White Chicken Pizza {with Blackberry Sauce}

This easy white chicken pizza with basil and blackberry sauce is a great combination of sweet and savory.  Perfect for when you’re looking for something different on pizza night!

It’s time for Mitten Movie Night!  I’m serving up a creamy, cheesy white chicken pizza with an added sweet twist on top and enjoying one of my favorite Michigan Craft Beers.  This pizza makes perfect use of summer-grown basil, I know my plant is bursting.

What movie pairs well with craft beer and a white pizza with ricotta cheese on top?

We are watching Joy.  Jennifer Lawrence kind of rocks, right?

What beer pairs well with white chicken pizza with basil and blackberry sauce?

The beer: Grand Rabbits from Blackrocks Brewing

The citrus flavors in this beer go perfectly with the blackberry sauce, creamy mild ricotta topping, and shredded chicken. This dry-hopped cream ale was one of my favorite finds of 2021.

Ingredients

This white pizza with shredded chicken and ricotta parmesan sauce has-

• A double pizza crust made with Jiffy Pizza Crust
• Creamy ricotta mixed with parmesan cheese and seasonings
• Diced cooked chicken and caramelized onions
• Italian shredded cheese mixture
• A simple blackberry preserve sauce
• Fresh basil for topping before serving

How to make white chicken pizza step-by-step

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

Prepare the two Jiffy pizza crust mixes according to package directions.

Once it has risen, use floured hands to stretch the dough on top of parchment paper on the pizza pan. Put the crust into the oven to bake while you make the ricotta topping and shred the chicken.

Dice and saute the onion in butter until they turn golden brown.

Take the cooked chicken and cut it into small pieces. Add to a bowl with the browned onions.

In another bowl mix the ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and seasonings.

Mix until well combined.

Layer the crust now with the ricotta cheese white sauce topping.

Add the shredded chicken and browned onions.

Finally, top with the cheese.

Place the pizza back into the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes until the cheese has melted.

While it is baking, make the blackberry sauce.

How to make the basil and blackberry sauce recipe

About 5 minutes before your pizza is out of the oven, add the blackberry preserves and 3 tablespoons of water to a small saucepan.  Bring to a boil letting the preserves break down to create a sauce.

Once the pizza is cooked right before serving sprinkle some chopped basil and blackberry sauce on top.

Tips & Variations

• Prefer homemade pizza crust? Try this pizza dough recipe from Tastes Better from Scratch
• Replace the shredded chicken with cooked ground chicken or turkey

Want more pizza recipes?

• White Sauce Sausage Pizza with Pesto
• Thick Crust Sausage Pizza
• BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza

And here you are….

From our home in the Bottom Left of the Mitten to yours ~ Enjoy!

White Chicken Pizza {with Blackberry Sauce}

A sweet and savory combination on a homemade crust. White chicken pizza with basil and blackberry sauce is creamy and cheesy perfection!

5 from 1 vote

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Course: Main Dish

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Rising of the pizza dough: 30 minutes minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes minutes

Servings: 8 slices

Equipment

• 9-inch pizza pan
• parchment paper
• 2 medium-sized mixing bowls
• small saucepan
• Pizza Cutter

Ingredients

White Sauce Pizza

• 2 6.5-ounce boxes Jiffy Pizza Crust Mix
• 15 ounces ricotta cheese
• 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• 1 cup shredded italian cheese
• 1 cup cooked and shredded chicken
• 1/2 white onion, chopped
• 1/2 tablespoon butter
• 1 handful basil, chopped right before serving

Blackberry Sauce

• 1/2 cup blackberry preserves
• 3 tablespoons water

Instructions

White Sauce Pizza

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Prepare the double Jiffy pizza crusts according to package directions.
  2 6.5-ounce boxes Jiffy Pizza Crust Mix
• Add to a parchment paper lined pizza pan. Put into the oven while making the rest of the ingredients.
• Saute diced onions in a pan with butter until softened and browned.
  1/2 white onion, chopped, 1/2 tablespoon butter
• Dice the chicken and add the chicken with the cooked onions into a bowl.
  1 cup cooked and shredded chicken
• Mix the ricotta topping ingredinets into a bowl.
  15 ounces ricotta cheese, 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, 1 tablespoon garlic powder
• Take the pizza crust out of the oven and top with the ricotta mixture, chicken and onions, cheese.
  1 cup shredded italian cheese
• Place in the oven for 12-15 minutes until the cheese has melted.

Blackberry Sauce

• About 5 minutes before your pizza is out of the oven add the blackberry preserves and 3 Tbs water to a small saucepan. Bring to a boil letting the preserves breakdown to create a sauce.
  1/2 cup blackberry preserves, 3 tablespoons water
• Top with sauce and basil right before serving.
  1 handful basil, chopped right before serving

Notes

Tips for making this recipe:

• I like to make the chicken in the Instant pot before using it in recipes where cooked chicken is used.

Tried this recipe?Mention @mittenmommy or tag #mittenmovienight!

Originally published in August of 2016. Updated post in January of 2022 with new photos, same great recipe. 

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Last Updated on March 26, 2022 by Erin@BottomLeftoftheMitten