Pizza is one of my main food groups. My food pyramid consists mainly of pizza, pasta, and chocolate cupcakes- and not necessarily in that order. So it was only a matter of time before I combined two of my greatest loves: chicken alfredo and pizza. Isn’t she a beaut? Crispy, golden brown, creamy, melty goodness right there friends.
We order pizza way too often, especially when I have a really simple pizza dough recipe to make it myself; but sometimes I just don’t want to wait hours for it to rise, dang it! If we are ordering out for pizza it’s usually because I am running low on groceries and avoiding a trip to the store, or we had a late night of sports practice, or I forgot to put dinner in the crock pot (whoops)… and when that’s the case, I don’t have time to make my own dough either.
We made this chicken alfredo pizza a few nights ago for those very reasons. I hadn’t meal planned for the week and BellaRoo had late practice, which meant I was low on time to get her fed and in bed. I picked up a package of refrigerated Pillsbury pizza crust the other day because I had never tried it before. I love their crescent rolls for my Breakfast Cheesecake and crescent rounds for Pumpkin Cheesecake Rolls, so I wanted to give the pizza crust a try.
I threw this chicken alfredo pizza together in about 5 minutes (no waiting for dough to rise!) and had it on the table by the time James and Bella made it home from practice. We ate every single piece of this pizza- definitely a winner and new addition to our dinner rotation. I love having an arsenal of go-to recipes that I can whip up when we have a busy night- which during the school year feels like most weeknights! This pizza dough will be added to my list of staples to keep on hand because it’s so versatile and can literally be topped with anything. I used jarred alfredo sauce and rotisserie chicken to make this meal even easier.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg Pillsbury Classic Pizza Crust
- 1 chicken breast shredded
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 cup alfredo sauce
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 2 tbsp green onions diced
- 1 large garlic clove minced
- Salt & Pepper
- Red Pepper Flakes optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Spray or grease a 13x9x2 baking pan (I used parchment paper) and roll out the dough.
- Press into pan and up the sides about 1/2 in.
- Top with alfredo sauce, garlic, salt and pepper, chicken, and cheese.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from the oven and top with tomatoes and green onions.
Notes
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What’s your favorite pizza topping?
Debi Lybbert
Saturday 28th of June 2014
I love this type of pizza I buy it from Poppa johns now I can make it at home thanks
Heather @ French Press
Wednesday 19th of March 2014
definitely adding this to our Friday night menu :) looks delicious Emily
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor
Saturday 19th of October 2013
I've been craving chicken Alfredo and this pizza looks perfect!
Jen Nikolaus
Wednesday 16th of October 2013
YUM! This sounds delicious and super easy!! Pinning to my Dinner Ideas board!