Chicken Enchilada Pizza

Name: Chicken Enchilada Pizza
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 7 min
Total time: 22 min
Ingredients: 2 pounds pizza dough ((one recipe, or store bought)); 1 cup enchilada sauce ((approximate amount)); 2 cups shredded chicken ((rotisserie chicken works great)); 2 cups shredded colby jack cheese; 0.5 cup guacamole; .25 cup milk ((to thin the guacamole)); 2 cups shredded lettuce; 2 Roma tomatoes; 0.5 cup sliced olives; 2 tablespoons chopped, fresh cilantro; 0.5 cup Greek yogurt ((or sour cream))

September 5, 2013May 15, 2021

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Chicken Enchilada Pizza has all the great flavors of your favorite enchiladas on top of a pizza! It is the perfect way to switch up pizza night, and it is packed with flavor!!

A rectangle pizza topped with lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, olives, guacamole, and sour cream.

What you need to make Chicken Enchilada Pizza:

pizza dough – homemade or purchased from a local pizza parlor.
enchilada sauce – homemade or store-bought.
shredded chicken – this is a great way to use leftover rotisserie chicken.
shredded Colby Jack cheese
guacamole, sour cream, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, and olives to garnish.

A round pizza topped with lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, olives, guacamole, and sour cream.

Warning: This is not a happy, fun post…..this is my life. Feel free to skip straight to the Chicken Enchilada Pizza recipe at the bottom!

I got married 24 years ago on Labor Day. As most of you already know, the sweet loving man that I married…no longer exists. He has been replaced by a cruel, passive aggressive, narcissist that enjoys tormenting me. Yes, he plays his games just to see me cry. He may have walked out on his family 5 1/2 months ago, but is not out of my life yet. I was a stay at home mom for the past 23 years, so I obviously have no outside income or career skills to fall back on. I am still financially dependent on him, which is what he wanted. He controls everything. Lesson #1, don’t ever put yourself in that position.

The day I got married, it was for life…or so I thought. My plan was to grow old with this person. Watch our children grow up and have children of their own. The whole Disney pixie dust covered dream, has turned into a Grimm’s fairy tale. Every decision that I made, was based on the best interests of the family. He works 60+ hour weeks with travel to other countries, so me having a career and leaving our children to raise themselves was not an option. He went back to school and earned two masters degrees, while I raised the kids…for our future.

I received a text from him on Monday…Labor Day! He wanted to get together that night and discuss the finances, for the 7th time…ON LABOR DAY! Not on Saturday when he was here putting stuff in the garage. Not on Sunday, he chose Labor Day. I completely lost it!!! Thank God for my friend Michelle!! She called me first thing in the morning, and we ended up talking on the phone for 4 hours as she helped me figure out what to do next. Lesson #2, have a stash of posts ready to go when you are not emotionally able to deal with reality.

I have to accept the fact that when I move back to California or wherever I end up (I ended up in Arizona), I have no idea when I will see my kids again. Alex will still be in Iowa, and Cassi will be down in Florida going to school. The life that I planned and worked so hard to achieve, is gone and I have to put on my big girl panties and start a new life for myself. Lesson #3, never be fooled again.

Update: Alex moved to Arizona 2 months after I did, bought a house, and is now married. Cassi is still down in Florida, has graduated from college and just got married!

What does this have to do with Chicken Enchilada Pizza? Comfort food. Quick, easy to make, comfort food. When I am upset or stressed out, I bake.

When you think about it, this Chicken Enchilada Pizza is the perfect meal. It has your bread, protein, dairy, fruit and vegetables all covered!! lol

How to make a Chicken Enchilada Pizza:

Preheat oven to 500 degrees. If using a pizza stone, place it in the cold oven and allow it to heat for one hour.

Mix the chicken with 1/4 cup of enchilada sauce.

Shredded chicken mixed with enchilada sauce in a bowl.

Divide pizza dough in half. Roll one half out on a well floured work surface. Place dough on a cornmeal or parchment paper lined peel if using a pizza stone.

Pizza dough spread out over parchment paper on a pizza peel.

Spread about 1/4 cup of enchilada sauce over pizza dough.

Enchilada sauce spread over the pizza crust.

Spread half of the chicken mixture over the pizza crust.

A rectangle pizza topped with enchilada sauce and shredded chicken,

Sprinkle half of the grated cheese over the top of the pizza.

Raw pizza dough topped with enchilada sauce, chicken, and shredded cheese.

Slide pizza onto hot pizza stone (if using) or onto a baking sheet and bake for 20 – 25 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbling.

While pizza is baking, mix the guacamole with milk to thin.

Guacamole and milk mixed together in a small bowl.

Remove pizza from oven.

Pizza topped with enchilada sauce, chicken, and melted cheese.

Top pizza with lettuce, tomato, sliced olives.

Pizza topped with shredded lettuce and diced tomatoes.

Drizzle the guacamole sauce and sour cream/Greek yogurt over the top of the pizza and garnish with chopped cilantro.

A rectangle pizza topped with lettuce, chicken, tomatoes, olives, guacamole, and sour cream cut into squares.

Repeat the process for the second pizza.

Recipe Notes & Tips

Each oven is different so cooking times may vary!
If you do not like guacamole substitute sliced avocado.
You can drizzle the guacamole sauce with a spoon or pour the mixture into a small zipper bag and snip off the corner.
I drizzled my sour cream (Greek yogurt) with a zipper bag as well.
Homemade Pizza Dough is easy to make and works perfectly every time.
I used my Easy Enchilada Sauce on these pizzas.
This Instant Pot Faux-tisserie Chicken recipe is awesome, and also make great leftovers.

Additional Pizza recipes:

Shrimp Scampi Pizza
Eggs Benedict Pizza – breakfast, brunch, anytime!
Chili Cheese Dog Pizza
Steakhouse Pizza – topped with sliced steak, Gorgonzola butter and crispy onion rings.
Shrimp Pesto Pizza

Tools used to make this pizza:

***Major Update***It has been 5 years since I originally wrote this post, and I decided to leave it exactly the way I wrote it. I could have deleted it and started over with a completely different story about my favorite pizza, but who would that help? I want anyone reading this post that is going through a similar situation to know that you are NOT alone. You WILL get through it!

Not only did I survive, but I am thriving in my new life. I just bought my own home in September, something that I did not think was possible 5 years ago. Yes, 5 years and 13 days after I wrote this post I closed on my very own house! 🙂 I get to make my own decisions now, and paint the walls any color that I want!!

The world did not come to an end, it just changed. 🙂

Enjoy!!