"Grilled" BBQ Chicken Pizza

With temperatures in the single digits, who wouldn't be dreaming of a balmy summer barbecue?  

Dan and I LOVE bbq chicken pizza...I am not a huge fan of pizza sauce (or substituting bbq sauce for pizza sauce) so I like to use sliced tomatoes instead.  We are however, HUGE fans of pizza on the grill, but I was not willing to get frost-bite in the name of pizza tonight...so I had to think of a way to get that yummy crispy crust inside.

here is what you need:

your favorite pizza dough

4 tomatoes, sliced

1 chicken breast

1 package mozzarella cheese, shredded

BBQ sauce

Olive Oil

Italian seasoning

This is what I came up with...I put a cooling rack on top of a cookie sheet.  I preheated my oven to 450 degrees and I put the pan/rack in to preheat as well.

This is my favorite store bought pizza dough, I stretched it out ahead of time and set it on the counter

I put the chicken breast in a frying pan with a little bit of olive oil, I like to chunk it up a little so it cooks faster.

While the chicken is cooking, slice up the tomatoes.

I just used my flat wooden spatula to dice up the chicken into tiny pieces.  Then add some bbq sauce and let it simmer for a bit.  

Next I sprayed the rack with a little olive oil so the dough doesn't stick.  I have this neat olive oil pressurizer so it sprays out like "pam"

Then I put the stretched out dough on the hot rack...this step was a little tedious, but I figured it out.  I put it in the oven and let it cook for 5 minutes, this is what it looked like when I took it out. 

Next, I slid two spatulas under the dough and flipped it over...

Then (try to be quick so the pan doesn't cool too much) I added the sliced tomatoes and sprinkled with "Italian seasoning".

Then I sprinkled on my cheese, some bbq sauce, and the chicken.

And cooked it for 10 more minutes...

YUM!!