BBQ Chicken Pizza

[mcokevin]

My wife and I felt like pizza for dinner last night and we had some thighs in the fridge we needed to either cook or freeze, so we decided to combine the two.

Smoked the thighs with a bbq chicken rub, mostly at 225 with apple. Went up to 250 as they were taking longer than I expected. I grill thighs all the time but rarely smoke them.

My wife made the pizza dough from scratch and has really gotten her recipe dialed in. The crust is perfect every time, and brushed with parmesan garlic butter for a great taste. Took one of the thighs I smoked and cut it up for pizza toppings. She also added some pickled onions she made a while back. This pizza was a big keeper, and everything but the bbq sauce and cheese was made by us.

Thighs just about finished.

The finished pizza, conspicuously missing one slice -- my wife was faster than me getting her first slice before I took a picture!

 

[smokerjim]

Looks good!

 

[Bearcarver]

Yup, definitely looks Mighty Tasty!!
Never tried "Chicken Pizza"-----Yet.
Like.

Bear

 

[sandyut]

Good lookin pie! That’s one I haven’t made in a while…might need to fix that.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice work bud . Great lookin pizza .
Boneless skinless thighs ?

 

[SmokinAl]

Can’t beat home made pizza & yours looks excellent!
Al

 

[SmokyMose]

That looks great! I'd be interested in the dough recipe if it's available....

 

[sawhorseray]

Good looking pie there, nice work! RAY

 

[MJB05615]

Great job all around. Never had Chicken Pizza either, but why not?

 

[zwiller]

Looks killer! Takes me back, haven't had that in ages. For those of you who have not had it, it's crazy good. Was made popular by the California Pizza Kitchen chain. Tons of recipes online. It's also sold frozen in stores.

 

[tx smoker]

I'm liking that. It looks really good. We are seeing a huge variety recently of people doing creative stuff with pizzas. Very well done!!

Robert

 

[mcokevin]

Nice work bud . Great lookin pizza .
Boneless skinless thighs ?

Thanks! A bit of hodge podge.. mostly boneless/skinless, but a few bone-in there too as well. There weren't quite enough boneless skinless to justify running the 1050, so I pulled some bone-in out of the freezer and threw them on too.

That looks great! I'd be interested in the dough recipe if it's available....

Thanks - and no problem. The dough is no great secret. My wife uses the recipe on this blog. She hasn't changed the recipe at all but has enough practice with it that she can nail it every time.

Looks killer! Takes me back, haven't had that in ages. For those of you who have not had it, it's crazy good. Was made popular by the California Pizza Kitchen chain. Tons of recipes online. It's also sold frozen in stores.

Thanks! This recipe was really simple. The dough linked above, bbq sauce as a base instead of pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, smoked bbq chicken however you want to do it, and pickled onions.

 

[bauchjw]

Wow! I love a good BBQ pizza! I haven’t had one since leaving West Coast. Yours looks awesome! Not a criticism in any way, try some fresh basil on it next time and it’ll bring another awesome flavor . Great work!

 

[912smoker]

Glad to see the 1050 in action and that's a fine looking pizza pie !! Great color on the thighs !

Keith

 

[mcokevin]

Wow! I love a good BBQ pizza! I haven’t had one since leaving West Coast. Yours looks awesome! Not a criticism in any way, try some fresh basil on it next time and it’ll bring another awesome flavor . Great work!

Good idea, will have to give it a shot. We didn't have anything like t hat in the fridge, and this was a "we need to cook this chicken but also want pizza" meal that was a little improvised! lol.

 

[JLeonard]

Great looking pie! I also have a wife that I have to beat to the finished product if I want any pics.

Jim

 

[SmokyMose]

My wife uses the recipe on this blog.

Thanks! I've printed the recipe and bookmarked the site...

 

[SecondHandSmoker]

Oh man! That is one killer looking pie.
Great job.

 

[zwiller]

try some fresh basil on it next time and it’ll bring another awesome flavor . Great work!

Will have to try it with basil, that stuff is great on pizza but FYI to those that don't know the OG one uses cilantro.

 

[bauchjw]

Will have to try it with basil, that stuff is great on pizza but FYI to those that don't know the OG one uses cilantro.

I got excited in my post. My first BBQ Chicken pizza was in SD and it was cilantro!