Make this delicious White Chicken Pizza for family pizza night! It has grilled chicken, creamy white bechamel, pesto, peppers, spinach and mozzarella.
When friends come over to our house, we often have a “Make Your Own Pizza” night – where we put out lots of different meats, toppings and sauces. Each guest can create their own favorite pizza and it is a great way to get your dinner guests interacting and having fun!
When it comes to my turn to make a pizza – I always make the same kind: this White Chicken Pizza!
I start by spreading on a creamy, white Béchamel Sauce (see this post where we show you how to make it!) over our favorite homemade perfect pizza dough. Then I swirl spoonfuls of pesto on top of the béchamel.
Finally, some grilled chicken, roasted bell peppers, wilted baby spinach and a generous sprinkle of shredded mozzarella cheese go on top – and it’s all baked in the oven until hot and bubbly!
You can of course – change up the toppings however you’d like. But I encourage you to try swapping out a typical red pizza sauce for some béchamel sauce the next time you make pizza. I think you’ll love it!
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Make this delicious White Chicken Pizza for family pizza night! It has grilled chicken, creamy white bechamel, pesto, peppers, spinach and mozzarella.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 1 pizza 1x
- Category: Pizza
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients
- 1 10–ounce pizza dough, see our recipe here or use store bought
- 1/3 cup béchamel sauce, see recipe here
- 2 tablespoons pesto, see recipe here or use jarred
- 3 ounces roasted bell peppers, jarred peppers is fine for this but if you can, roast your own
- 4 ounces cooked chicken breast. We grilled a boneless chicken breast and sliced it.
- 2 ounces baby spinach, wilted. Just heat in a pan with pan spray for a minute to wilt, then drain well
- 2 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- All-purpose flour to roll out dough
- Corn meal for dusting the pizza peel
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 550 degrees F with a pizza stone
in bottom rack. - Press dough out to 14 inches on a floured surface.
- Sprinkle corn meal on pizza peels and place rolled out dough over corn meal.
- Spread béchamel sauce to ½ inch from edges.
- Top with pesto, peppers, chicken and spinach and finish with cheese.
- Slide onto pizza stone in the oven and bake 7 minutes or until bottom has browned.
- Slice and serve.
in bottom rack.
and place rolled out dough over corn meal.Notes
Note: The pizza only takes 7 minutes to cook but I gave prep and cook times 30 minutes to account for preparing the toppings. Your time might vary.
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What if you dont have a pizza stone?
Hi Stephanie – A cookie sheet or metal pizza pan would be an alternative. Hope you enjoy the recipe!
Pesto and bechamel sauce! This pizza must be really yummy!
Thanks Medeja! It definitely it! 🙂