Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza. The exact origin of ranch dressing used on pizza is cloaked in mystery. Rumor has it that the trend began when college students began dunking their pizza slices into sides of ranch dressing. I got the inspiration for this recipe from Papa John's chicken bacon ranch pizza.
Sprinkle half of your mozzarella cheese on the pizza.
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You can cook Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza
- It's 1 of Pillsbury Artisan Pizza Crust.
- It's 1 of Ranch Dressing.
- It's 1/4 of Red Onion, thinly sliced.
- Prepare 2/3 cup of shredded cheese of your choice. I prefer an Italian blend.
- It's 3 slice of Bacon, cut into bits.
- It's 4 piece of chicken breast tenderloin strips, cut into 1\2in pieces.
- Prepare 1 tsp of Italian Seasoning.
- Prepare 1 pinch of Salt & Pepper.
- It's 1 tbsp of Your favorite BBQ sauce.
- You need 1 tbsp of water.
This CHICKEN BACON RANCH PIZZA starts out with my favorite crust - fathead dough! It gets topped off with some ranch dressing, cheddar cheese, juicy chicken, and plenty of crispy bacon pieces. This particular pizza I am presenting today is none other than chicken bacon ranch! I first tried this pizza at Dominos not too long ago and just loved it.
Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza step by step
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease pizza pan, even if it's nonstick..
- Cook bacon bits until you get a nice crisp. Drain bacon bits on a paper towel lined plate or bowl..
- Press dough out onto pizza pan and bake in oven for 8min for softer crust and roughly 10-11min for a crispier crust..
- While the crust is baking, remove all but a teaspoon or 2 of bacon grease from the pan and return to a medium heat. Add SEASONED chicken and cook for approximately 8-10 minutes, or until internal temp reaches 165°..
- Add water and stir. Add BBQ sauce and stir to coat. Cover with a lid, remove from the heat and let it sit while you remove the pizza crust from the oven..
- Add ranch to crust and spread a thin layer. Maybe 1 1/2 Tbsp, too much can overpower the other flavors..
- Add a thin layer of cheese. I prefer an Italian blend or even colby, but I was all out and had to use a mild cheddar. It was still good. Add an even layer of chicken, bacon, and onions. I dip a spoon in ranch then drizzle over the pizza, but ONLY once! Too much can overpower all the other flavors. Top with remaining cheese..
- Return to oven and bake for an additional 11-12min, or until the cheese bubbles. Let it rest for about 5 minutes before cutting..
I quickly decided I had to attempt to make my own, and it was a success. Try our chicken pizza recipe combining the flavors of ranch dressing, chicken and our special pizza double cheese. And it's fun to get creative with the toppings. This one with chicken, bacon and ranched dressing is smothered in three types of Sargento® cheese. I fell in love with the chicken bacon ranch pizza at Papa Johns, but it was too expensive.