Description
Great pizza doesn’t come from delivery, it’s homemade. This basil pesto chicken pizza recipe is what happens when you stop settling for mediocre takeout and start leaning into ingredients that actually taste like real food. Fluffy crispy crust, fresh herby pesto sauce, melty mozzarella, and tomatoes that add little bursts of acidity that cut through all the richness. Make pizza night your favorite night of the week with this easy pesto chicken pizza. Here’s how to make it happen in your own kitchen.
Ingredients
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Pesto Sauce
- 2 cup Fresh Basil packed
- 1/4 cup Walnuts
- 2 tsp Garlic minced (2 cloves)
- 5 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 3 Lemon Wedges (juice from)
- 3 tbsp Water
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- Pizza Dough (homemade or pre-made dough)
- 6 oz Chicken Breast cooked and diced or shredded
- 1/2 White Onion sliced
- 10 Cherry Tomatoes quartered
- 4 Green Onions chopped
- 1/2 cup Mozzarella Cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
Pesto Sauce Instructions
- In a food processor, blender, or bullet, add all ingredients.
- Blend until all ingredients are combined.
- You may have leftover pesto sauce.
Chicken Pesto Pizza Instructions
- Pre-heat oven according to pizza dough instructions.
- Cook chicken and dice or shred with a fork once cooked.
- Slice onions and tomatoes and set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, stretch out pizza dough into a circular shape.
- Spoon the pesto sauce onto the top of the dough and use the back of the spoon to spread it evenly across the whole thing leaving about an inch of dough exposed along the edges. I usually use 3-4 tablespoons per pizza.
- Add the chicken pieces to the top of the pesto sauce.
- Add onion slices and tomatoes to the top of the pizza.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella and parmesan cheese on top.
- Bake pizza in the preheated oven according to pizza dough instructions or until golden brown and cheese is melted.
- Makes 3 10 inch pizzas.
Equipment
Notes
This is enough to make three 10 inch pizzas. Cooking time will vary based on what type of pizza dough you use and what type of oven you bake it in. You may have leftover pesto sauce.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Pizza
- Method: Pizza Oven
- Cuisine: American, Italian
