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Sourdough BBQ Chicken Pizza

Hailey
This soft, chewy sourdough pizza crust topped with BBQ sauce, smoked chicken, jalapeños, cheese, red onion and turkey bacon makes for a delectable lazy dinner the whole family will enjoy.
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Prep Time 1 day 30 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Course Dinner, Main Course, Snack
Servings 4 pizzas

Equipment

  • 1 Cast Iron Skillet
  • 1 Large Mixing Bowl
  • 1 Rolling Pin
  • 1 Pizza Slicer
  • 1 Olive Oil Dispenser
  • 1 Pastry Cutter

Ingredients
  

Sourdough Pizza Crust

  • 1/4 cup sourdough discard
  • 1/4 cup + 1 TBS whole wheat flour
  • 1 - 2/3 cup all purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tsp sea salt We prefer himalayan sea salt
  • 1 TBS olive oil

Pizza Toppings

  • 1-2 chicken breasts
  • 1/2 red onion (diced)
  • 1 jalapeno - medium sized (diced)
  • 1 cup shredded cheese (mozzarella, cheddar, colby jack, italian)
  • 4 pieces turkey bacon (diced)
  • 1/4 cup BBQ Sauce
  • ranch (optional)

Instructions
 

Day Prior to bake (Feed Sourdough Starter)

  • Feed sourdough starter to use active discard within the pizza dough.

Pizza Dough Prep + Bulk Fermentation

  • In a large mixing bowl, combine active sourdough starter, wheat flour, all purpose flour, water, salt and olive oil. Mix by hand until just barely together.
    Do not over-knead the dough or it will build the gluten too much causing the dough to become springy when rolled out later.
    Cover the dough with a rung out tea towel. Allow it to double in size. Depending not he temperature of your home, this can take 4-12 hours.
  • Place a loose lid over the top of the container once the dough has doubled in size. Allow to sit in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours prior to cooking.

Making the Sourdough Pizzas

  • Remove the sourdough pizza dough from the refrigerator and place dough on a clean countertop. Cut dough into fourths.
  • Begin cooking turkey bacon on stovetop (or oven). Flipping halfway through. Once cooked, dice into pieces and set aside.
  • Heat the cast iron skillet on low - medium heat and coat with olive oil or avocado oil throughly to ensure pizza crust will not stick to the surface.
  • Start the oven broiler to 'high'.
  • Roll out one sourdough pizza crust to 1/8-1/4 inch thickness. Place one sourdough pizza crust into the cast iron skillet.
    If dough is springy - allow to sit on countertop for 15-30 minutes to warm up more.
  • Once in the cast iron skillet, spread BBQ sauce on top of the crust using a pastry brush.
  • Add pizza toppings to the crust (cheese, chopped chicken, jalapeño and red onion).
  • Using a metal spatula, pull the crust away from the cast iron skillet, removing when it is golden brown. The crust may have a cheetah print like pattern on the bottom with certain spots a bit more golden than others.
  • Transfer the cast iron skillet from the stove into the oven and place under the broiler.
    Allow the dough to finish cooking and cheese to melt. The toppings will warm during this time.
  • Once cooked, remove the sourdough BBQ chicken pizza from the oven. Place on a sheet pan to cool.
    Top with turkey bacon and a drizzle of BBQ sauce. Slice into pieces with a pizza cutter or kitchen scissors and enjoy!
  • Repeat the process for all 3 sourdough pizza crusts.
    Note to place oil on your cast iron skillet each time between cooking sourdough pizzas to ensure they do not stick to the pan.
Keyword Chicken, pizza, Smoker, sourdough
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