Barbecue Chicken Pizza Stuffed Pull Apart Bread with Grilled Pineapple and Cherry Tomatoes
You know those meals that you need to make something in a hurry and you have no time to cook, and you want pizza but don’t have time for dough, and you find bread on sale in your supermarket and decide to turn that into pizza? You know those? No? Well, now you do.
This was so quick and simple to make (of course because all you need is bread like all you need is love). And everybody knows how much I love cheese.
If you guys remember the Cheesy Pizza Pull Apart Bread from last year…this is kinda like that. Only better. Because Barbecue Chicken Pizza and Red Onions and Olives and Mushrooms and more.
There’s two ways to make this:
1. Using a pre-cooked, rotisserie style charcoal chicken
or
2. Home-cooked chicken — panfried or roasted.
And any crusty loaf of bread. I used sourdough both times, because I love it…and this one is a Sourdough Loaf. But…the last time I used a Vienna. Both good. Both amazing, but I think I loved this size better.
Fill it and stuff it with Pizza ingredients….and in my case I love anything Barbecue Chicken..
Sprinkle over the Italian Pizza seasoning…. And pull it all apart to witness the stretchy hot and steamy cheese in one:
two:
three parts:
The most perfect pizza.stuffed.bread.
Barbecue Chicken Pizza Stuffed Pull Apart Bread
Weight Watchers: 10pp per serve
Ingredients
- 1 crusty sourdough vienna loaf (unsliced)
- 1/2 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 whole , cooked chicken breast, sliced or chopped finely
- 200 g | 7oz mozzarella cheese , thinly sliced
- ½ red onion , finely sliced
- 2 tablespoons sliced black olives
- 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
- 100 g | 3.5oz cherry tomatoes , halved
- 1 x 227g | 8oz tin pineapple rings
- Italian pizza herbs (dried seasoning)
- Basil leaves , shredded or chopped finely
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 176C | 350F degrees. Place the loaf on a lightly greased oven tray. With a sharp bread knife, cut the bread in rows lengthwise along the bread creases, being careful not to cut through to the base of the loaf. Holding the bread over the top, cut across into it widthwise, again about 1cm above the base crust
- Spoon (or squeeze directly out of the bottle) the barbecue sauce into each cut and spread to evenly coat the inside of the bread. Insert the chicken breast, cheese slices, onions, olives and mushrooms into each slice/wedge. Push all ingredients down into the bread really well.
- Sprinkle with the italian pizza herbs; cover with foil and bake for 15 - 20 minutes, or until cheese has melted.
- Uncover and bake again for a further 10 minutes, or until bread has turned golden and crispy.
- While the bread is baking; grill pineapple rings and cherry tomatoes on a lightly greased nonstick pan/skillet until cooked to your liking.
- Remove the pizza pull apart bread from the oven and serve with the pineapple rings and cherry tomatoes. Top with shredded Basil leaves.
Nutrition
Nash says
Are the calories for the whole loaf?
Kat B says
I too was drooling on my keyboard at this recipe and you great photos. I had to try it that day. I had guest coming so I made 2 of them. Started out your way it was way to messy, so I used shredded cheese then, mixed it all into the BBQ sauce and spooned it in. Then cut up the grilled pineapple, tomato and basil at the end and sprinkled that over the top. Heavenly Recipe Thank You It was a great hit here.
Karina says
Hi Kat! That’s a great way of doing it too! Thank you so much for commenting. I’ll be trying it out your way soon! I’m so glad you guys liked it! Xx
Girl and the Kitchen says
Karina, this looks so incredible! And deliciously messy! Gorgeous pictures as always 🙂 Pinned!
Karina says
Aw Mila thank YOU so much! This shoot was definitely one of those, ‘second guessing myself,’ shoots!
Girl and the Kitchen says
You are as crazy as I am 😉
Karina says
Girl, you sure?! 😉
Girl and the Kitchen says
Most def!!!
nicole (thespicetrain.com) says
Oh my goodness that looks good! I can smell it all the way over here in the US! Beautiful photography, this bread could not possibly look any more gorgeous.
Karina says
Ok Nicole. In all honesty, I may have passed out — like twice — when I read your comment, because it’s YOU saying that about my photography? I think I may just pass out again… wait…Ok I’m back. Thank you so much Nicole. I feel honoured and extra thankful to your generous compliments! Just wow! Anytime you’re over here I will gladly make this for you! Xxx
Tasbih @ Cleobuttera says
My.God! I can’t even. This looks insanely delicious. I’m dying over here!! Your recipes are always so over-the-top-incredible and your photography is torturing. I can’t wait to try that myself. Pinned!
Karina says
Haha aw thank you girl!! That means so much to me…especially coming from you! Xx