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...
Angie | Big Bears Wife says
I love the story on how you met your husband!! I actually met my husband on myspace hahaha oh my word and then in person for the first time at a restaurant I worked at called Rockola. He came in the night before his 21st birthday (I remember because I wouldn’t serve him beer haha.
Kimmy Ripley says
I met my husband in 1999 at a concert through a friend. We will be together for 15 years on November 21st! We got married in Vegas in 2007.
christine says
I met my husband, at a bar, introduced by his ex-brother in law – yikes! Imagine that one. Strange but true.
Lauren kelly Nutrition says
LOVE this pizza!! I met my husband at a bar in Hoboken and it turned out we grew up in the same town but never met before! 🙂
Natalie Yarbrough says
Being active through exercise defines me because I was a competitive runner and skiier.
Natalie Yarbrough says
I tweeted on twitter and my twitter id is @yarbr012 : https://twitter.com/yarbr012/status/487281653635497984.
Stephanie @ Back For Seconds says
We met at church.
This pizza is nuts. I need it!
Brenda@Sugar-Free Mom says
I LOVE that story about how you met your hubby!! I’ll have to tell you mine one day! Food coincides so much with a memory of a special place and time, love it!
Susie says
Photography is a hobby that defines me. Through the lens of my camera, I aim to capture the beauty of the world around me.
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says
Love this pizza! And the story of how you met your husband. I met my hubby at a church’s coffeehouse they had every Saturday night. My friend dragged me there (I didn’t want to go because I am shy) because she wanted to meet a guy and I went along for the ride. My first night there I met Nick! I thought he was so sweet and we were just friends for 6 months before we started dating.
Ginny McMeans says
I have to talk about the pizza. You are a temptress and I love the Fritos on top. You have inspired me.
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour) says
That pizza! I need to have it! My husband would love it (he and I met through a friend and still find it weird to this day!)
Jules B. says
My better half and I met on the Internet. In the beginning, we were friends and I was giving him dating advice.
Lindsay says
I was training for my first ultra-marathon and my running partner said he knew a “running legend” in the ultra community who had run this race many times and reached out to see if he’d be willing to run with us and give me pointers. So on a Wednesday morning at 5:30am, I pulled up to the trails and watched a blonde, curly-haired, blue-eyed man with the best beard and sweetest smile come bombing down a hill on his long board and stopped when he saw me and said “Hi, I’m Jamie.” We ran that morning together and I left already in love. He ended up coaching me and I won that race and the rest is history. He is the greatest man I’ve ever known and he makes my life so beautiful and colorful. Every day is an adventure.
Dee Fedor says
met at a frat party the night before school started. 8am Calc class the next morning. Married 4 mos later. Next month is our 41.5 year anniversary!
Dee Fedor says
I met my husband at a frat party the night before I started school. 8am Calc class! We married 4 mos. later. next month is our 41.5 year anniversary!
Kaleigh Prokop says
My husband’s grandmother babysat my sister and I when we were little. After moving back to our home town after college and becoming best friends, it turned into a relationship and we’ve been together for 4 years and married for 2 months!
Sarah G says
My husband and I are homebodies, too. I need to suggest this pizza for our next date night. We met almost 9 years together at Paneras Bread, where we both worked. One afternoon he called the store to talk to another girl, and asked her out. It was that moment that I made up my mind that he was going to my man. 9 months later we were engaged.
Karen says
Family defines me and everything that means. Cooking, gardening, my people, my dogs. I could stay home for months on end if someone would bring me groceries and toilet paper.
Marjory @ Dinner-Mom says
I met my hubby at a work-related event.