This buffalo chicken pizza recipe is a fun way to “spice” up Friday pizza night at home! It’s easy to make with leftover chicken and a quick homemade buffalo sauce.

Remember the days when you were convinced you didn’t like a certain food? And then by some unknown miracle, you found out that you actually loved that food? 

Most of us have a food like that. For me, it’s buffalo sauce. When my girlfriends were putting down 10¢ happy hour wings in college, I was studying. Or working. 

And when Domino’s showed up at the dorm in the wee hours of the night with a ton of extra hot wings after a long night at the bars, I usually was no where to be found (Read: already showered and in bed).

I couldn’t be bothered with anything having to do with buffalo.

But in my post-post college years, something awakened inside me. Now 10 years after college, my college girlfriends and I still meet up a few times a year and it should be no surprise that we meet for wings.

It was a few years ago that something told me that I needed to partake in this wing obsession that my girlfriends still harbored  So I gave these much beloved buffalo wings a shot and through the sweaty red face and fingertips full of hot sauce and ranch dressing, I fell in love. 

I couldn’t believe what I had been missing all those years ago! So I pitched the idea of getting wings one night to Kyle and got a thumbs down. Another non-believer! Boooo!

But there was a way around this. A way to get my way and get some of that winged goodness in my house without Kyle turning it down. I’d put it on a pizza!  

And let’s just say that he loves this pizza just as much as I do. It’s spicy. It’s sweet. The flavors almost caramelize together and make it impossible to resist going back for seconds.

For a homemade pizza dough, I wholeheartedly recommend this basic homemade pizza dough recipe (also linked below). Don’t wait like I did to try out a pizza like this one; I know you’ll love it as much as we do!

Fast Buffalo Chicken Pizza

If you’re short on time, simply use some leftover roast chicken or pick up a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store instead of cutting and cooking fresh chicken.

I guarantee this pizza will become one of your favorite ways to use up leftover chicken!

Still not ready for buffalo chicken pizza?  Here are some other pizza recipes to try out:

• California Grilled Pizza
• Roasted Eggplant and Fontina Pizza
• S’mores Pizza
• Roasted Garlic Ciabatta Bread Pizzas
• White Pizza with Arugula
• 3 Cheese Rosemary and Pepperoni Pizza

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Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Yield: 4 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Buffalo chicken pizza is a fantastic way to change up your Friday pizza nights! Make it with fresh chicken or leftover chicken you've got in the fridge. And don't forget the extra ranch or blue cheese dressing for dipping!

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Ingredients

• ½ batch of homemade pizza dough or store-bought fresh pizza dough
• 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• 12 oz boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1" pieces or chopped leftover roast or rotisserie chicken
• 3 tbsp hot sauce (Recommended: Frank's Hot Sauce)
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• ½ to ¾ cup homemade ranch dressing or store-bought
• 4 oz blue cheese, crumbled (Recommended: St. Agur, available at Whole Foods or your favorite mild English or French blue cheese)
• 4 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
• Cornmeal, for transferring and cooking pizza

Instructions

1. Place a pizza stone in a clean oven and heat for 30 minutes at 500° F.
2. If using fresh chicken: Meanwhile, in a medium saute pan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook chicken for 3-5 minutes until almost cooked through. It will finish cooking in the oven.  Add hot sauce and butter to the pan, heat through, and toss the chicken in the [now] buffalo sauce to coat. Remove from the heat and set aside.
3. If using leftover roast or rotisserie chicken: Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the hot sauce and butter to the pan, heat through, and toss the chicken in the [now] buffalo sauce to coat. Remove from the heat and set aside.
4. On a well-floured surface, roll out dough to desired thickness, but not larger than the size of your stone. Sprinkle a small handful of cornmeal onto a pizza peel (highly recommended if you love making pizza!), large wooden cutting board, or backside of a large sheet pan. Transfer the dough to the cornmealed surface. Spread ranch dressing out evenly on the dough, leaving a 1" border around the outside edge of the dough.  Top with 3/4 of the blue cheese.  Add the chicken and some of the sauce from the pan. Sprinkle on the mozzarella cheese and the remaining blue cheese.  You can add some extra sauce from the pan or shake on some hot sauce from the bottle if you want some extra heat.
5. Carefully remove the stone from the oven and place on top of the stove top.  Sprinkle with another small handful of cornmeal and evenly distribute on the stone with a spatula if needed - don't worry if it smokes a little.  Transfer the pizza onto the stone by sliding a spatula around the edges of the dough to loosen it from its surface and then shimmy the pizza off its surface. 
6. Bake 12 to 14 minutes. Remove the stone from the oven, place it on top of the stove top and allow the pizza to sit for a couple of minutes before cutting. Serve hot.

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