Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza
This pizza puts the delicious, spicy flavor of Nashville Hot Chicken on pizza - pickles and all!
Equipment
- 1 Outdoor pizza oven Optional
- 1 Pizza Peel Optional
- 1 Basting Brush
- 1 Pizza pan or cookie sheet (if cooking in regular oven)
- 1 Pizza Cutter
Ingredients
Chicken
- 5 ounces of breaded boneless chicken ideal is pre-made for cooking in an Air Fryer
Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza Sauce
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons Cayenne Pepper
- 1 teaspoon Paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle brine have an extra teaspoon at hand in case you find the sauce too thick to spread
Chicken Drizzle
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce of your choice such as Frank's
- 1 teaspoon Nashville Hot Chicken pizza sauce you've made above
Pizza and Toppings
- 1 dough ball ~10 ounces
- 1.5 ounces dill pickle sliced thinly
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese or cheese of your choice
Instructions
Make Your Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza Sauce
- Melt the Butter in the microwave.
- If the pickle brine is cold, warm it up slightly in the microwave.
- Use a small whisk and stir in the Brown Sugar.
- Add the Paprika, Cayenne, Garlic powder, salt, and the pickle brine.
- Continue whisking together until well mixed. It will be pretty thick but consistent. You may need to warm it up in the microwave to fully mix it, as the butter may begin to solidify.
Prepare the Chicken
- Follow the directions for cooking your chicken – either in an air fryer or in the oven, but reduce the cooking time by about 2 minutes from what is recommended.
- After the chicken is cooked, remove and let cool.
- Once the chicken has cooled enough to touch, cut it into small cubes.
- Take one teaspoon of the Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza sauce you’ve made and mix with 2 tablespoons of your favorite hot sauce.
- Drizzle on the chicken cubes and shake in a covered bowl.
Prepare Your Dough
- Preheat the oven
- Stretch/roll out the pizza dough to make a pizza ~12 inches in diameter
- (If you use a pizza pan, add thin coat of olive oil).
- If using a pizza peel, flour the peel so the dough won't stick.
Prepare the pizza
- Place the dough on the peel or pan. You may need to straighten the edges with your fingers.
- Warm up your Nashville Hot Chicken Pizza sauce made above. Spread the sauce over the pizza dough. This sauce is quite thick so you'll need to use a brush to spread it over the dough.
- Top the pizza with your pieces of fried chicken.
- Distribute the pickles over the pizza.
- Top with the shredded cheese.
Cooking Time: Pizza in an Indoor Oven
- Cook at 450°F on a pizza pan or cookie sheet
- 7 minutes, then rotate
- 7 minutes, then use a spatula to transfer the pizza to the pizza stone
- The top of the pizza should already be browning, in which case turn the oven off.
- Leave in oven for 5 extra minutes (on a pizza stone if you have one)
- Remove and rest for 5 minutes before cutting and eat immediately.
Cooking Time: Outdoor Pizza Oven
- Cook at ~900°F (unless the crust is thicker like our Easy Peasy dough, in which case >650ºF)
- 4-6 minutes
- Rotate a quarter turn 4 times.
- Remove and rest for 3 minutes.
- Cut then serve immediately.
Notes
We really like Spice House's Greektown seasoning for this pizza but you can use another brand or make your own with a mix of salt, pepper, garlic powder, and oregano to taste.
Nutrition
Calories: 351kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 19gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 1549mgPotassium: 211mgFiber: 2gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 1057IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 156mgIron: 2mg
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