Grilled Chicken & Bacon Pizza with a Garlic Cream Sauce
Grilled Chicken & Bacon Pizza with a Garlic Cream Sauce – Looking for a nice change to your family pizza night? Well this is such a great recipe! It has all my favorites: grilled chicken, bacon, and a yummy creamy garlic sauce…
So I’ve been a little absent on my blog for the last week. I have a really good excuse. I’ve been in Disney World for the last week. I had every intention of doing my usual blogging while I was gone, but HOLY COW, that place is a little overwhelming!! It was my first time to ever go, AND we surprised our kids that morning we left. It was such a fun week, but did I mention it was overwhelming?
My husband is extremely laid back, and I kept trying to explain to him this was not our typical beach vacation. It was going to require a schedule…down to certain fast passes at certain times along with dining reservations thrown in there too. He called me the “Tour Guide from you know where….”
And I think we walked like 10 miles a day! And I’m 33 weeks pregnant. But boy did the kids have a great time! My 5 year old son was such a champ! He rode all the big rides with my husband while my girls and I hung out and saw many of the princesses. My mom and dad and two older nephews came along too.
And the food…the food… the food! We had the dining plan and we had more food than we could possibly eat. It was so much fun going to eat at the different resorts and special park restaurants. All the planning and researching was so worth it!
So I wanted to share a few of my favorite pics of our trip:
RECIPE FOR GRILLED CHICKEN & BACON PIZZA IS BELOW!
Memories to last a life time!!!
And speaking of memories, give this little pizza a try. It is such a nice change to a traditional Italian pizza. We loved it! My kids went on and on about how much they liked it. Gosh I love it when they just eat their food!
It is really simple. I used Pioneer Woman’s Pizza Crust recipe, which I’ve blogged here. The garlic cream sauce makes it so good. Best of all, this pizza can be completely customized with all of your favorite veggies too. I kept mine pretty basic, but I see endless possibilities with this recipe.
Grilled Chicken & Bacon Pizza with a Garlic Cream Sauce
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts
- 6 slices bacon
- pizza dough
- salt and pepper or creole seasoning
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 shallot, chopped
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1/4 cup wine, beer, or chicken broth
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1 cup colby jack cheese
- 7 slices mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450.
- Line a small pan with parchment paper. Place bacon slices on parchment and cook for 10-15 minutes our until crispy.
- Season and grill chicken. Set aside to cool.
- For sauce:
- In a skillet, melt butter and oil.
- Add garlic and shallot. Cook for 2 minutes.
- Add flour and cook for 1 to 2 minutes stirring frequently.
- Add wine (or beer or broth). Stir.
- Add milk slowly and stir.
- Season to taste.
- Add basil.
- Stir and cook for 2 more minutes over medium heat.
- Remove from heat.
- Spread pizza dough onto pizza pan or stone. Prick with a fork all over.
- Spread sauce over dough.
- Top with chicken, bacon, shredded colby jack, and sliced mozzarella.
- Bake at 450 for 15 minutes.
Notes
This pizza is so versatile. Change it up by adding veggies like spinach or change up cheeses by adding shredded Parmesan or sliced provolone instead.
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Making this today for our Super Bowl. I hope my hubby likes it, I usually make pepperoni for him! Will let you know how it turns out! 😊
Hi Donna! We love this one! I’m a pepperoni fan myself, but this one is totally different, and I never miss the usual pepperoni when I eat this one. Hope you enjoyed it!
OMG! My family just visited Disney World over the holidays, and we 100% met the SAME EXACT princesses! Like, it’s the same girls dressed up! So funny! Maybe they are real princesses 😉 Oh, and the pizza looks amazing!
That’s so funny Laney! We had the best time on that trip, and I can’t wait to do it again…not pregnant!
Can these ingredients be made ahead to make pizza when camping. Would love to try it just not sure how well it would work on open fire or grill. I do have to admit to being a little lazy when camping and the more I can do ahead of time the better. Sounds and looks delicious.
Hi Kay! I totally understand wanting it to be easy while camping! Pizza on the grill is one of my favorites. I know making the chicken and the bacon ahead wouldn’t be a problem at all. I have not made the cream sauce ahead and refrigerated it before, but I would think it would be okay to make a day or two before and just heat it before putting it on the pizza. Thanks for visiting!
No tomato sauce, this is interesting. I’m looking forward to trying this as an alternative to traditional pizza, especially when I don’t have any tomato sauce!
Thanks!
Carlene
Hi Carlene! It is a great change to the normal pizza routine! We love it! Thanks for visiting!
This. Sauce. Is. It!!!!! Oh my word! Found this on Pinterest. I bought Naan bread. Made the sauce . Had deli chicken leftover from another dinner. Cooked up bacon, onion, garlic. So easy!! Next will be to try the pizza dough. Thank you so much for this recipe. It’s def a keeper.
Hi Nancy! I’m so glad you liked it! We love this sauce so much, I even made a few more recipes with it! Check these out too:
Panini: https://www.diaryofarecipecollector.com/garlic-cream-grilled-chicken-bacon-paninis.html
Calzone: https://www.diaryofarecipecollector.com/garlic-cream-chicken-calzone.html
Pasta: https://www.diaryofarecipecollector.com/chicken-bacon-alfredo.html
Just made this pizza. Absolutely delicious. I’m gluten sensitive so used Pamela’s gluten free pizza crust mix. It made 2 9” pizza crusts. I used corn starch instead of flour in the sauce. Otherwise made as written. Did I mention it’s delicious. Husband also loved it.
The recipe was enough for both of the crusts. I parbaked both of them but plan to assemble one of them with the remaining recipe ingredientsand freeze it for later. I’m assuming it will be just as great. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks so much for sharing gluten-free options!!!
This looks incredible!
This looks delicious. Can you prep the sauce ahead of time? Maybe in the morning and use that evening. Also, how easy/hard would this be to cook in a grill?
Hi Amanda!! This makes a great make-ahead recipe! You can prep the sauce, cook the bacon and chicken, and just assemble it all when you are ready. We love grilling pizzas, and this one is a great one for that too. Just grill the dough on both sides before topping with sauce and other toppings. You can even assemble the entire pizza on a partially baked crust and freeze it for busy nights. Thanks for visiting!
Most every year, I make pizza for my daughter’s birthday, (she is 28 this year). I made different kinds of pizza, and this chicken one was one kind, my company of 12 loved it! They couldn’t get enough of it. It will definately be made again, and definately soon. Thank you so much for sharing!
Hi Judy! I’m so glad you all like it!! It is a favorite!
Made this last night, and it was fantastic, thank you so much!
We found that the sauce was enough for 2, 12” pizza crusts, so with a bit extra cheese and toppings, it was perfect.
Another tip: consider the baking instructions for your pizza crust when deciding on cook time and temp. Our first pizza got a bit burned around the edges after 12 min at 450. The next one was perfect after 10 min.
Again, thank you! This was a real treat, sure to stay in rotation!