Cast-Iron Deep Dish Buffalo Chicken Pizza
Recently I got the urge to make homemade pizza. I've never dabbled with making pizza before, but it's such an easy concept... what could possibly go wrong? I decided to go with one of the most popular specialty pizzas around: Buffalo Chicken style but with a deep dish twist. I was very impressed with the results, it came out incredible and all self-bias aside, it was honestly one of the best buffalo chicken pizza's I have ever eaten. Below I will show you the step by step process so you can create your own tasty buffalo chicken pie.
Ingredients
1 lb of Pizza Dough
2 Chicken Breasts
3 Slices of Bacon
Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
Gorgonzola Cheese
Blue Cheese Dressing
Buffalo Sauce
Step 1: Grill the Chicken
White-meat chicken breast is best. Try not to over-cook and dry out the chicken, it will continue to cook once on top of the pizza in the oven.
Step 2: Dice Up the Chicken
Slice up your grilled chicken into small square pieces. Place the chicken chunks in a bowl and douse them with your favorite buffalo sauce. I imagine this recipe would work great with BBQ sauce too! Just switch the blue cheese dressing with ranch.
Step 3: Prepare the Bacon
Fry up the bacon slices until crispy. Try not to over-cook the bacon because it will burn on top of the pizza once it gets into the oven.
Step 4: Ready the Dough
Place the dough on a floured surface and let it reach room temperature. Any pizza dough from a grocery store will work, but don't be afraid to ask your local pizza restaurant for a pound. Most pizza joints keep a stock of dough on hand and wouldn't mind selling some to a customer.
Step 5 - Stretch the Dough
Stretch the ball of dough into a circular shape. Try not to thin it out too much and do not fold it over or the dough will lose it's integrity. At this time, pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees (or hotter). The hotter the better.
Step 6: Roll It Out
Roll out the dough into a circular shape on a floured surface. Be aware of the size and try to make it a little larger than the pot/pan you are using. I used a 9" round cast-iron pot. Don't worry if you can't make a perfect circle, it won't matter too much once it's in the dish.
Step 7: Pre-Heat the Cast-Iron Dish
Place the cookware on the stove and turn it to a medium heat. Let the cast-iron heat up prior to adding the dough.
Step 8: Add the Dough
Once the cast-iron is hot, sprinkle it with flour and cornmeal before adding the rolled out pizza dough. Curl the edges up the side and brush a layer of olive oil across the top.
Step 9: Spread Blue Cheese Dressing
The sauce base for the buffalo chicken pizza is a blue cheese dressing. Once the dough begins to bubble, spread a layer of your favorite blue cheese dressing across the top of the surface.
Step 10: Add the Chicken
Dump the bowl of buffalo chicken chunks on top of the blue cheese. Spread it evenly around the middle of the pie. Don't be afraid to let the sauce drizzle.
Step 11: Cover with Sliced Mozzarella
Cover the pizza with a blanket of fresh Mozzarella. The fresh mozzarella is much better than the pre-shredded bags you find at the grocery store.
Step 12: Top with Gorgonzola Crumbles
Add some Gorgonzola cheese crumbles on top of the mozzarella.
Step 13: Place into Oven
Once the pizza is loaded, pop it into the oven and cook at 500 degrees or higher until the crust becomes a golden brown. Be careful not to burn the bottom!
Step 14: Admire Your Work
The pizza pie will look more and more delicious by the minute. It will take roughly 10 minutes in the oven to reach a nice golden crust.
Step 15: Add the Bacon
Trust me, I didn't forget the bacon. Add the bacon at the very end of the cooking process to insure you don't burn it.
Step 16: ENJOY!
Take it out of the oven and let it cool for a minute before diving in! I know it will be hard to wait, but the sauces will be HOT.
Let me know what you think!
Thanks For Reading!
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Oh fuck you, looks way too delicious 😭😍
Oh yesss the tides have turned... that's generally how I feel about most of your posts ;)
You should make a cook book for Men! All the recipes you share are things I would eat in a heartbeat and it doesn't look over complicated either, so I might be able to pull it off ! In the cook book you can also have your beer reviews and recommend which beer is good for which food 🥘 🍻
Thanks @dandesign86 ! That's one of the best comments I've gotten on here. A compilation of recipes might be a great idea!
Nothing is impossible I'm telling you ! If you collect all your posts here on steemit you already have quite a lot of nice material for your book !
wow!! now I'm hungry lol...I need to make this sometime...thank you for posting this
Definitely try it out! Easy and delicious, thanks for the comment!
DANGGGGGG! This looks so good! It reminds me of a kind of pizza that everyone would order at a place called "Antonio's" in Rhode Island after late nights out, called "Chicken bacon ranch". I went through a brief vegetarian stint in college, but that didn't stop me from grabbing a slice and telling everyone that I was a vegetarian while I ate the whole thing. Great combo of flavors you have @jeffjagoe. It'll make a vegetarian turn it's face and never look back :X
That looks good. It's not easy to get a good pizza, western style, here in Dalian that's not really expensive. Pretty good instructions you got here. I can maybe be motivated to make my own.
Great recipe!
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