5-Step Easy Buffalo Chicken Calzone
June 25, 2024
Everything you need to know about this 5-Step Easy Buffalo Chicken Calzone recipe is right in the name. Inside the perfectly crispy calzone crust is tender chicken, melty cheese and just the right amount of kick, thanks to the olives and buffalo sauce. It’s an easy 30-minute dinner for a family meal and, cut up into smaller pieces, it’s also party-friendly — try it with different dipping sauces.
SERVINGS
1-2
PREP TIME
5 min
COOK TIME
20 min
Ingredients
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Semolina flour, for dusting
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1L&B White or Wheat Pizza Dough
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2cups L&B Ready to Heat Pulled Chicken
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1/2cup thinly sliced red onions
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1/2cup pitted and slices Frescatrano olives
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1/4cup Buffalo wing sauce
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1 1/2cups shredded mozzarella cheese
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1-2tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
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L&B Ranch Dressing, for serving
Directions
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1
Place a pizza stone in the oven and heat to 450 F. Lightly dust a pizza peel with semolina flour.
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2
Press down pizza dough into a small disk. Using your fingertips, press the dough outward, dimpling the dough and stopping about 1 inch from the edge. Stretch the dough over the backs of your hands, moving it in a circle to create a 10-inch round. Place the dough onto the dusted pizza peel.
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3
On one half of the dough, layer L&B Ready to Heat Pulled Chicken, thinly sliced red onions, Frescatrano olives, Buffalo wing sauce and shredded mozzarella cheese.
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4
Fold the other half of the dough over the filling and firmly press the edges together to seal the dough. Make three small slits in the top of the calzone and brush the dough with extra virgin olive oil.
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5
Carefully slide the calzone onto the pizza stone and bake until golden brown, 15 to 17 minutes. Allow to cool for 5 minutes. Slice and serve with L&B Ranch.