Chipotle Chicken Pizza

Chipotle Chicken Pizza is a delicious California Pizza Kitchen copycat with chipotle salsa as the sauce, chunks of chicken, red onion, and Mexican cheese. Once the pizza is baked it is topped with a black bean-corn salsa, a lime cream sauce, and fresh cilantro for even more flavor.

California Pizza Kitchen has my favorite pizzas. We used to go to the restaurant frequently to eat, but we hardly ever find the time to anymore. I thought the next best thing would be to recreate some of my favorites at home. A couple of weeks ago I posted a copycat version of their Thai Chicken Pizza and I think I like this one just as much.

I totally love Mexican flavors and this pizza is full of them. I think my favorite is the black bean-corn salsa, but the lime-cream sauce is a close second.

Equipment Needed

For this Chipotle Chicken Pizza recipe, you will need a Pizza Baking Stone, a Pizza Peel, and one pound of pizza dough.

Make Ahead

The Black Bean-Corn Salsa and Cilantro-Lime Cream can be made a day in advance.

Recipe Tips

I like to use rotisserie chicken for this recipe.

To make it easier to roll out the dough, remove it from the refrigerator 60 to 90 minutes in advance.

In order to get a really crispy crust, use a pizza stone and heat it in the oven for a full 30 minutes.

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Chipotle Chicken Pizza

Course Pizza

Cuisine American

Keyword copycat, pizza

Prep Time 1 hour 55 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 2 hours 5 minutes

Servings servings

Calories 548kcal

Author Christin Mahrlig

Ingredients

1 cup mild thick and chunky salsa
2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, minced
1 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken
1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
1 cup shredded Mexican cheese
1 pound pizza dough

Black Bean-Corn Salsa

3/4 cup canned black beans, rinsed and drained
3/4 cup canned or frozen corn
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons salsa
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin

Cilantro Lime Cream

1/3 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon lime juice
2 tablespoons finely chopped, fresh cilantro

Instructions

Bring pizza dough to room temperature for 90 minutes.
You want to heat the oven, with a pizza stone inside, for at least 30 minutes before using it. Oven should be heated to at least 450 degrees. Preferably 500 if your oven will go that high. Use the middle rack for the pizza stone.
Make the Black Bean-Corn Salsa. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and refrigerate until needed.
Make Cilantro Lime Cream. Combine ingredients in a small bowl and refrigerate.
Divide dough into 2 pieces. Working with one piece at a time, stretch or roll the dough into approximately a 12 inch round. I shape it with my hands without it touching any surface, but if you are using a surface, lightly flour it.
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Lightly dust a pizza peel or back of a cookie sheet with cornmeal or flour. Place shaped dough on top. You want to make sure there is enough cornmeal or flour to keep the dough from sticking to the peel or it will get misshapen when you transfer it to the pizza stone.
Stir together the 1 cup of salsa and the chipotle peppers and spread about 1/3 to 1/2 a cup on the dough. Top with half the cheese, chicken, and red onion.
Transfer to pizza stone by tilting and shaking the pizza peel until it slides all the way onto the stone. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes or until cheese is melted and crust is golden.
To serve, top with black bean-corn salsa and drizzle with lime cream sauce. (I used a plastic bag and snipped the corner to drizzle the cream sauce. This only works well if you have very finely chopped the cilantro.
Repeat to make one more pizza.