This savory chicken bacon ranch pizza is made with a homemade pizza dough crust and topped with crispy bacon, creamy ranch dressing, and tender chunks of leftover chicken for a quick and easy pizza dinner. Cut it into square-shaped pieces and you have a flatbread appetizer!
PREP TIME 10 minutesminutes
COOK TIME 10 minutesminutes
TOTAL TIME 20 minutesminutes
YIELD 4servings
Ingredients
1pizza dough ballhalf of this pizza dough recipe or a pizza ball from the grocery store
2tbsp olive oil
2tsp ranch seasoningoptional
3/4cupranch dressing
1cooked boneless, skinless chicken breastor 1 cup leftover cooked chicken cut into chunks
Place a pizza stone in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 450°F for 30 minutes while you prepare the pizza.
Roll out the pizza dough to a 12-inch diameter on a piece of parchment paper. Brush olive oil around the edge of the dough and sprinkle just the oil with the dried ranch seasoning to form the seasoned crust. (Even if you don't use the seasoning, brush the oil to give a golden brown crispy texture to the edge.)
Spread the ranch dressing evenly over the center of the crust right up to the start of the olive oil border.
Sprinkle the chopped chicken over the ranch.
Rip the provolone cheese slices into 1-inch chunks and scatter evenly over the pizza.
Sprinkle the shredded mozzarella over the top of the ranch area.
Crumble the bacon strips and scatter them evenly over the top.
Use the parchment paper the pizza was prepared on as the transfer surface to put it in and out of the oven. You can slide it onto the back of a baking sheet and use that to carry it to the oven and slide the parchment paper onto the preheated baking stone in the oven.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the edge of the pizza is golden brown and the cheese has melted and become bubbly.
Carefully tug on the parchment paper to pull the pizza onto the back of the baking pan to lift it out of the oven. You don't want to touch the baking stone since it will be blazing hot.