Here’s a totally quick and easy homemade pizza recipe: Garlic Chicken Dijon Pizza.
Garlic Chicken Dijon Pizza
This pizza recipe is super simple and family friendly for a quick weeknight meal or Friday night pizza night. Start with a ball of dough and the rest of the recipe is a breeze. The garlic and dijon flavor is a unique twist on pizza with no marinara sauce needed! It’s gourmet but simple.
🛒Ingredients needed:
- pizza dough
- dijon mustard
- mozzarella cheese
- cooked chicken
- garlic and red onion
- fresh basil
- fresh tomato
- grated Parmesan
✏️How to make Garlic Chicken Dijon Pizza:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
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Preheat the oven to 400℉.
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Roll the pizza dough into a circle and move onto parchment paper or pizza stone (no cookie sheet). Spread Dijon evenly on the dough, leaving a 1 inch edge. Add mozzarella cheese. Top with chunked chicken. Spread evenly with minced garlic, onion, basil and tomatoes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
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Place pizza on middle or top rack of oven. Bake 9 to 13 minutes until the cheese is fully melted and the crust is golden.
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Cool for a few minutes, then slice and enjoy!
➡️Recipe Tips:
- Feel free to experiment with different toppings or different amounts of those listed in the recipe.
- Love onions, but your kid doesn’t? Only put them on half the pizza, keeping everyone happy.
- The no cookie sheet direction is real. The bottom just doesn’t crisp up as well as it should on a cookie sheet.
✔️What to do with Garlic Chicken Dijon Pizza:
- Consider it for dinner or football watching afternoons.
- Everyone loves this pizza. It’s a big hit at parties!
- Serve it with a bright, fruit forward salad like my Green Salad with Strawberries and Sugared Almonds.
❤️Why I love this recipe:
- Sometimes I get tired of the same old pizza with red sauce. This Garlic Chicken Dijon Pizza is a perfect change up.
- As long as I have pizza dough in the refrigerator, the rest of the ingredients are almost always in my kitchen.
- My family loves it as much as I do, making this a win-win!
Other Dijon Recipes:
- Dijon Balsamic Rack of Lamb
- Mustard Mashed Potatoes
- Chicken and Potatoes with Dijon Cream Sauce
- Grilled Lemon Mustard Chicken
- Baked Salmon with Garlic and Dijon
Garlic Chicken Dijon Pizza
This super simple pizza is easy to put together. Start with a ball of pizza dough and the rest is a breeze!
Recipe Details
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 434kcal
Ingredients
- One ball (about 16-ounces) pizza dough
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
- 1¼ cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1 cup cooked chicken, diced into about ½ inch cubes
- 2 to 3 medium garlic cloves, minced
- ½ cup red onions, chopped
- 10 to 12 medium fresh basil leaves, finely chopped
- ½ large tomato, diced into about ½ inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons Parmesan cheese, grated
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400℉.
- Roll the pizza dough into a circle and move onto parchment paper or pizza stone (no cookie sheet). Spread Dijon evenly on the dough, leaving a 1 inch edge. Add mozzarella cheese. Top with chunked chicken. Spread evenly with minced garlic, onion, basil and tomatoes. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Place pizza on middle or top rack of oven. Bake 9 to 13 minutes until the cheese is fully melted and the crust is golden.
- Cool for a few minutes, then slice and enjoy!
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 434kcal, Carbohydrates: 51g, Protein: 26g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g, Monounsaturated Fat: 4g, Cholesterol: 56mg, Sodium: 1081mg, Potassium: 215mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 8g, Vitamin A: 521IU, Vitamin C: 5mg, Calcium: 219mg, Iron: 4mg
