My easy recipe for Chicken and Cilantro Pizza is sure to be a new family favorite pizza recipe. A pre-made crust is topped with salsa, cooked seasoned and diced chicken, Monterey jack cheese, and of course cilantro.
I hosted a House Party sponsored by BOBOLI® pizza crust. This Chicken and Cilantro Pizza was my favorite pizza (ok, tied with the Honey Mustard Chicken Pizza). I used my homemade salsa to give it my own personal touch.
Ingredients
- 12 inch BOBOLI® Thin Pizza Crust
- Chicken Breast
- Salsa
- Cheese
- Cilantro
- Chilies
- Olive OIl
- Salt & Pepper
- Avocado
Directions
- Preheat grill for 10-15 minutes.
- Brush a dash of olive oil on each side of the crust. Grill crust 2-4 minutes on each side. Remove from grill.
- While the pizza crust is cooking; in a bowl, mix cooked chicken, cilantro, lime juice, chilies, salt and pepper.
- Take grilled pizza crust, and spread salsa on crust and add cheese. Top with chicken and cilantro mixture.
- Place crust back on grill to warm for 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Slice pizza, and add sliced avocado to garnish pizza. Enjoy
FAQs
Depending on the size of your crust will depend on how many people it will feed. This recipe using a 12 inch BOBOLI® Thin Pizza Crust serves about 8 people. Or 8 individual slices.
1 cup of diced cooked chicken is about one small chicken breast.
Substitutions
Here are a few of my favorite substitutions when making cilantro pizza.
- Chilies – I like to use a can of diced green chilies for this recipe.
- Cheese – If you don’t have Monterey Jack Cheese you can use cheddar cheese or for a spicier pizza pepperjack cheese!
- Pizza Crust – You can always make your own pizza crust or adapt with other brands of pre-made pizza crust.
- Gluten Free – Make this recipe gluten free by using a gluten free pizza crust.
- Dairy Free – Use dairy-free or plant-based cheese for this recipe to make it dairy free.
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Chicken and Cilantro Pizza
Equipment
- Grill
Ingredients
- 12 inch BOBOLI® Thin Pizza Crust
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup chicken breast cooked and cubed (about 1 chicken breast)
- ¼ cup fresh cilantro
- 2 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon chilies chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup salsa
- 1 cup Monterey jack cheese shredded
- ½ avocado sliced
Instructions
- Preheat grill for 10-15 minutes.
- Brush a dash of olive oil on each side of the crust. Grill crust 2-4 minutes on each side. Remove from grill.
- While the pizza crust is cooking; in a bowl, mix cooked chicken, cilantro, lime juice, chilies, salt and pepper.
- Take grilled pizza crust, and spread salsa on crust and add cheese. Top with chicken and cilantro mixture.
- Place crust back on grill to warm for 8-10 minutes or until cheese is melted.
- Slice pizza, and add sliced avocado to garnish pizza. Enjoy
Notes
- Chicken – 1 cup of diced cooked chicken is about one small chicken breast.
- Chilies – I like to use a can of diced green chilies for this recipe.
- Cheese – If you don’t have Monterey Jack Cheese you can use cheddar cheese or for a spicier pizza pepperjack cheese!
- Pizza Crust – You can always make your own pizza crust or adapt with other brands of pre-made pizza crust.
- Gluten Free – Make this recipe gluten free by using a gluten free pizza crust.
- Dairy Free – Use dairy-free or plant-based cheese for this recipe to make it dairy free.
Nutrition
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Katie
Thanks–this grilled pizza is awesome! It was nice meeting you on Saturday as well!
MommyNamedApril
this looks divine! your blog is so pretty!!! it was great to meet you yesterday at carrabba's 😀