Buffalo Chicken Pizza
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Last Updated on September 3, 2022 by Lisa Johnson
This Buffalo Chicken Pizza recipe includes all the taste of traditional Buffalo chicken wings without all the mess!! Homemade pizza crust is topped with spicy hot sauce, shredded chicken, mozzarella and blue cheese crumbles for the perfect pizza night or game day meal!
Check out this How to make Homemade Pizza post for detailed instructions and recipes for making pizzeria quality pizza at home.
Are you ready for some footbaaaaaall? How about some football food? I am in full on football food mode over here, even though I know absolutely nothing about the game. I just like creating fun party foods and hanging out with friends. This Buffalo Chicken Pizza is another one of those ideas that popped into my head last year, and is finally making its way to the party table.
Doesn’t that look delicious? Bubbly, melted mozzarella, celery sticks, Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce {holy crap that stuff is hot!!}, and some shredded rotisserie chicken make this pizza so simple to prepare!
What you will need
- Homemade Pizza Dough, Italian Pizza Dough, or store-bought.
- Red Hot Sauce – I used Franks Red Hot Sauce but feel free to use your favorite.
- Mozzarella Cheese is my favorite, but a combination of smoke gouda and provolone would be delicious as well.
- Crumbled Blue Cheese adds a salty, tangy taste to this pizza reminiscent of chicken wings.
- Thinly sliced celery sticks are another traditional flavor and they add a bit of whimsy, but can also be served on the side along with ranch dressing to cool things down.
Be sure to check out the detailed printable recipe card below
How to make Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Place pizza stone in the upper third of the oven, and preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Remove pizza dough from the refrigerator and set on the counter to come up to room temperature.
Place pizza dough on a sheet of parchment paper and press into a 12-inch circle.
Mix the sauce and shredded chicken together in a small bowl.
Spread the chicken mixture out on top of the pizza dough.
Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top of the pizza. Carefully slide a pizza peel under the parchment paper, then slide onto the preheated baking stone. Bake for 10 minutes, or until cheese is bubbling and starting to brown.
For fun, I decided to cut the celery into thin strips and sprinkle them across the top of the baked pizza.
Garnish with crumbled blue cheese and chopped parsley. Cut into 8 slices and serve with Homemade Ranch Dressing on the side.
Recipe Notes & Tips
- Store leftover pizza in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- To reheat: place pizza on a baking sheet and heat in a 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly, reheat in an air fryer for 3 minutes at 350 degrees, or microwave in 15 to 30-second intervals until the cheese melts.
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Tools used to create this recipe
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- Cutting Board & Chefs Knife
- Box Grater
- Parchment Paper – yes it is safe to use in a 500 degree oven, it will not catch on fire.
- Measuring Cups
- Mixing Bowl
- Silicone Spatula
- Pizza Stone
- Pizza Peel – used to get the pizza on and off the HOT baking stone.
- Pizza Cutter – do not cut on the pizza peel, it will ruin the wood and your pizza will stick to the grooves!
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Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Ingredients
- 1 pound pizza dough half batch of homemade dough
- 2 cups shredded or chopped chicken rotisserie is perfect
- 0.5 cup Buffalo sauce I used Franks
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- .33 cup crumbled blue cheese
- 1 stalk celery cut into thin strips
- ranch dressing for dipping
Instructions
- Place pizza stone in the upper third of the oven, and preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Remove pizza dough from the refrigerator and set on the counter to come up to room temperature.
- Place pizza dough on a sheet of parchment paper and press into a 12-inch circle.
- Mix the sauce and shredded chicken together in a small bowl. Spread the chicken mixture out on top of the pizza dough.
- Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese on top of the pizza. Carefully slide a pizza peel under the parchment paper, then slide onto the preheated baking stone. Bake for 10 minutes, or until cheese is bubbling and starting to brown.
- For fun, I decided to cut the celery into thin strips and sprinkle them across the top of the baked pizza.
- Garnish with crumbled blue cheese and chopped parsley. Cut into 8 slices and serve with Homemade Ranch Dressing on the side.
Notes
- My Homemade Pizza Dough recipe is enough to make two medium pizzas (approximately 2 pounds of dough).
- Double the toppings ingredients if you would like both pizzas for a party, or use the half for a different flavor of pizza.
- Store leftover pizza in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- To reheat: place pizza on a baking sheet and heat in a 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly, reheat in an air fryer for 3 minutes at 350 degrees, or microwave in 15 to 30-second intervals until the cheese melts.
Hahaha … I’m not laughing, but I can totally imagine you taking that first bite of pizza and it being hot!!! I would totally devour this pizza — yummy!
It would have been awesome if that moment had been caught on camera!! Eyes getting huge, looking around for something to drink or eat to cool the burn! I so wish that I could like spicy food, but I don’t think that will ever happen. 🙁
This looks like my kind of pizza….totally saucy with tons of great flavor! I’ve used the buffalo sauce before – it IS hot! But so worth it!!
Thank you Cathy, it was definitely saucy…and oh so spicy! I really wish that I could like spicy foods, I fell so left out, LOL
I’m ready for this! It looks fantastic Lisa!
I love all things “Buffalo Chicken”! It looks delicious!
My son is a buffalo chicken fanatic – I’ve got to make this for him! Pinned!
Your pizza looks absolutely incredible!
Recipe looks awesome and so great it held up to the 2 hour wait! All the recipes on this page look delish, pinned to my boards to make these 🙂
I could dive right into this pizza! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I kind of figured that this pizza was right up your alley, Karly. 🙂
Sitting here eating a piece of Buffalo Chicken Pizza now and couldn’t wait to tell you “wow”!!! Fantastic! Thanks for sharing your excellent recipe.
~Lucy