Description
This pizza is fast to make when using rotisserie chicken, and prepared pizza dough. For an even quicker preparation use already cooked bacon crumbles. I cook my pizza in a cast iron skillet for a slight crunch to my dough. Serve with a small salad if desired.
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 (10 ounce) container refrigerated pizza crust
- 1 tablespoon dry ranch seasoning, divided
- ⅓ cup ranch dressing
- 6 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- ⅓ cup cubed, cooked chicken
- ⅛ cup sliced red onion
- 1 small tomato, sliced
- 1 tablespoon butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Cook bacon in a large skillet and over medium-high heat
- turning occasionally
- until evenly browned
- about 10 minutes. Drain bacon on paper towels and cool.
- Pour oil into a 12-inch cast iron skillet. Brush oil all over the interior of the skillet. Place dough into the skillet and shape into a pizza
- forming a crust at the edge. Prick dough all over with a fork.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 5 minutes. Remove from oven and reshape dough if necessary. Sprinkle the top of the dough with 2 teaspoons ranch seasoning. Spread ranch dressing on top.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella
- chicken
- and red onion over pizza crust. Crumble cooled bacon on top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and top is browned
- about 20 minutes.
- Remove pizza from oven and top with tomato slices. Melt butter and mix in the remaining dry ranch seasoning. Brush crust with butter-ranch mixture.
- Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven’s broiler.
- Broil pizza until cheese is golden brown
- 2 to 3 minutes
- being careful not to burn.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 4