A thin crusted pizza smothered with pizza sauce and topped with fresh vegetables. This pizza comes together in less than 30 minutes!
Growing up pizza night was always my favorite night.
But they didn’t happen all that often.
You see, my mom, she isn’t the biggest pizza fan in the world. Which is fine and great. She would make us very healthy meals throughout the weeks. Lots of beans and rice and quinoa which I personally go nuts over.
But every once and a while it was dad’s turn to make us dinner.
And my dad basically had two go-to options. One. The most amazing, best-ever dutch oven dinners. He has quite the collections of dutch ovens and would even cook the meals in the backyard over charcoals. Talk about authentic campfire meals! He is the pro at dutch oven and was always determined to make the best dutch oven dinners. Growing up, those were some of my favorite meals ever.
But the dutch oven dinners – those took a lot of preparation, a lot of time, and a whole lot of effort. So those nights when it was his turn to come up with dinner and he didn’t have the time for dutch oven?
Those were (Option Two) pizza nights.
And a party at our house it was!
And now that I’m grown up and don’t have my dad to make me pizza (slash go buy it and bring it home for us all) I’m still addicted to pizza. And love it just as much!
And here’s the great part – less than thirty minutes guys! Yeah, no rising, no yeast, no hassle!!
I used pre-made pizza crusts for this pizza to make it so quick and easy. If you have the extra time and want to, you can definitely make your own pizza crust!
- 1 ready made pizza crust I love Boboli
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup pizza sauce
- 1/2 pound (~1 cup) rotisserie chicken or other prepared leftover chicken
- 1 cup red and orange bell pepper slices
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 6 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese sliced
- Small basil leaves optional
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Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
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Place the ready-made crust on a pizza tray (or large tray) and brush the olive oil to coat the crust.
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Spread the pizza sauce on top of the olive oil on the crust.
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Chop the cooked/prepared chicken into bite-sized pieces.
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Slice the bell peppers and red onion. Cut off thin slices of the mozzarella cheese.
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Evenly top the pizza with the cooked chicken, peppers, onion, and cheese.
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Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes and then top with shredded basil if desired.
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Serve immediately.
More easy pizzas:
Sweet Pulled Pork and Onion French Bread Pizza
Pizza nights were always the best growing up! I always say its not Friday without pizza…and I LOVE this one! Basil and mozzarella is such a fab combo! Pinned!
We have pizza nights at my house every Friday! Sometimes we make our own and sometimes we order them. This pizza looks amazing and I think I need to add it to the list of pizzas to make! 🙂
Pizza night is our fave whether we order in or make our own. This grilled pizza sounds awesome Chelsea – love all the veggies in here and my hubs would like it too since there’s lots of protein for him 🙂 Pinning 🙂
I love having pizza night!! It makes dinner so much more fun. We used to have it every Friday when I was a kid. Love your fun toppings on this one!
This pizza looks so colorful and beautiful!
Your pizza is gorgeous! (Who knew a pizza could be beautiful?) So delicious 🙂
We love pizza night, too! This one looks so tasty, I love the addition of basil and chicken!
This pizza looks so delicious! I just love the beautiful color combination.
Yay for pizza night! Love all of the colors on your grilled pizza. This will definitely make an appearance at our dinner table real soon :). Pinned!
Pizza night is still one of my favorite nights of the week! Although we’ve gotten out of the habit of doing it … I need to bring it back!! haha Hope you’re having a great day : )
Love pizza nights!! This pizza looks delish. Also – I think you should convince your dad to share some of his dutch oven recipes with us 🙂
Oh man now you have me craving pizza for dinner! This looks great Chelsea!
I had pizza for dinner tonight, but it looked nowhere near as delish as this one. I’m so in love with that quick & easy crust!
I feel bad for the kids out there who didn’t have a weekly pizza night. I think if I had to choose, pizza is my favorite thing to eat. SO many different kinds out there. Loving the freshness of this pizza, Chelsea. And it can be made on the grill?? Totally have wanted to try making pizza on the grill before. This recipe intrigues me. Thanks girl, hope you’ve had a wonderful week!
I love the look of this pizza Chelsea!! And I think it is so cool that it is cooked on the grill!! have a wonderful Easter Chelsea! 🙂
Stopping by from Weekend Retreat Party. This pizza looks so delicious, I would love to be your taste tester! Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
Thanks so much Carrie 🙂
Pizza night is the best! And this looks like one delicious pizza, plus I love how easy it is!
Gorgeous! These look tasty!
Thank you Jennifer!
Hi! I popped over from the In and Out of the Kitchen link party to check out your recipe because I love basil and mozzarella! This pizza looked and sounded yummy, so I wanted to check it out. I’m not disappointed. I wouldn’t mind trying one of those dutch oven dinners either! I would love it if you would swing by my The Yuck Stops Here link party to share your awesome recipe as well! You can find us at http://mommasangelbaby.com and this week’s party will be open until Saturday evening at 8 pm ET. Next week we’ll open the party on Tuesday evening at 8pm ET. If you can’t make it this week, I hope to see you then! HUGS
I really enjoy having pizza night now that I am a father. This basil and mozzarella looks amazing. I’ll definitely have to give this a try.
Your parents raise you well and feed you right! We are a close family too and we love to cook! I’m making pizza right now.
Coming from The Weekend re-Treat Link Party.Come-by and say hi!
Absolutely delicious!