Buffalo Chicken Ranch Pizza
- Prep Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 23 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
Crust
- 3 ¼ cups all-purpose flour plus additional for dusting
- 2 teaspoons rapid rise or instant yeast
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 cup warm water
- 2 tablespoons olive oil plus additional for coating bowl
Topping
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken breast, shredded
- ½ cup ranch dressing
- ½ cup hot sauce
- 4 cups shredded mozzarella or Italian blend cheese
Instructions
Preparing the dough
- In a large bowl, combine flour, yeast, salt, sugar. Add in water and olive oil. Stir ingredients together until mixture is stiff and then use hands until dough is formed.
- Dust a clean work surface with flour and knead dough for about 4 minutes, flour more if necessary. Knead until dough is smooth.
- Lightly oil a large bowl. Add the dough and coat with olive oil. Cover bowl with kitchen towel and let dough rise (double in size) for an hour.
- After dough has doubled in size either freeze ball or if ready to use, punch dough down and roll out.
Making the pizza
- Preheat oven at 400 degrees.
- Roll dough out on a clean surface using a rolling pin until dough is even. Spray 16-inch pizza pan with cooking spray. Place on pan.
- In a medium bowl mix chicken, ranch dressing and hot sauce. Spread on top of crust. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake in preheated oven for 18 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden brown.
- Let sit for 4 minutes and serve.