This homemade Buffalo Chicken Pizza recipe is packed with bold and tangy flavor!

Spicy buffalo chicken is added to a ready-made crust and baked with two kinds of melty cheese.

Every bite is packed with bold, cheesy goodness!

Serving a slice of Buffalo chicken pizza.

Holly’s Recipe Highlights

  • Flavor: This game-day favorite has bold and zesty flavor thanks to the buffalo wing sauce, but it isn’t too spicy for the kids.
  • Recommended tools: A pizza stone or pan helps create a crispy, evenly cooked pizza crust.
  • Swaps: Totally customizable! Make it thick or thin crust, swap out the dressing, change the proteins, or add bell peppers.
  • Serving suggestions: Serve with ranch or blue cheese dressing and a side of celery and carrot sticks.
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Ingredient Tips For Buffalo Chicken Pizza

  • Dough: Use ready-made pizza dough to save time or make your own.
  • Pizza Sauce: Use Ranch or Blue cheese dressing as the sauce on this pizza.
  • Buffalo Sauce: Use any brand of buffalo sauce– it’s slightly different than Frank’s Red hot as it has a more buttery flavor. You can also use mild buffalo sauce to tame the heat.
  • Chicken: Use cooked chicken for this pizza such as leftover baked chicken breasts or rotisserie chicken.
  • Cheese: When it comes to pizza, a combo of mozzarella and parmesan offers the best flavor, but any combination of cheeses works. Pre-shredded cheese will save time.

Variations: Add your fave veggies such as sliced mushrooms, black olives, sundried tomatoes, bell peppers, or spinach.

PRO TIP: Preheating the pizza pan or stone is one of the secrets to making the best pizza.

Storing Leftover Pizza

  • Keep leftover buffalo pizza in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
  • Enjoy slices cold with extra blue cheese or ranch for dipping or reheat them so slices are just as good as the day they were baked!

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Buffalo Chicken Pizza

This pizza is packed with buffalo chicken and baked until golden and bubbly-perfect for gameday or any day!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 8 slices

Equipment

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Ingredients  

  • 1 roll refrigerated pizza dough or ½ pound homemade pizza dough
  • ¾ cup blue cheese dressing divided, or ranch dressing
  • 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
  • ½ cup buffalo sauce
  • 2 tablespoons thinly sliced red onion
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • ¼ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1 green onion thinly sliced

Instructions 

  • Place a baking sheet or pizza stone in the oven. Preheat the oven to 475°F.
  • Roll out the pizza dough to a 14-inch circle on a piece of parchment paper.
  • Spread ½ cup of dressing over the pizza dough.
  • Toss the chicken with buffalo sauce and spread it over the dough with the sliced red onion.
  • Sprinkle the mozzarella and parmesan cheese on top.
  • Transfer the pizza to the preheated baking sheet or pizza stone and bake for 15-18 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly.
  • Remove from the oven and sprinkle with chopped cilantro and green onion. Drizzle with the remaining dressing.

Notes

  • Start with room temperature dough. It’s easier to shape.
  • Preheating the pan or a pizza stone is the secret to perfect homemade pizza.
  • Baking at a high temperature ensures a crispy crust and brown bubbly cheese on top.
  • Serve with extra dressing for dipping.
  • Keep leftovers in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Follow my tips on how best to reheat for flavor and texture. 
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Nutrition Information

Calories: 179 | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 51mg | Sodium: 929mg | Potassium: 114mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 250IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 205mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.

Course Appetizer, Chicken, Dinner, Entree, Lunch, Main Course, Party Food, Pizza, Snack
Cuisine American
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Holly Nilsson is the creator of Spend With Pennies, where she creates easy, comforting recipes made for real life. With a passion for nostalgic flavors and simplified techniques, Holly helps busy home cooks create delicious meals that always work. She is also the author of “Everyday Comfort,” which promises to inspire even more hearty, home-cooked meals.
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  1. This looks amazing and I can’t wait to make it but I do have a few questions.
    I have fresh and some frozen already made pizza crusts . Could you please let me know if I can use them for your pizza recipes and if so how long should I cook them because I don’t want them to burn. Thank you so very much!!! I love making your recipes each one of them have been excellent!! Kindly. Stephanie

    1. Hi Stephanie, I would follow the baking instructions on your pizza crusts, some may need to pre-baked.

    1. It will depend on the size of your chicken breasts, but approximately 3 chicken breasts. And any brand of pizza dough will work just fine.

  2. I would like to make this Pizza, but my Chicken is boneless, skinless Breast. How would I cook it to shred it?? I usually make Baked Chicken Fingers with them. I don’t have the Marie’s Blue Cheese, so what can I use instead?? Some of my family doesn’t like Blue Cheese. Want to make this fantastic to go with the Baked Buffalo Wings. My family loves Spicy. I’m sure these will be a joy along with good games. Thanks!!!

  3. I made this using the for lunch using the excellent dough recipe. I took the short cut route and used canned chicken breast (from Costco), mayo for the “sauce” because I wasn’t sure if my kid would care for the Blue Cheese. I sprinkled a little bit of garlic over the mayo, then topped with the buffalo chicken, very thin sliced yellow onion, and mozzarella. I baked it at 550 for 7 minutes. When it came out I drizzled the Blue Cheese dressing over it and topped it with mounds of shredded iceberg lettuce.
    It was divine!5 stars