BBQ Chicken Pizza with BTB Sauce

We decided that we should take the BBQ chicken pizza that you can get from your favorite modern or take home pizzeria and show you how we make it at home with BTB sauce.

Ingredients: 

• Store bought pizza dough - divided
• Flour for dusting dough (or gluten free variety)

• Protein of your choice: smoked/grilled chicken, sausage, tofu, shrimp - fully cooked, shredded or sliced for easy assembly
• Cheese of your choice: We like a blend of Parmesan and Gouda, or Chevre (creamy) or Brie
• Veggies of your choice: red onions, mushrooms - thinly sliced, black olives, roasted garlic, arugula leaves
• Olive oil - approx 1 tbsp
• Minced Garlic

Directions:
Mix the olive oil and minced garlic in a small glass bowl. Heat olive oil mixture for 30 seconds in the microwave. Set aside. 

Remove the dough from the package. Flatten the dough with your hands on a slightly floured surface. Either use your fingers to stretch the dough out, or a floured rolling pin and work around the edges of the dough. Once you've stretched the dough, let it sit for 5 minutes and then push out the edges with your fingers again, until you have a nice round shape. You can make this a personal size or enough for the family to share (generally 6 - 12 inches in diameter).

Preheat the oven per the instructions on the dough package, generally 425 degrees. 

Once the oven is to temperature, spray a cookie sheet with non-stick and slide the dough onto the sheet. Next brush the top side of the dough with the olive oil/garlic mixture. Partially cook the dough in the oven for about 5 minutes. 

Rolled out dough bushed with oil/garlic mixture and BTB sauce

Remove the dough from the oven to assemble your toppings. Brush the dough with your choice of BTB sauce (we do a blend of Mild and Spicy), enough to cover the dough, but not too much to make it mushy. Arrange veggies over crust. We even added marinated artichokes to this one!

Add chicken or other protein. Lastly top with dollops of soft cheese or your shredded cheese mixture to the dough. 

Place the pizza back in the oven and cook for about 10 minutes, or until it is golden brown and the cheese is fully melted. 

While the pizza is resting, top with Arugula leaves. 

Slice and enjoy!