Chicken Ranch Pizza! Sauced with Ranch Dressing and topped with Marinated Grilled Chicken, Bacon, and Onions and cooked using the PIE/413 Pizza cook method.Typically, the ingredients used are the same ingredients in the Chicken Ranch Burrito/Wrap except the lettuce. This is chicken marinated in the same marinade. The liquid smoke can be omitted or included if a smokiness is desired. Then the Pizza is topped with Bacon, Onions & Cheese. For the Cheese, we use the Mozzarella Cheese Blend and a bit of Cheddar Cheese. Additional toppings can include Tomatoes, Green Onions, pickled Jalapeños and more Ranch dressing can be drizzled overtop.
Servings: 1 Pizza
Equipment
- 1 Marinating Bowl
- 1 Pizza Screen
- 1 Pizza Stone
- 1 Pan
Ingredients
- 1 M-L Pizza Dough - Overnight Pizza Dough or Hand-Tossed Pizza Dough
- As Desired Ranch Dressing
- 1 Whole Chicken Breast - diced into bite size pieces
- 2-3 Slices Bacon - Minced
- 1/2 Whole Onion - Sliced, diced or thin rings
- As Desired Mozzarella Cheese Blend - 3:1 Mozza to Provolone
- Small Handful Cheddar Cheese - shredded
Chicken Marinade
- 1/4 C Water
- 2 Tbl Oil
- 1 tsp Parmesan
- 1/2 tsp Chicken Powder & Sea Salt - each
- 1/4 tsp Lemon Juice
- 1/8 tsp Onion Powder, Black Pepper, Paprika - each
Instructions
- Preparation: Prepare the Pizza Dough the day before. Roughly at the same time, you plan on cooking the pizzas the next day. Dice Chicken Breast into bite size pieces and marinate overnight or at least 1 hour.Day of — Prepare the Cheese & Onions. Mince the Bacon. Preheat the oven to the highest setting it will go. With 1 rack positioned at the bottom with a pizza stone and another in the middle.
- Cook the Bacon: Place the minced bacon into the pan over medium heat and cook until it starts to crisp up. Strain out the grease and save for other recipes, and set aside the bacon.
- Cook the Chicken: Empty into the same pan set over medium high heat and leave it until the water evaporates and the chicken starts frying. Toss it around to give good color. Set it aside until ready to top the pizzas.
- Assembly: Stretch the Pizza Dough and transfer to a pizza screen. Top in the following order;Ranch DressingChickenBaconOnionsMozza CheeseCheddar CheeseTransfer the Pizza to the middle rack and cook using the 413 Pizza Cook Method.
- 413 Pizza Cook Method:4 Minute Cook: Transfer to the oven to cook for precisely 4 minutes in the middle rack position.1 Adjustment: At the 4-minute mark (3 minutes of cook time remaining), immediately place the oven on broil. Remove the Pizza from the Screen or Pan to come in direct contact with the pizza stone on the bottom rack position. Flip it around so that the front is now facing the back.3 Minute Broil: Broil for 3 minutes. Immediately take the oven off of Broil and back on to the highest setting if doing more pizzas. Then transfer the Pizza back to the Pizza Screen or Pan and remove. Slice the pizza and set aside to cool before serving.
- Drizzle more Ranch Dressing on top if desired. Garnish with Parsley & Chili Flakes or Aleppo. A bit of Pesto over top is nice too.
Notes
See the post for other topping ideas or for the Spicy Chicken Ranch Pizza!