Buffalo Chicken Flatbread

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread is spicy, tangy, and so easy to put together. It's the perfect game day appetizer to serve alongside naan pizza or main course for an easy weeknight dinner!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Real buffalo flavor! We use actual buffalo sauce, not a substitute or homemade variety.
• Quick and easy. Pre-cook the chicken for an easy weeknight dinner or appetizer that comes together in less than 15 minutes.
• A great appetizer. Buffalo chicken is a crowd-pleaser. Just slice the flatbread into strips or squares for an easy finger food.

🛒 Ingredients

Flatbread- You can use traditional flatbread, naan, or even mini flatbreads if you want to make individual pizzas.

Chicken- The recipe calls for cooked, chopped chicken. I baked my chicken by seasoning with salt and pepper and baking for 30 minutes or so at 375 degrees. I chopped the pieces up into small ½ inch pieces. You could make your chicken in the crockpot, pressure cooker, or buy a rotisserie chicken to make it even easier.

Buffalo sauce- To make this super easy, I just used a store bough buffalo wing sauce. If you want to go the homemade route, try this homemade buffalo sauce!

Mozzarella cheese- When it comes to mozzarella cheese, you have a few options. You can shred block cheese, buy it pre-shredded to make things easier, or if you really enjoy the taste of fresh mozzarella (who doesn’t?) just slice thin and use that on top.

Blue cheese dressing- You could use blue cheese crumbled, but I love the extra creaminess that the dressing adds to the flatbread. The buffalo sauce is used sparingly, so it’s not super saucy unless you opt for the blue cheese dressing.

Green onions- Sliced thinly and used as a topping, you could skip this part, but I wouldn’t recommend it!

Light olive oil- Use light olive oil or avocado oil instead of Extra virgin olive oil as you will be baking the buffalo chicken flatbread at high heat.

See recipe card for quantities.

🥣 Step by Step Instructions

Preheat the oven and prep a sheet pan with parchment paper. Add the flatbread and brush lightly with olive oil.

Bake the flatbreads for 5 minutes until warmed and just starting to crisp. This step is important (unless you like a soggy crust).

Remove the flatbread from the oven and spread the buffalo sauce on top. Sprinkle with diced chicken and mozzarella cheese, then drizzle with the blue cheese dressing.

Bake until the edges are slightly browned. To get a pretty baked cheese effect, place them under the broiler on high for the last couple of minutes.

Sprinkle the flatbread with sliced green onions and additional buffalo sauce and blue cheese if desired.

🗯 Pro tip

Make sure you preheat the oven and bake the flatbread for 5 minutes before adding your toppings. If you skip this step you will end up with a soggy flatbread. No one wants that.

🛍Substitutions

• Chicken - You can use baked, slow-cooked, or grilled chicken breast, ground chicken, or even pre-cooked shredded chicken for this recipe.
• Cheese- Instead of mozzarella, try a mild cheddar or sprinkle on some blue cheese crumbles.
• Crust- Use flatbread, naan, a pre-made pizza crust, or homemade! Keep the toppings the same, but follow the directions on baking the crust if you use something besides flatbread.
• Make it vegetarian- Use a plant-based chicken or seitan to make this a vegetarian buffalo flatbread.

🥙How to prep ahead

Here are some tips to save on time the day of cooking this recipe:

• Pre-slice the green onions.
• Make the chicken ahead of time in the oven, slow cooker, or instant pot.

📦 How to Store and Reheat Buffalo Chicken Flatbread

Let the flatbread cool and store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

To reheat, preheat the oven to 350 and bake for 5-7 minutes until warmed through and crispy.

FAQ'S

♻️ Make it Sustainable

To use up all of the green onions, mince the white part and add to the pizza before baking. Top with the sliced tops after you take the flatbread out of the oven.

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📖 Recipe

Buffalo Chicken Flatbread

This buffalo chicken flatbread is the perfect quick party appetizer or weeknight dinner. Spicy and tangy buffalo sauce marries cool and creamy blue and mozzarella for a flavor explosion you won't want to put down!

5 from 1 vote

Print Rate

Course: Appetizer, Dinner

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 5

Calories: 340kcal

Author: Kelsey Kunik, RDN

Ingredients

• 2 flatbreads 14.5 ounce of equivalent
• 2 teaspoons light olive oil
• ½ cup buffalo wing sauce more if desired
• 1 ½ cup diced cooked chicken approximately ¾ pounds
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• ⅓ cup blue cheese dressing
• ⅓ cup sliced green onions 3 green onions

Instructions

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place flatbreads on a parchment paper lined sheet pan and brush the edges lightly with olive oil.
• Bake the flatbreads for 5 minutes until warmed and just starting to crisp.
• Remove from the oven and spread the buffalo sauce evenly over both flatbreads. Sprinkle diced chicken and mozzarella cheese on top. Drizzle the blue cheese on top.
• Bake for 12-15 minutes until edges are slightly browned. To brown the tops, place under the broiler on high for the last 1-2 minutes.
• Remove from oven. Sprinkle with sliced green onions and additional buffalo sauce and blue cheese if desired.

Notes

📖 Recipe

** All nutrition information is an estimate only. The nutrition information will vary depending on ingredients and amounts actually used in preparations. 

1. Like a lot of buffalo sauce or blue cheese? Start with the recommended amounts and add more at the end if you need to. Adding a little extra on top adds great visual appeal along with the extra flavor and sauciness.
2. Cut into small squares for an easy appetizer or large slices for dinner. Serve with  a side salad for a complete meal!

Nutrition

Calories: 340kcal

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