Awesome Weeknight Chicken Pizza with Tomatoes, Basil, and Mozzarella
Basic chicken pizza made delicious with cherry tomatoes, fresh chopped basil, shallots, and cheese. This pizza is tasty enough for any night of the week.
Ingredients
- 1 Pizza crust homemade or store-bought (recommend this)
- 1/2 pound cooked chicken breasts shredded
- 1/2 cup pizza or marinara sauce
- 1 tablespoon chopped shallots or onion
- 1 oz fresh mozzarella pearls or thinly sliced fresh mozzarella
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese shredded
- 1/2 pint cherry tomatoes whole or halved
- 5 basil leaves chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425â.
- Lay out pizza dough on a cookie sheet without a rim.
- Spread pizza sauce over crust leaving about an inch around the border.
- Toss on the cooked shredded chicken*. Sprinkle the shallots over the chicken.
- Arrange the fresh mozzarella cheese evenly over the pizza and sprinkle the parmesan cheese on. Top with the tomatoes.
- Bake for 12 -16 minutes or until edges are golden brown.
- Add the chopped fresh basil and serve after cooling just a couple of minutes. YUM!
Notes
*For the cooked chicken, I like to season it with salt and pepper and some Italian seasoning. To cook it quicker, I cut them in half lengthwise and bake at 350â for 22-24 minutes and no pink is visible in the center.
Also if you have some cornmeal on hand, sprinkle some on to your baking sheet prior to placing the dough on it to keep it from sticking to the pan during baking. However if you buy the Pillsbury'sâ˘ď¸ Best Pizza Dough then you will bake it on parchment paper that comes with it so there's no need for the cornmeal.