey
Pizza
- 16 oz. pizza dough refrigerated
- 6 oz. breaded chicken bites sliced into bite sized pieces
- ½ medium red onion thinly sliced
- ½ cup dill pickle chips such as Grillo's
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine butter, cayenne pepper, brown sugar, chili powder, garlic powder, paprika, salt, and honey. Bring up to a simmer, whisking to combine. Allow to cook for 2-3 minutes and then remove from heat and set aside.
- Prepare chicken pieces according to the packaging instructions. Cut into bites-sized pieces.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Roll out pizza dough on top of a floured surface until ¼ inch thick.
- To your pizza stone or baking sheet, drizzle olive oil or corn meal to prevent sticking.
- Gently place rolled out pizza dough on top of pizza stone.
- Spoon on prepared sauce in a thin layer.
- Top with mozzarella cheese.
- Add cut up chicken and sliced red onion.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is melty and browning.
- Top hot pizza with dill pickle slices, slice and serve.