Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza. This Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza is easy to make and full of flavor! Loaded with smokey bacon, pieces of chicken, melty cheese, and creamy ranch. If you are looking to make homemade pizza for your next pizza night in you have to give this chicken bacon ranch pizza a try!
Spread your ranch dressing on your dough first, next spread your alfredo sauce on the dough. Sprinkle half of your mozzarella cheese on the pizza. Brian Hernandez demonstrates a chicken bacon ranch pizza recipe using DeIorios dough ball product. You can cook Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza
- Prepare 1 of Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust.
- Prepare 1 of Ranch Dressing.
- You need 1/4 of Red Onion, thinly sliced.
- You need 2/3 cup of shredded cheese of your choice. I prefer an Italian blend.
- Prepare 3 slice of Bacon, cut into bits.
- You need 4 piece of chicken breast tenderloin strips, cut into 1\2in pieces.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Italian Seasoning.
- You need 1 pinch of Salt & Pepper.
- You need 1 tbsp of Your favorite BBQ sauce.
- You need 1 tbsp of water.
This is paid programming. ** Powered by PMQ. The exact origin of ranch dressing used on pizza is cloaked in mystery. Rumor has it that the trend began when college students began dunking their pizza slices into sides of ranch dressing. I fell in love with the chicken bacon ranch pizza at Papa Johns, but it was too expensive.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza step by step
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease pizza pan, even if it's nonstick..
- Cook bacon bits until you get a nice crisp. Drain bacon bits on a paper towel lined plate or bowl..
- Press dough out onto pizza pan and bake in oven for 8min for softer crust and roughly 10-11min for a crispier crust..
- While the crust is baking, remove all but a teaspoon or 2 of bacon grease from the pan and return to a medium heat. Add SEASONED chicken and cook for approximately 8-10 minutes, or until internal temp reaches 165°..
- Add water and stir. Add BBQ sauce and stir to coat. Cover with a lid, remove from the heat and let it sit while you remove the pizza crust from the oven..
- Add ranch to crust and spread a thin layer. Maybe 1 1/2 Tbsp, too much can overpower the other flavors..
- Add a thin layer of cheese. I prefer an Italian blend or even colby, but I was all out and had to use a mild cheddar. It was still good. Add an even layer of chicken, bacon, and onions. I dip a spoon in ranch then drizzle over the pizza, but ONLY once! Too much can overpower all the other flavors. Top with remaining cheese..
- Return to oven and bake for an additional 11-12min, or until the cheese bubbles. Let it rest for about 5 minutes before cutting..
So I put my own twist on it, and I like mine better. We loved Elizabeth's take on making this pizza at home. This CHICKEN BACON RANCH PIZZA starts out with my favorite crust - fathead dough! It gets topped off with some ranch dressing, cheddar cheese, juicy chicken, and plenty of crispy bacon pieces. And this Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza.