BBQ Chicken Pizza Recipe

Mix sweet honey BBQ sauce with 2 TB honey and 1 tsp salt. Set aside.

Thoroughly dry raw chicken tenderloin fillets with paper towels. Lay each piece flat on baking pan and generously sprinkle salt over the top of each piece.

Pour 1/4 cup BBQ sauce mixture over chicken, and mix in well so all parts of chicken are completely coated.

Rearrange fillets in single layer. Bake chicken at 350F for 15-20 min., or until chicken is just cooked but not overcooked; if your chicken pieces are thicker, you may need to bake longer.

Remove from heat and set aside to cool. When cool, dice chicken into bite size pieces.

In large bowl, mix yeast, salt, brown sugar, and oil. Let sit for 10 minutes or until foams.

Mix in 3 cups of flour. Knead in more flour as needed until dough is no longer sticky. Add any desired herbs to dough.

Place dough into well oiled bowl, turn dough in bowl until dough is covered with oil, and cover with a damp cloth.

Let dough rise until doubled, about 1 hour in a warm room - true rising time depends on temperature of your room. After dough is doubled, punch it down, and form tight ball. Let dough relax for 1-2 minutes.

Roll dough out to large circle, flouring your board a bit if needed. Roll up edges so you have a pizza crust about 14 inches in diameter.

Preheat oven to 425F. Place pizza stone to preheat in oven if you are using one. If you have a pizza peel, you can assemble your pizza on pizza peel and slide onto hot pizza stone when ready.

Spread the rest of BBQ sauce mixture over the dough evenly. Place diced chicken and bacon over sauce. Layer red onion slices over chicken. Sprinkle on mozzarella and smoked Gouda. Top with freshly cracked black pepper.

Place pizza on pizza stone. Bake pizza for 15-20 minutes. Remove from heat and sprinkle on chopped basil. Slice and serve while hot.