Buffalo Chicken Pizza Recipe
Delicious chicken pizza with a wonderful sauce.
Servings: 1 pita pizza
Calories: 295kcal
Equipment
- 1 Baking sheet (or pizza pan or pizza stone)
- 1 Sharp knife (or pizza cutter)
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 set of measuring cups (or kitchen scale)
Ingredients
- ½ cup buffalo sauce
- 8 oz. shredded chicken
- 1 standard pita bread
- ¼ cup chopped chives
- ½ cup blue cheese dressing
- ½ cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine the buffalo sauce and shredded chicken. Toss until the chicken is well coated with the sauce.
- Take one whole wheat pita and carefully slice it open to create a pocket.
- Spread a tablespoon of buffalo sauce inside the pita pocket.
- Add a layer of shredded mozzarella cheese inside the pita.
- Stuff the pita pocket with a quarter of the shredded buffalo chicken.
- Sprinkle diced onion on top of the chicken.
- Repeat steps 2-6 for the remaining three pitas.
- Optionally, you can add additional blue cheese sauce/dressing or chopped chives as a garnish on top of the chicken and onions.
- Place the filled pitas on a baking sheet and warm them in the oven at 350°F (175°C) for about 5 minutes, or until the cheese has melted and the pitas are heated through.
- Once the cheese has melted, remove the pitas from the oven and let them cool for a few minutes.
- Serve the buffalo chicken whole wheat pitas warm.
Notes
Please note that the nutrition data given here is a ballpark figure. Exact data is not possible.
Nutrition
Calories: 295kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 5186mg | Potassium: 79mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 818IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 402mg | Iron: 1mg