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BBQ Chicken Pizza + Cola Braised Chicken Recipe
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BBQ Chicken Pizza + Cola Braised Chicken Recipe

Whether you're entertaining or relaxing, this recipe hits the spot.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
50 mins
Additional Time
15 mins
Total Time
1 hr 10 mins
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner

Ingredients

For the cola braised chicken:
  • 4 chicken thighs about 1 1/2 pounds, excess skin trimmed
  • kosher salt
  • black pepper freshly ground
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 3 garlic cloves, chopped
  • 1 fire roasted diced tomatoes 14.5 ounce can
  • 7.5 ounces Coca-Cola 1 mini can
  • 2 chipotle chiles in adobo canned, finely chopped
  • 5 to 6 lices lime from 1 small lime
For the bbq chicken pizza
  • 1 pizza dough ball
  • kosher salt
  • olive oil
  • 1/3 cup barbecue sauce
  • 4.5 ounces mozzarella cheese shredded, low moisture
  • 4.5 ounces gouda cheese shredded
  • 1/4 red onion thinly sliced
  • 1 cup chicken cola braised
  • 4 Bacon sliced strips, cooked until crispy
  • cilantro leaves, for sprinkling

Instructions

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  1. To make the cola braised chicken, start by seasoning chicken thighs on both sides with salt and pepper. Let sit at room while you prepare the sauce. Also, preheat an oven to 325°F.
  2. Over medium heat, warm olive oil in a medium saucepan that can also go in the oven. Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until the edges start turning golden brown (about 2 minutes). Stir in the fire roasted tomatoes, cola, chipotle chiles and 1 1/2 teaspoons salt. Bring mixture to a boil, take off the heat, then add chicken in an even layer. The liquid won’t completely cover the chicken. Tuck lime slices into the sauce, then braise, uncovered, in the oven until the chicken is cooked through (35 to 40 minutes).
  3. Remove chicken from the sauce, then season sauce to taste with salt. Once cool enough to handle, remove skin and pull chicken off the bone into bite-sized pieces. Return chicken to the sauce and let sit for at least 15 minutes before using as a pizza topping (it gets tastier the longer it sits in the sauce). Transfer to the fridge if letting sit longer than 15 minutes. You’ll have enough chicken for 2 pizzas.
  4. To make the bbq chicken pizza, preheat an oven to 500°F, and set an oven rack in the lowest possible position. Lightly coat a pizza pan with nonstick cooking spray.
  5. Stretch pizza dough into a round large enough to fit the pizza pan. Very lightly drizzle the dough with olive oil, using your hands to evenly spread the oil around. Sprinkle dough with a small pinch of kosher salt. Top pizza evenly with bbq sauce and grated cheese, then scatter sliced onion, chicken and bacon over top. Finish with a sprinkling of kosher salt.
  6. Transfer pizza to the oven on the lowest rack and cook until the crust is golden brown (bottom and crusand the cheese is nice and bubbly (9 – 11 minutes). Finish the pizza with a sprinkling of cilantro leaves.