Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza

Our family loves this delicious homemade chicken bacon ranch pizza. The combination is a tasty break from traditional pepperoni and will get you excited about pizza night!

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This pizza was inspired by a pizza I used to order at California Pizza Kitchen that had avocado on it. You might think this is totally weird but trust me, it’s delicious!

Ingredients:

Ingredients for Pizza Dough

My homemade pizza dough recipe is so simple and only calls for a few ingredients. If you want more guidance make sure to ready my post How to Make Pizza Dough, it has everything you need to know! Pizza dough is a lean dough that’s low in fat and sugar to produce a crispy on the outside crust. We add a little olive oil for flavor.

• Water
• Active Dry Yeast
• Flour- I like to use bread flour, all-purpose works but bread flour produces a little bit better results. If you’d like to make a whole wheat flour just use 1/2 whole wheat and 1/2 bread flour.
• Salt
• Olive Oil

Ingredients for Chicken Bacon Ranch Pizza

• Olive Oil- Brushing the edges of the crust with olive oil helps the crust to be crispy but not too hard.
• Bottled Ranch Dressing or Cilantro Lime Ranch- Most of the time when I make this pizza I use a traditional bottle of Hidden Valley ranch for the sauce, however if I happen to have a jar of my homemade cilantro lime ranch dressing in the fridge I use it!
• Bacon- Bacon makes everything taste better! Pre-cook the bacon and have it sliced into small pieces ready to sprinkle over the pizza.
• Chicken- You’ll need pre-cooked chicken for this pizza, I like using this recipe for baked chicken breasts. Or if you want to save some time just pick apart a rotisserie chicken.
• Red Onions- Adding a little zest a few red onions diced small add some flavor.
• Avocado- Adding slices of avocado on the top of the pizza after it comes out of the oven adds an unexpected element and is so good!
• Italian Cheese Blend- op the pizza with generous amounts of delicious shredded cheese. I prefer an Italian blend to just straight mozzarella for a little varied flavor.

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I love to make pizza! I’ve made several unique pizza recipes to help make family pizza night more delicious and get you more excited about making homemade pizza! Make sure to read my posts with lots of tips for making homemade pizza and how to make pizza for a crowd.

• Caprese Pizza
• Meat Lovers Pizza
• Tuscan Mushroom & Sun-dried Tomato Pizza
• Chicken Apple & Caramelized Onion Pizza

If you would like to get all 5 pizza recipes and the instructions for making pizza dough in a downloadable e-cookbook you can purchase my “How to Make Pizza at Home” ebook Here!

Tools for making homemade pizza

I don’t use a lot of fancy pizza making supplies that are used only for pizza. I don’t need extra stuff in my kitchen! So I prefer tools that are used for a variety of cooking needs. These are my tried and true cooking tools that I love to use for pizza making and more!

• Silpat– A nonstick no-mess surface that is perfect for making pizza. Read more about how I use it in my post: The Top 3 Reasons I Love My Silpat
• Perforated Baking Sheet– You need a base for the Silpat to sit on. You can use a sheet pan or jelly roll pan but I prefer the perforated baking sheet because it lets more air through the bottom and creates a crispier crust.
• Roul’Pat– I can’t imagine rolling out the pizza dough on any other surface. This non-stick mat is awesome. I also use it for sugar cookies, pie crust, bread dough and more.
• Metal Scraper– This tool is such a life saver when it comes to cutting and scraping dough.
• Pizza Slicer– the only tool that’s “specific” to pizza. 😉
• Offset Spatula– Although not necessary I really like to use an offset spatula to spread sauce on dough. If you already have one for icing cakes pull it out for pizza!
• Basting Brush– I use a basting brush to brush the olive oil onto the edges of the pizza dough crust.
• Kitchenaid Mixer with Dough Hook– Oh how do I count the ways I love my Kitchenaid mixer. I can’t imagine making pizza dough without a stand mixer, it makes it so easy. I clearly wasn’t cut out for pioneer days.
• Large Bowl– You’ll want an extra large bowl to let the dough rise in.
• Rolling Pin– A good rolling pin is a staple in the kitchen and you’ll need it to roll out your pizza dough.

Time Saving Tip:
Pre-make the Dough. If you’re not at home during the day make your dough the night before, let it rise and then put the ready to roll out down in the fridge wrapped in plastic wrap. Make sure to let the dough come to room temperature for 30-ish minutes before you roll it out. 

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If you would like to get all 5 pizza recipes and the instructions for making pizza dough in a downloadable e-cookbook you can purchase my “How to Make Pizza at Home” ebook Here!