Southwestern Chicken Pizza
🕒 Total Time: 40 minutes
🥘 Recipe Category: One Dish Meal
🔍 Keywords: Chicken, Poultry, Meat, Southwestern U.S., Spicy, < 60 Mins, Oven, Small Appliance
👨🍳 Servings: 8
🍽️ Yield: 1 pizza
Description:
Indulge in the delightful flavors of the Southwest with this tantalizing Southwestern Chicken Pizza recipe. Perfect for a quick and savory meal, this pizza combines tender chicken, spicy chipotle chile, fresh purple onions, and juicy tomatoes, all atop a golden crust smothered in gooey cheese.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound chicken
- 1 chipotle chile in adobo
- 1 purple onion
- 1 tomatoes
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 2 cups cheese (your choice)
Nutritional Information (per serving):
- Calories: 90.8
- Fat Content: 4.8g
- Saturated Fat Content: 1.4g
- Cholesterol Content: 22.5mg
- Sodium Content: 99.9mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 5.2g
- Fiber Content: 1.2g
- Sugar Content: 1.6g
- Protein Content: 6.5g
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Cook the chicken until tender, preferably grilling, then cube it.
- Chop the purple onion and slice the tomatoes.
- Roll out the pizza crust onto a cookie sheet as directed on the can.
- In a bowl, combine the pizza sauce with the chipotle chile in adobo.
- Adjust the amount of chipotle sauce according to your desired level of spiciness.
- Spoon the pizza sauce onto the crust, spreading it evenly.
- Top the sauce with a generous amount of cheese, followed by the chopped onion, cubed chicken, and sliced tomatoes.
- Place the pizza in the preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the crust turns golden brown and the cheese is completely melted.
- Remove from the oven, allow to cool slightly, then slice and serve hot.
Enjoy the bold flavors of the Southwest with every bite of this Southwestern Chicken Pizza! Perfect for a quick weeknight dinner or for sharing with friends at your next gathering.