Supreme Pizza with Chicken Crust

Sometimes you want pizza without feeling like you just ate an entire loaf of bread.

This Supreme Pizza with Chicken Crust takes pizza night in a completely different direction by making the crust out of ground chicken instead of traditional pizza dough.

Yes, chicken.

The ground chicken is combined with a few simple seasonings, coconut flour and egg white to create a protein-packed crust that's sturdy enough to hold all of your favorite pizza toppings.

Then it's topped supreme-pizza style with tomato sauce, turkey pepperoni, red onion, green bell pepper and black olives.

It's savory, satisfying, naturally gluten-free and dairy-free—and a fun way to completely change up pizza night.

Why Make Pizza Crust with Chicken?

Traditional pizza crust is usually made primarily from flour, which means most of the protein has to come from the toppings.

A chicken crust flips that around.

With a full pound of ground chicken forming the base of the pizza, you're starting with a substantial source of protein before adding a single topping.

The coconut flour and egg white help bind the ground chicken together, while pizza or Italian seasoning gives the crust more of that familiar pizza flavor.

And unlike cauliflower crust, there's no squeezing water out of cauliflower for what feels like the rest of your natural life.

The Secret to a Better Chicken Crust

Chicken naturally releases moisture while it cooks, so there's one step in this recipe that I wouldn't skip: patting the crust with paper towels after the first bake.

Once the crust has baked for 20 minutes, removing some of that excess moisture helps prepare it for the next step.

Then you flip the crust and bake it again before adding the toppings.

Yes, it's an extra step.

It's also what helps turn ground chicken into something you can actually pick up and eat like pizza rather than chicken with sauce sitting on top.

Supreme Pizza with Chicken Crust

Ingredients:

• 1 lb organic ground chicken

• 1 1/2 tsp pizza seasoning or Italian seasoning

• 1/4 tsp garlic powder

• 3/4 TBSP coconut flour

• 1 egg white

• 1 tsp sea salt

• Pinch of black pepper

• 1/2 cup organic pizza sauce, no sugar added

• 10 Applegate uncured turkey pepperoni

• 1/8 red onion, sliced thin

• 1/8 green bell pepper, chopped

• 1/8 cup sliced black olives

• Fresh basil, for garnish

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.

2. Combine the ground chicken, pizza seasoning, garlic powder, egg white, coconut flour, sea salt and black pepper.

3. On a pizza pan lined with parchment paper, roll the ingredients into a ball and flatten with a rolling pin, forming the mixture into a pizza crust.

4. Bake for 20 minutes. Pat with paper towels to remove any excess moisture.

5. Flip the crust over onto another pan and bake for an additional 10 minutes.

6. Add the pizza sauce and toppings. Bake for an additional 10–15 minutes.

7. Garnish with fresh basil and cut into slices.

All the Supreme Pizza Flavor

Once the chicken crust is cooked, you can treat it much like a regular pizza crust.

For this version, I went with classic supreme-style toppings: turkey pepperoni, red onion, green bell pepper and black olives.

The combination gives you plenty of flavor and texture without needing cheese. Fresh basil added after baking gives the whole pizza a fresh finish.

And because there isn't a thick layer of dough underneath everything, the toppings really get to be the star.

A Naturally Dairy-Free Pizza

One of the things I like about this recipe is that you don't necessarily need cheese to make it feel like pizza.

Between the seasoned chicken crust, tomato sauce, turkey pepperoni, vegetables, olives and fresh basil, there's already plenty going on.

If you eat dairy and want to add cheese, you certainly can. But the original recipe is delicious without it.

Make the Toppings Your Own

Once you've learned how to make the chicken crust, you can use it as a base for all kinds of pizza combinations.

Swap the supreme toppings for mushrooms, spinach, roasted peppers or whatever vegetables you have in the refrigerator. You could also replace the traditional pizza sauce with pesto for a completely different flavor.

The crust is really the recipe. What happens on top is where you get to have fun.

Dr. Stephanie's Tip: If you're trying to increase protein, don't only think about adding a little more meat to your meals. Sometimes you can rethink the base of the meal itself.

That's what I love about this recipe.

Instead of starting with a traditional flour crust and figuring out how to add protein later, the crust itself becomes the protein source.

Pair a few slices with a big salad or roasted vegetables and you've got a completely different way to do pizza night.

Pizza Night, Reinvented

This Supreme Pizza with Chicken Crust is proof that healthier versions of your favorite foods don't have to be boring.

You still get tomato sauce, pepperoni, peppers, onions, olives and fresh basil—but underneath it all is a savory chicken crust that's packed with protein.

It's pizza.

It's chicken.

Somehow, it works.

And once you learn how to make the crust, you can turn it into just about any kind of pizza you're craving.

Looking for More Gluten-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes?

If you enjoy recipes that put a healthier spin on familiar favorites, you'll find plenty more in my cookbook, Allergy-Free Tastes Good to Me.

It includes 93 gluten-free and dairy-free recipes designed to make healthier eating flavorful, approachable and realistic for everyday life.