The Best Homemade Buffalo Chicken Pizza Recipe

This Buffalo Chicken Pizza recipe combines the spicy flavors of classic buffalo chicken wings with the melty cheesiness of traditional pizza on top of an incredibly crispy crust. The slight spice of the sauce is offset by the creamy blue cheese — it’s heaven in a simple slice.

In our house, we embrace every type of pizza from grilled pizza and artichoke, sundried tomato, and chicken pizza to a funky grape, brie, and arugula twist on the traditional style. We’ve even made pizza soup and — get this — pizza pancakes! If you are self-proclaimed pizza connoisseurs (or just pizza lovers!) like us, you’re going to adore this delicious Buffalo chicken pizza.

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Why We Love Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Who doesn’t love pizza? Or wings? This is the perfect marriage of two snacking staples that you’re bound to love.

• Quick and Easy Recipe: Since many of the ingredients are prepackaged, they are readily available, this is such a quick and easy recipe.
• Versatility is the name of the game with this dish — you can make it for Friday pizza night for the family, Netflix night for munching all on your own, or you can bake up several of them for a game day party. 
• Customize: From changing up the cheese to deciding on the spice level, you can customize this pizza recipe however you like. 
• With protein, healthy fat, and some carbs, all you need to make this a balanced meal is some veggies. Add them on top, or serve them on the side.

Ingredients For The Best Buffalo Chicken Pizza

You can make this easy Buffalo chicken pizza with the most simple ingredients

For specific amounts, please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• Extra-virgin olive oil – Olive oil helps contribute to both the taste and texture of the dough. 
• Pizza dough ball – Store-bought dough from your local grocery store is the easiest to source. However, you can also buy fresh pizza dough at your favorite pizza place or make your own pizza dough.
• Unsalted butter – Melting the butter will make it easy to mix with the Buffalo sauce.
• Buffalo wing sauce – You can use a mild version or a spicy Buffalo sauce depending on your preferences — we like using Frank’s Red Hot Sauce. You can also make your own homemade Buffalo sauce.
• Garlic powder – Granulated garlic helps to add extra flavor to the sauce.
• Shredded cooked chicken – You can cook the chicken yourself (I like to use our Mississippi Chicken recipe) or use leftover rotisserie chicken.
• Shredded mozzarella – For the best flavor get whole-fat low-moisture mozzarella cheese at the deli counter (if you can) and shred it yourself, but you can buy prepackaged mozzarella if you need to save time.
• Blue cheese – You can find blue cheese crumbles in the cheese section at the grocery store.
• Red onion – While you can use any kind of onion, red onion adds bright color to the pizza.
• Fresh cilantro – Garnish the pizza after baking for added color and flavor.
• Creamy ranch dressing – While this ingredient is optional, it’s a great dipping sauce.

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How To Make Homemade Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Grab a pizza stone or pizza pan and let’s make buffalo chicken pizza with ranch!

When you are making this recipe, you’ll want to use the full recipe at the bottom of the page.

1. Let the pizza dough rise about an hour. Then spread the dough out onto a 12-inch pizza stone or similar-sized baking sheet, using your fingers to press it out.
2. Next, whisk the butter, buffalo sauce, and garlic powder together. Pour half of the buffalo sauce over the chicken and toss to coat.
3. Spread the remaining buffalo sauce over the dough and top with buffalo chicken, mozzarella, blue cheese, and red onion.
4. Lastly, bake pizza in preheated oven until the crust is golden and the cheese is melty. Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro and a drizzle of buffalo sauce or ranch dressing and serve immediately.

Recipe Notes/Tips

While this buffalo pizza recipe is fairly straightforward, there are a few ways to make sure you get the best results

• For a pizza with a well-browned, crisp bottom crust a hot pizza stone is key. Be sure to place the stone in the cold oven to preheat with the oven. If you have time, leave the stone an extra 30 minutes in the hot oven.
• The pizza stone will remain in the oven, so you will want to use a pizza peel to transfer your buffalo chicken pizza in and out of the oven.
• Allow your pizza dough to come to room temperature before placing in hot oven.
• To tell if the pizza dough is fully risen, make a small indentation in the center. If the indentation does not rise, the dough is ready.
• For the best flavor get 6-8 ounces of whole-fat low-moisture mozzarella cheese at the deli counter (if you can) and shred it yourself.

Serving Suggestions

• Salad – Serve pizza alongside a Simple Italian Salad or deli-style salads like Creamy Caprese Macaroni Salad, Creamy Cucumber Calad, or Pasta Salad.
• Dip – Mix up a favorite veggie dip (or buy it) and serve alongside veggies or chips.
• Meaty sides – Whether it’s game day or game night, there’s no better time to serve pizza with other meaty snacks. Make some wings (that you can toss in the same sauce) or Buffalo Chicken Meatballs.
• Dessert – Who doesn’t love a good brownie or cookie? Serve a batch of the Best Brownies, or easy Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake Mix Cookies.
• Drinks – buffalo chicken pizza calls for a Boiler Maker Beer Cocktail, a Beergarita, or Spicy Ranch Water for sipping!

Buffao Pizza Variations

• Garnish – Instead of cilantro, try fresh parsley or thinly sliced green onions.
• Protein – Trade out the chicken for pork or shrimp or try using your favorite plant-based alternative.
• Cheese – Use your own favorite cheeses to make this your signature pizza — cheddar cheese, asiago, and parmesan are all good additions or swaps. Also, if you don’t love blue cheese you can always swap it for another (like feta) or leave it off altogether.
• Heat – If you’re looking for a spicier sauce you can trade out the Buffalo sauce for hot sauce or you can add spices like cayenne powder or chili powder. You can also add diced jalapenos or other peppers.
• Sauce – If you can’t bear to be without traditional tomato sauce, you can use it instead and just drizzle it with the Buffalo sauce. Similarly, if you are a white pizza fan, you can brush the crust with a garlic and butter blend or use a white sauce and also drizzle the Buffalo sauce after baking.
• Dressing – Instead of ranch, try serving it with blue cheese dressing, or a creamy Caesar.
• Worcestershire sauce – For some added umami flavor, toss a dash of Worcestershire sauce into the Buffalo sauce mixture.
• Cream cheese – For some extra creaminess, spread a little bit of cream cheese over the dough before adding the sauce and the toppings.
• Additional toppings – Add any extras that you love on pizza from olives and mushrooms to other meats or veggies.

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