Description
This Easy BBQ Chicken Flatbread Pizza is quick to make, and results in a tangy, sweet meal or snack. It is also perfect for an appetizer during happy hour or a playdate snack for kids. You can individualize your pizza using your favorite BBQ sauce and flatbread.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 personal-size flatbread or pita bread
- 2–3 T favorite BBQ sauce
- 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese
- 2 ounces cooked chicken breast, chopped
- 1/2 pickled shallot, sliced *see below
- 2 T cilantro leaves
- 2–3 T grated parmesan cheese
*For Pickled Shallots:
- 1 medium shallot, skin removed
- 1 tsp white sugar
- 1/4 cup red wine vinegar
Instructions
- If making pickled shallots, see below* for the first step.
- Wash, destem, and pat dry cilantro leaves (about 2 T or 12-15 leaves).
- Prepare your pizza by spreading 2-3 tablespoons of your favorite barbecue sauce on the flatbread or pita, except for about a 1/2″ around the outer perimeter of the surface.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese evenly on top of the sauce.
- Next, add small chunks of cooked chicken breast (about 2 oz total) evenly spread over the surface of the cheese.
- Remove pickled shallots from the vinegar mixture and pat them dry a bit on a paper towel. Then you can add them evenly across the surface of the pizza. You may use about 1/2 of a small shallot total. (You can reserve the rest of your pickled shallot to add to a salad or another pizza later!)
- Sprinkle the cilantro leaves evenly across the pizza, and then finally 2-3 T grated parmesan cheese to the top.
- Bake your flatbread pizza straight on the oven rack (for about 10 minutes) or on a pizza stone (for about 15 minutes), monitoring for the desired crispiness of crust and browning of cheese.
- Once you remove it from the oven, allow it to cool at least 2-3 minutes on a cutting board before slicing it into pieces to serve.
To make pickled shallots:
- Peel the outer dry skin off of one medium shallot.
- Then, slice it EXTRA thin.
- Dissolve 1 tsp of white sugar in about 1/4 cup of red wine vinegar in a small jar or bowl.
- Soak the shallots (make sure they are covered by the vinegar mixture) for about 20 min.
- Drain out the liquid and there you have it.
Notes
- Red onions are a great substitution for using pickled shallots. Sautéing the onions before putting them on the pizza would be recommended.
- Straight on the oven rack is the best way for a crispy crust, but when you are making small flatbread pizzas, it could get difficult to make sure there is a clean transfer from the prep surface to the rack. Using a pizza stone, like this one from Amazon, is a good way to prevent oven disaster!
- If you love flatbread pizzas, try out this Prosciutto, Fig, & Goat Cheese Flatbread Pizza.
- And if it is the BBQ chicken flavor you love, you may also like this easy BBQ Chicken Ranch Salad.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 10 min
- Category: mains
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 pizza
- Calories: 414
- Sugar: 9 g
- Fat: 7.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 53.7 g
- Protein: 32 g