I met my husband in the basement of the boarding house where I was living in college. I know it sounds weird, but it’s true. I came home from visiting my parents and found a van parked in my spot. I huffed into the house prepared to give someone a piece of my mind and heard music coming from the basement. This was not unusual, as one of the other housemates, Paul, was an itinerant drummer. I reasoned that Paul was rehearsing with a new band, so I marched down the stairs to ask whoever that was to move their vehicle so I could park and came face to face with my future husband: the most handsome bassist I’d ever seen. Oh those blue eyes… He stayed for a cup of tea after rehearsal and the rest is history in motion. I got the soundtrack to my life marrying him and he got a permanent adoring audience.
Cook’s Notes
- For best results on this pizza, please use the dough and method from The Best Pan Pizza post. It is the perfect vehicle for all those toppings!
- The BEST chicken to use for this recipe is leftover Slow-Cooker Sriracha Honey Barbecue Chicken. In that case, you don’t have to do anything other than add a few dashes of hot sauce and it’s ready to go. Another good choice is Slow-Cooker Shredded Chicken for Recipes. If you use the second option (or another fully-cooked shredded chicken) you’ll want to toss it with hot sauce and/or taco sauce to taste to keep it moist while baking.
- Keep in mind that you want to let the pizza cool for a few minutes before hitting it with your taco toppings. The reason for this is that you don’t want all your lovely fresh vegetables to wilt!
- Speaking of vegetables, when it comes to taco pizza, I make like my mom and use iceberg lettuce. I love the crunch it provides. Save the fancy pants lettuces for your salads- you need some oomph here!
Chicken Taco Supreme Pizza
Rate RecipeIngredients
- One batch of The Best Pan Pizza Dough prepared and risen in 2 well-oiled cast-iron skillets or 8-inch cake pans according to instructions
- 2 1/2 cups of leftover Slow-Cooker Honey Sriracha Barbecue Chicken OR Slow-Cooker Shredded Chicken for Recipes tossed with taco sauce and/or hot sauce to taste
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 cup shredded Pepper Jack cheese
Toppings:
- shredded iceberg lettuce
- chopped fresh tomatoes
- chopped fresh cilantro
- sliced ripe avocados
- Fritos
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 550°F.
- Divide the shredded chicken evenly between the two pans of dough and spread it around. Sprinkle each pizza with a 1/2 cup of the mozzarella, 1/2 cup of the Cheddar, and 1/2 cup of the Pepper Jack cheese. Bake for 12 to 20 minutes, depending on how done you like your pizzas. Remove the pizzas from the oven and use a flexible spatula to ease around the edges of the pizza, then use it to gently scoot under the pizza and transfer it to a cutting board. Let it cool for at least 5 minutes before slicing. After slicing, top with the shredded lettuce, tomato, onion, avocado, cilantro, and Fritos. Serve immediately.
- If you have leftovers, they store best if you remove the chips and vegetables. You can reheat the pizza and re-top with leftover vegetables!
Nutritional information is an estimate and provided to you as a courtesy. You should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe using your preferred nutrition calculator.
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Reader's Thoughts...
Hannah Jane says
I met my hubby online when I was fourteen! We followed each others’ blogs for several years before connecting on Facebook, which was followed by two years of constant conversation and discussion, which resulted in use becoming best friends, before I finally met him in person. We’ve been married for three months now and although our relationship wasn’t typical, I wouldn’t have done anything differently.
Jennifer says
My husband and I met while working at an old fashioned hardware store during college.
Deanna Bushman says
I think the hobby that really defines me is writing. I really love to write and I’ve spent a lot of my life honing my talents. For a long time, music/singing were things that I used to define myself, and I actually met my boyfriend (of 2.5 years) in high school choir several years before we started dating. Neither of us really does choir anymore (not that I haven’t tried to get him to do community choir with me), but we both still appreciate and listen to all kinds of music. 🙂
Also, I tweeted about this: https://twitter.com/lysanderish/status/504707733380034560
livivua says
I met my husband as being a security guard on the premises where he worked
livivua says
https://twitter.com/vivaciousgold/status/504672694936535041
Carol at Wild Goose Tea says
I was a bit of a player in my young days. My husband was divorced and never marrying again. He asked me to marry him the first night we met. Six weeks later I had rented my house, went on leave from my corporate management job
and moved to another state. We were married for 25 yrs.
Kristen says
https://twitter.com/rubylorikeet/status/504522806164328448
Kristen says
I’ve recently started getting into event planning for non-profits. It’s a lot of work, but also fun and satisfying.
amy pugmire says
https://twitter.com/1amypugmire/status/504520170585354240
amy pugmire says
I met my hubby at work.
Amanda says
This looks so incredibly delicious!
Ellen Renee says
Drive-thru at McDonald’s is where we met…1984. I worked there – it was my senior year in high school. He seemed to come through every single day…large diet coke…always. What I did not know at the time was he was only going through when he saw my car there. He eventually asked me out…we are both rather shy and awkward around new people….was married in 1988 after I graduated college. We have one handsome nineteen year old son who is in college.
Karen says
My husband and I met in college marching band. The first day of band the announcer always tells the students to look around the room, most likely they have spotted their future spouse. But wasn’t it, it was when I asked his friend to a dance and his friend said yes (and didn’t know who I was!). My husband was the wing man to get his friend out of the date. I went home and told my high school friend I’d met the man I was going to marry, he just didn’t know it yet.
He kissed me this morning, wished me happy birthday and then pulled the covers up over my shoulder and told me to get some more sleep. Still in love.
PS – it’s my birthday – pick me!!!!!
Stephanie says
I met my husband when he was a head rehab director at a hospital and I was on my clinical. Just new friends! We went our seperate directions for almost 6 years with no contact. We re-met through email (my saving grace an old business card ~ I still carry now as my lucky charm) and then Facebook. It’s funny how the man /or/ spirit upstairs works! He is truly the love of my life and he is loving my experimenting w. all your recipes! Your site has inspired me!
Cherice says
I met my husband at school.
Heather Spooner says
I love baking and cooking for my friends and family. I always enjoy seeing others devouring what I’ve made and asking for more. Thanks!
Amy S. says
I met my husband on Yahoo personals…
courtney b says
tweet
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courtney b says
one of my hobbies is photography! i love it and i really think it is one thing iwas born to do!
thanks!
Dani says
My husband and I lived across the hall from each other in college.