Keto BBQ Chicken Crust Pizza
A barbecue chicken pizza is an extra-Americanized twist on everybody’s favorite “cheat meal”. Only on the Keto diet, pizza no longer has to be a cheat meal! Typical barbecue chicken pizza adds a swirl of barbecue sauce into your pizza sauce. Then, add grilled chicken, red or white onions, and a blend of cheddar and jack cheeses. In this recipe, you get all the same flavors with Keto-friendly twists. We’ve knocked out the sugary marinara sauce to leave more room in your macros for your favorite low-sugar barbecue sauce. Whole onions are swapped for onion powder. Even better, instead of a glutenous pizza crust, this recipe utilizes a crust made with the chicken itself! There’s more room for toppings and fewer carbs to worry about.
How to Make It
Step 1
The day before you want to make your pizza, make the chicken pizza crust. In a bowl, combine the ground chicken with salt, pepper, egg, and parmesan cheese. Press the mixture into the base of a 12” springform pan to form the crust. Wrap the pan and set in your freezer overnight.
Step 2
When you are ready to bake your chicken crust pizza, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Remove the frozen crust from the springform pan (you may need to use a blow torch or hot water to help the crust release from the pan). Bake the frozen crust for 20 minutes in the oven. You may either bake the crust on a metal pizza pan lined with parchment paper OR you can arrange the crust on a wide baking rack set over a tray to catch drippings. If your chicken crust releases excess liquid during baking, simply drain the liquid away after the first round of baking.
Step 3
After 20 minutes, remove the chicken pizza from the oven and reduce the oven heat to 375 degrees. Quickly whisk together the barbecue sauce and olive oil, and drizzle it over the chicken pizza. Arrange on top thin slices of tomato, a sprinkle of onion powder, chopped basil, and the shredded cheeses. Bake in the oven for another 20 minutes or until the cheese is very golden on top.
Step 4
After cooling, slice the pizza into 1 slice per serving. Serve with a fork and knife or you can pick up and eat the pizza as normal.
Ingredients
- Ground Chicken Meat
1 pound
- Salt
¼ teaspoon
- Black Pepper
¼ teaspoon
- Raw Egg
1 large
- Parmesan Cheese
2 tablespoon, grated
- Barbeque Sauce (BBQ), Store Bought
1 teaspoon
- Olive Oil
2 tablespoon
- Roma Tomato
6 thin slice – 1/8″ thick
- Onion Powder
⅛ teaspoon
- Basil
4 leaf
- Cheddar Cheese
⅛ cup, shredded
- Monterey Jack Cheese
⅛ cup, shredded