This pizza is a mouthful to say and to eat.
With all the crazy experimentation we’re seeing with pizza toppings today, I decided to take a stab at it myself and see if I could end up in the pantheon of pizza greats, alongside others like Ian’s Mac & Cheese pizza or the classic dill pickle & hot pastrami pizza.
With the help of things I found lying around my kitchen cabinets, I give you the soon to be famous Chipotle Chicken Chickpea Pepper pizza.
Time You’ll Need
- 15 minutes prep
- ~ 15 minutes cooking
What You’ll Need
- 1 cup of chopped onion
- 10 oz can of grilled white chicken
- 1 can of premade pizza dough (or you can make your own)
- ½ can (8 oz) of chickpeas
- 11 oz can of chipotle peppers
- ~2 cups of shredded mozzarella cheese (or favorite cheese of choice)
- 4 chopped garlic cloves
- Olive oil
- Seasonings: salt, pepper, garlic powder, chipotle powder *, red pepper flakes
- 8 oz of favorite pizza sauce
*optional
What You’ll Do
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Drain chickpeas and pat dry with a paper towel.
- Drain chicken.
- Chop the chipotle peppers into smaller slices, but save some of the sauce they came in.
- In a large bowl, add chickpeas, chicken, chipotle peppers, chopped onion, chopped garlic, and some of the chipotle pepper sauce. Sprinkle some salt, garlic powder, chipotle powder, red pepper, and black pepper in and mix everything together really well.
- Roll out dough into desired shape. I prefer circles because square pizzas are wrong.
- Cover the top with a drizzle of olive oil and garlic salt. Spread evenly over the dough. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 4-6 minutes.
- Take out and let the dough cool.
- Add the pizza sauce first, spreading evenly.
- Next add your chipotle, chickpea, & chicken toppings to the pizza.
- Then you’ll add your cheese over the top. Sprinkle on one more round of seasonings.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes or until your desired pizza crispy-ness. Enjoy!
