BBQ Chicken Pizza Rolls Recipe
BBQ chicken pizza rolls are perfect for a game day party since they’re loaded with barbecue sauce, chicken, cheese, and more. And, they are baked not fried. I love that you can prep these in advance and keep them in your refrigerator until you’re ready to bake them.
These cheesy bbq chicken pizza rolls are the perfect grab-and-go appetizer making them perfect for game day, picnics, and parties.
Recipe Ingredients
- pizza dough
- BBQ sauce
- cooked chicken
- olive oil
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Prepare Your Pizza Dough
One of the great things about this recipe is that you can make it so simple with all store-bought items, or you can make it completely from scratch.
We used refrigerated pizza crust in the can for this recipe, but my favorite homemade pizza dough recipe would be delicious in this! You want to roll out the dough into a rectangle shape.
Can I use pizza dough straight from the fridge?
If you are using canned pizza dough you can use it straight from the fridge. If you buy the bag of pizza dough that you can find in the deli section of some grocery stores, I would recommend letting it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes before rolling it out to a rectangular shape.
Adding the Toppings
Then you want to spread a thin layer of your favorite bbq sauce on top of the dough, leaving about 1/2″ around the edges without the sauce. If your bbq sauce is super thick you can always put some in a microwave safe bowl and heat it for 20 seconds to loosen it up.
Then add your cook, shredded chicken. Once again you can use what you like. Rotisserie chicken works great for this. Any of your own chicken leftovers you have is wonderful too.
Roll the dough along the long edge until it’s all rolled up. Pinch the dough together along the long side seam to help it stay closed.
Then slice your log shape into 2 inch pieces and place on a baking sheet with cooking spray to help prevent sticking.
Then bake in the oven until golden brown and serve hot. Leftovers can be stored in plastic wrap or an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Other Topping Ideas
We made these pretty basics but there are a lot of additional toppings to these bbq chicken pizza rolls.
- mozzarella cheese
- red onion
- bacon
- red pepper flakes
- parmesan cheese
BBQ Chicken Pizza Rolls
Equipment
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 1 lb pizza dough store bought or homemade
- ½ cup BBQ sauce
- 1 cup cooked chicken cut into bite-sized pieces
- 1 tsp olive oil or you can use cooking spray
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease the bottom of a baking sheet with the olive oil or spray with nonstick spray.
- Roll out the dough into a rectangular shape of about 12"x18".
- Spread the BBQ sauce over the rolled out dough, leaving about 1" around the edges without sauce.
- Sprinkle the chicken pieces on top of the bbq sauce, evenly dispersing them.
- Roll the dough along the long side making a tight cylinder. Use your fingers to press the seam into the dough to seal.
- Cut the roll into 2" pieces and place on the greased baking sheet.
- Bake for about 25 minutes. Allow to cool 5 minutes before serving.
Notes
- mozzarella cheese
- parmesan cheese
- red onions
- bacon
Other Appetizers
- Hawaiian Pizza Bites | A Great Party Appetizer
- Carnitas Nachos a family favorite
- Pepperoni and Cheese Pizza Fries
- Buffalo Hot Wings Fries
