Barbecue Chicken Pizza wrapped up in refrigerated Pillsbury Crescents or Pizza Dough for an easy and tasty snack!
Alright guys, I have a confession. I have a slight aversion to cilantro. Ok, not so much an aversion as an extreme hatred for those little leafy, greens. In fact, I have been known to send a plate back to the kitchen at a restaurant if there’s cilantro anywhere on the plate. Did you know that disliking cilantro has actually been shown to be hardwired into your genes? It’s true, and finally I was validated in my feelings!
So what does my distaste for cilantro that have to do with Barbecue Chicken Pizza Pinwheels? If you’ve ever had Barbecue Chicken Pizza, you know that it typically calls for a generous sprinkling of cilantro all over. But there was no way I was going to buy cilantro, much less bring it into my house. So I used parsley. That’s right folks, I faked it.
Because just because I’m hard wired (yes that’s my story now and forever) to dislike the taste of cilantro, doesn’t mean you are. So you’ll see in the recipe below that it’s optional. But if you still want the pretty green color to give your dish a show stopping look, chop up some parsley and call it a day. I promise you these Barbecue Chicken Pizza Pinwheels are delicious with or without it!
What about you? Are you a cilantro lover or hater?
Ingredients
- 1 can Refrigerated Crescents or Pizza Dough
- 1/4 cup your favorite barbecue sauce
- 3/4 cup shredded Cheddar-Jack Cheese
- 1 cup shredded cooked chicken
- 1/4 cup diced red onion
- 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover a cookie sheet with foil and spray lightly with cooking spray.
- Lightly flour a large wooden cutting board. Roll out dough onto the floured surface, pressing seems together as you go.
- Spread barbecue sauce evenly over the dough, to the edges.
- Top with shredded cheese, chicken, onions and cilantro.
- Roll pizza and seal the and slice into 1 inch pieces. *Roll width-wise (the longest side) for smaller pinwheels, and length-wise (the shortest side) for larger pinwheels.
- Place pinwheels on the prepared cookie sheet, about 2 inches apart.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 9-11 minutes, or until the tops are golden brown.
- Allow to cool for a couple of minutes then serve with barbecue ranch dipping sauce (1 part bottled barbecue sauce, 1 part bottled ranch dressing).
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Very tasty, added twice the chicken and love me some cilantro!
So glad you enjoyed it Sallyjojo! Thank you for sharing your experience.
can I make these ahead of time and leave them in the fridge over night?
They sound so good!
If you’re going to bake them and then put them in the fridge, that would be ok. However I wouldn’t leave the raw dough in the fridge like that. Bake them the night before then put them in the oven to reheat the next day.
Love Cilantro!!!! I cannot wait to make all of your versions (Cheddar Jalapeno and Pizza) and come up with a few of my own! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe!
I’m a cilantro hater! Even the smell of it growing outside bothers me..
OMG you are too funny!! Yes, I’ve heard you either love cilantro or hate it. I happen to adore cilantro and will be sprinkling it ALL over my barbecue chicken pizza pinwheels – yum! 😉 Thanks for the recipe, pinned!
Oh man, those look insanely good!