Name: Homemade Chicken Bacon Pizza
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 16 (Makes 2 large pizzas)
Cuisine: American, Italian
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups warm water; 1 tablespoon yeast; 1 tablespoon sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 cup olive oil; 4-6 cups flour; 1/4 cup butter ((you could also use some of the bacon grease from the pizza toppings combined with butter to equal a 1/4 cup of fat)); 1/4 cup flour; 1-2 cloves garlic (minced); 1-2 cups milk; 4 ounces cream cheese; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon pepper; 4 ounces baby spinach ((chopped (half of a normal 9-ounce bag) or 1/2 a package of frozen chopped spinach)); More salt to taste; 3 cups mozzarella cheese (shredded); 1 cup cooked chicken (shredded); 1 package mushrooms ((9-ounce package), sliced); 1/2 pound bacon (cooked and crumbled)

Take your homemade pizza to new heights with this recipe featuring chicken, bacon, and mushrooms slathered in melted cheese and creamy sauce. ThisHomemade Pizza with Chicken and Baconis one of my kid’s favorite ways to eat pizza!

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Holy cow, you haven’t lived until you’ve tried this pizza.Its savory toppings add so much flavor and texture, while the spinach white sauce adds a creamy base to hold it all together. Even though there are a couple types of protein, the mushrooms and spinach elements keep this a light and bright meal, perfect for casual spring and summer dinners.

So, roll up your sleeves, get your kids ready to help you roll out some dough, and enjoy this Chicken Bacon Mushroom Pizza with a Creamy Spinach Sauce! (ORmake it family pizza nightby adding some more of your favorite kinds likeSupreme,Artichoke,Pineappleandmore.)

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Gourmet Flavors:It has all the delicious flavors you’d find at a gourmet pizza shop but you can make it yourself!
Creamy White Sauce:There’s just something about a white sauce pizza that makes it feel more fancy than red sauce. This one is so good, too.
Perfect for Pizza Night:Whether it’s just family or you’re having lots of friends over, pizza night is always a hit.

Ingredients

For the dough

Warm Water
Yeast
Sugar
Salt
Olive Oil
Flour

For the sauce

Butter
Flour
Minced garlic
Milk
Cream Cheese
Salt
Pepper
Baby Spinach:you can use fresh or frozen

For the toppings

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
Shredded Cooked Chicken
Sliced Mushrooms
Bacon

See the recipe card below for full information on ingredients and quantities

How to Make Chicken Bacon Mushroom Pizza with Creamy Spinach Sauce

Step #1.Make the dough and let it rise for 15-60 minutes.

Step #2.While the dough is rising, make the Creamy Spinach Sauce. Preheat the oven to 375°F.

Step #3.Divide the dough into two equal pieces. Roll one half out, place on the pizza, stone and bake for 10 minutes. Remove the parbaked dough from the pizza stone and repeat with the other half.

Step #4.Top the parbaked crust with half of the sauce, chicken, bacon, and mushrooms then sprinkle with cheese. Repeat with the other crust. Bake for another 10-15 minutes until the cheese bubbles and starts to brown.

Recipe FAQs

What temperature do you cook homemade pizza?

I prefer to cook homemade pizza a little lower and longer than some people. I know some folks like to blast it in 400 to 450 degrees F., or even under the broiler, to get a really crunchy exterior on the crust and super soft inside. To me, it’s more important that all the flavors and ingredients have time to meld and bake into one another, getting cooked nicely all the way through for a perfectly textured bite every time. I pre-bake my crust at 375 degrees F. for 10 minutes, remove it from the oven to top it with all the things, and then bake it for another 15 to 20 minutes.

When making pizza, what goes on first?

This is totally the fun in making homemade pizza! There are NO rules about toppings and what order to place them. You could do an inside out pizza and put the protein and veggies on first, followed by the cheese and spinach sauce. You could also layer the cheese so it’s below AND above the sauce and toppings. (Um, yum.) I did it more the traditional way here, which is: sauce first, toppings second, and cheese last. Sprinkle some herbs on top for a final freshness kick.

Is it hard to make pizza dough?

I think a lot of people get intimidated by homemade pizza dough, but I’m here to tell you that you can do it! This one is really hard to mess up, and you can sort of play with it until you get it exactly how you like it. It’s not like bread where you need it to be just so and expand perfectly in the oven. No matter what you do, this is going to taste delicious.

Expert Tips

Here are a few great tips fromBon Appetitmagazine that you may find helpful in your homemade pizza endeavor!

Don’t do store-bought.Hey, I knew I was onto something… Making your own dough allows for the freshest crust possible, and it’ll cook up a lot nicer than the stuff you’ll find at the store. The secret to my homemade pizza dough is a little bit of sugar, which creates a crispier crust by activating the yeast.
Hand knead away.Do not — I repeat, do NOT — skip the kneading step for your dough! This is the crucial part of prep that gives pizza its amazing texture.
Pre-bake (or “par-bake”) the dough.Cooking your crust for a few minutes sans toppings will allow it to hold all of those yummy additions without deflating or staying soft and soggy in the middle.
Don’t overdo the toppings.Hey, I love a well-covered pizza as much as anyone else, but TOO many toppings is too much of a good thing. The slices will fall apart when you cut them if everything is piled too high, and your dough may not cook properly.