Feeding my family a wholesome dinner every night is no small task. We have a regular rotation of meals we pick from, but this is one of my favorites – Pesto Chicken Pizza!
This recipe is really simple and only 5 ingredients, unless you choose to dress it up some more. I usually opt to make my own pizza dough since it’s really easy and inexpensive (I use Ree Drummond’s recipe), but store bought dough would work too!
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Pesto Chicken Pizza
2016-02-20 21:03:00
Homemade Pizza made with pesto sauce, chicken, and tomatoes!
Ingredients
- 1 batch pizza dough
- 12 oz shredded mozzarella (I like to buy the block and shred it myself - it melts better!)
- 1/4 cup pesto sauce (you can make your own, but I like Costco's)
- 3-4 ounces cooked chicken, diced
- 5-6 grape tomatoes, cut into quarters
Instructions
- Prehead oven to 450 degrees.
- Roll out dough to desired thickness. I prefer it thinner, but it's up to you!
- Top with pesto, spreading around.
- Top pesto with chicken, mozzarella, and tomatoes.
- Bake in preheated oven for 8-15 minutes. This will all depend on your oven and how thin you've rolled the crust.
- Let cool and enjoy!
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24 Responses
We love pizza and usually choose that meal on fridays as part of our family movie night. I love this recipe. So easy and adds a little twist to just regular pizza.
We use pesto in EVERYTHING. Abbie doesn’t even eat red sauce! Pesto is just so good!
Friday night is usually homemade chicken wings or pizza night here – I haven’t made pesto in a while, must get on that!
I used to make it myself, but we go through so much of it that I couldn’t keep up! I buy the big jar from Costco and call it a day.
Confession: I’ve never tried pesto! I know, I know! I’ve heard it’s really great, though. And this pizza looks amazing.
You need pesto in your life. TRUST ME.
This looks so good!!!
Thanks – you should try it!
This recipe looks so yummy! I can’t wait to try it out my self. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Let me know what you think when you try it!
That looks delicious and so different from plain old boring pizza! Thank you for sharing!
Of course! Let me know what you think if you try it!
Gah, this sounds & looks delicious! Now if only I wasn’t dairy free!
Could you make pesto without the parmesan? And is there vegan cheese you could use? I’m sure you could adapt it!
Yum, yum, yum, yum. I love pesto! This looks delish!
Let me know if you try it!!!
I don’t know that I’ve made pesto pizza before. sounds good.
It is – you should try it!
I like how simple this recipe is (very little ingredients) and yet it looks so delicious!! I just pinned this one and I am really excited to try it out! 🙂
Let me know what you think!
That looks delicious!!! I love anything with pesto!
I use pesto in EVERYTHING!
WE make pizza every Friday night, I’ll be trying this recipe soon!
Let me know what you think!!!
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