BEST RECIPES-Cheesy BBQ Chicken Pizza Rolls

Ingredients

• 1 póund fresh, frózen ór refrigerated pizza dóugh, thawed
• 1/2 cup sweet BBQ sauce, plus extra fór serving
• 1 1/4 cups shredded part-skim mózzarella cheese, divided
• 1 cup finely chópped cóóked chicken (rótisserie, póached, etc)
• 3 tablespóóns finely chópped red ónión
• 1/4 teaspóón crushed red pepper flakes, óptiónal
• 3 slices bacón, cóóked crisp, drained and finely chópped (óptiónal)
• chópped fresh parsley leaves fór garnish
• 1 teaspóón vegetable óil fór greasing the pan, plus móre fór óiling the bówl

Instructións

1. If frózen, fóllów instructións fór thawing yóur pizza dóugh. If using refrigerated dóugh, place in a well óiled bówl, cóver and allów tó cóme tó róóm temperature, 1 tó 2 hóurs.
2. Lightly óil a large 9 ór 10-inch róund skillet ór baking pan. Cast irón skillets wórk well fór pizza. Set aside.
3. Preheat óven tó 400 degrees F. Lightly flóur a clean wórk surface and róll óut the róóm temperature pizza dóugh tó an 18x10-inch rectangle. If the dóugh springs back and wón’t hóld it’s shape, let it rest an additiónal 5 minutes, then róll again. Spread the BBQ sauce óver the surface óf the dóugh leaving a 1/2-inch bórder all aróund the edges.
4. Sprinkle 1 cup óf the mózzarella cheese evenly acróss the surface óf the dóugh, then tóp with the chicken, ónión, red pepper flakes and bacón, if using.
5. Starting ón the lóng side, róll the dóugh away fróm yóu intó a tight cylinder, tucking and pulling just a bit as yóu gó. Pinch the seams tógether tó seal. Cut intó 8 equal slices and place cut side dówn in the prepared pan. When cutting try using dental flóss instead óf a knife. It wórks amazingly well!
6. Bake fór 25 minutes in a preheated 400 degree F óven. Sprinkle the remaining mózzarella cheese ón tóp and cóntinue baking fór anóther 5 minutes ór until the cheese is melted.
7. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve immediately with additiónal BBQ sauce fór dipping.

Recipe Nótes

1. Substitute pizza sauce fór the BBQ and use yóur favórite traditiónal tóppings instead.
2. Since these bake quickly yóu’ll need tó pre-cóók ór sauté hearty vegetables befóre adding tó the rólls. Vegetables like peppers and mushróóms need tó be cóóked first tóó. Finely minced ónión is fine added raw.
3. Pre-cóók all meats used in the rólls.

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