Are you a fan of pizza and buffalo chicken wings? If so, you'll love the mouth-watering combination of flavors in these buffalo chicken flatbread pizzas. This delicious dish takes the classic flavors of buffalo chicken and transforms them into a crispy, cheesy, and spicy pizza that's perfect for sharing with friends and family.
Flatbread is topped with buffalo sauce, cooked chicken, shredded mozzarella cheese, and then baked. Once the cheese has melted, the pizza is topped with blue cheese or ranch dressing and diced celery for some extra crunch.
Whether you're hosting a game day party, looking for a quick and easy dinner, or just craving some delicious comfort food, this buffalo chicken flatbread recipe is sure to satisfy your cravings.
Flatbread pizza is one of my favorite quick and easy dinners. In the last year, I have added five flatbread recipes to this blog; Greek Chicken Flatbread Pizza, Pesto Shrimp Pizza, Shrimp Scampi Pizza, Chicken Artichoke Flatbread, and Crab Rangoon Flatbread Pizza.
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Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Flatbread pizzas are so quick and easy to make. For an easy weeknight dinner, you can make this pizza with store-bought flatbread, or if you have a little more time you can make your own flatbread.
- This easy recipe has a bold and spicy flavor that's sure to excite your taste buds. The tangy buffalo sauce combined with the creamy ranch dressing and gooey cheese creates a flavor explosion that's hard to resist. You can customize the heat level based on the buffalo sauce you choose.
- Buffalo chicken flatbread pizza is a great dish to share with friends and family. Its flatbread shape makes it easy to cut into slices and pass around, making it a perfect choice for game day gatherings, parties, or movie nights.
Ingredients
All you need are a few basic ingredients.
Flatbread: You can make this pizza with store-bought flatbread, pita bread, or naan bread, or make your own. If you have a sourdough starter you can also use my recipe for sourdough flatbread.
Buffalo Sauce: Use your favorite buffalo sauce or make your own homemade buffalo sauce.
Chicken: You can use leftover rotisserie chicken or poach or grill a couple of chicken breasts.
Mozzarella: Buy already shredded mozzarella cheese to save time.
Ranch or Blue Cheese Dressing: I am not a fan of blue cheese. So I always pair hot sauce dishes with ranch dressing. Blue cheese or ranch? The choice is up to you.
Celery: Buffalo wings are usually paired with crisp celery to help offset the spice. Celery makes a great pizza topping. Be sure to add it after the pizzas have baked to preserve its crunch.
See the recipe card for quantities.
Directions
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
Place the flatbread crust onto a metal baking sheet and brush with the buffalo sauce. I love these silicone pastry brushes because they are heat-resistant and dishwasher-safe. I like them over bristled brushes because I don't have to worry about them leaving stray bristles behind.
Top flatbread with the chicken and shredded mozzarella.
Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and the crust is crispy.
Drizzle with ranch or blue cheese dressing and top with chopped celery.
Variations
Feel free to experiment with different toppings on your buffalo chicken flatbread pizza. Some popular options include red onion, green onions, bell peppers, jalapenos, mushrooms, chopped bacon, or even blue cheese crumbles.
If you really like spicy buffalo chicken try using a spicier buffalo sauce or adding a sprinkling of red pepper flakes.
Serve with some extra ranch or blue cheese dressing on the side for dipping, and enjoy!
Serving Suggestions
Pair this easy buffalo chicken flatbread with a crisp green salad for an amazing dinner. Pair it with a variety of other appetizers like these Traeger smoked chicken wings, smoked cream cheese, smoked potato skins, or these chicken and zucchini fritters.
How to Store Leftovers
Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for 2-3 days. For best results, reheat in the oven. Leftovers can also be microwaved but the crust won't be as crisp.
How to Reheat Flatbread Pizza
There are a couple of ways to reheat flatbread pizza.
- Microwave: You can reheat it in the microwave at 30-second intervals but the flatbread will not be as crunchy.
- Oven: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Fahrenheit and bake the flatbread pizza on a sheet pan for 5-10 minutes. This is my favorite method.
How to Make Your Own Frozen Pizza
I admit that some nights I just don't feel like cooking and usually have a frozen pizza or two stashed in the freezer. These flatbread pizzas make a perfect freezer meal. Once reheated in the oven, you can’t tell that they were ever frozen.
- To freeze: Assembled the flatbread pizzas on a baking sheet and freeze them until frozen solid, about one hour. Wrap the frozen pizzas individually with plastic wrap to help keep the toppings in place. Then place them in a freezer bag and label them with the contents and date. The frozen flatbread pizzas will stay fresh in the freezer for up to 2 months.
- To reheat: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place the frozen flatbread pizzas directly on the oven rack and bake for 13-18 minutes. The pizzas are done when the cheese is melted and the center is completely warmed through.
Tips
- Try making your own flatbread. Flatbread is incredibly easy to make. If you happen to be a sourdough baker I put together a recipe for a flatbread that uses sourdough discard. If you don't have a sourdough starter you can use this recipe for No Yeast Flatbread.
- Don’t add too many toppings. Because flatbread is thinner than regular pizza crust it’s not going to hold up to mountains of toppings and cheese.
- If you happen to love blue cheese, try sprinkling some blue cheese crumbles on top of the pizza before baking.
- Vegetarian Version – substitute roasted cauliflower florets for the chicken.
- Use a pizza stone or pizza steel. They will give you an amazingly crispy crust. You can even use it on your outside grill if you’d rather not heat up the kitchen. If you don't have a pizza stone you can also use this pizza pan which is perforated to help crisp the crust.
Frequently Asked Questions
Of course! You can substitute store-bought pizza crust or pick up some dough from the grocery store or many local pizza restaurants.
The great part of making your own pizza is you control the spice level. For a milder pizza be sure to choose a mild buffalo sauce. You can also control the amount of sauce you add to the flatbread.
📖 Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Pizza Without Blue Cheese
Equipment
- baking sheet
Ingredients
- 4 pieces of flatbread
- ¼ cup buffalo sauce
- 1 cup cooked shredded chicken
- 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 4 tablespoons ranch or blue cheese dressing
- 2 stalks of celery finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Place the 4 pieces of flatbread onto a metal baking sheet and brush with the ¼ cup buffalo sauce.
- Top the flatbreads with the 1 cup cooked shredded chicken and 1 cup shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes until the cheese is melted and crust is crispy.
- Drizzle with 4 tablespoons ranch or blue cheese dressing and top with the 2 stalks of celery.
Notes
- Don’t add too many toppings. Because flatbread is thinner than regular pizza crust it’s not going to hold up to mountains of toppings and cheese.
- Vegetarian Version – substitute roasted cauliflower florets for the chicken.
- Use a pizza stone or pizza steel. They will give you an amazingly crispy crust. You can even use it on your outside grill if you’d rather not heat up the kitchen. If you don’t have a pizza stone you can also use this pizza pan which is perforated to help crisp the crust.
How to reheat flatbread pizza
There are a couple of ways to reheat flatbread pizza.- Microwave: You can reheat it in the microwave at 30-second intervals but the flatbread will not be as crunchy.
- Oven: Preheat the oven to 250 degrees Farenheight and bake the flatbread pizza on a sheet pan for 5-10 minutes. This is my favorite method.
Nutrition
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Suzanne says
So good! I found this recipe after wanting to recreate a menu item from my favorite local pub. This was spot on. Really easy to make and tasted great. Will make again soon.