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...
Betty C says
I met my husband while he was on leave from the Navy. We were having a wedding shower for his sister and she introduced us. We were married just 5 months later.
Nicole says
I actually met my husband in first grade. Our class picture is on display in our family room 🙂 But we did not begin dating and eventually marrying until meeting back up after college.
angie says
I tweeted here: https://twitter.com/MsTofuFairy/status/512985607979929600
angie says
I met my hubby in high school during my junior year when his mother introduced us three times. LOL She was my typing teacher and he came to my school just for his senior year after spending his real senior year in Sweden.
Kerry says
tweeted: https://twitter.com/KerryBishop/status/512731098011291648
Kerry says
I met my hubby in middle school. And we were high school sweethearts:)
Whitney Lindeman says
Tweeted:
https://twitter.com/WhitSweeps/status/512680611044016128
Whitney Lindeman says
I met my husband in middle school Scholar’s Bowl (our quiz bowl team). And yes, we’re still that nerdy.
Erica Best says
https://twitter.com/purplelover04/status/512640205996957697
Erica Best says
I love sewing it means alot to me
Roxanne P. says
My hobbies are kind of all over the place but I would say jewelry making. I love to create new designs and pieces. I’m particularly fond of chain mail and working with jump rings.
Leidy says
Tweeted for my second entry -https://twitter.com/neiddy_ruiz/status/511844748513271808
Leidy says
I met my husband during college, we had all the same classes and sat next to each other in every single one and yet we didn’t talk much until almost the end of the semester. We became very good friends, spent every moment together ( he was also my neighbor) everybody saw something more than a friendship , everyone said we were meant to be for each other but we couldn’t see it until one night it hit us, we were in love long before we discovered it. We’ll be celebrating our 10th anniversary in November and I am so blessed and thankful to God for my husband.
Anne says
I tweeted about your yummy pizza and this fun giveaway:
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Anne says
I can’t tell you how my spouse and I met, since neither of us really knows–we both were involved in the local music scene and hung out at the same bar. I don’t think we ever officially “met.” So let me answer your alternate question!
Cooking (including baking and canning) is the one hobby that defines me. It’s what I do. I feed people. And I feed pets, too. But because I enjoy it, it’s a hobby and not a chore.
Dandi D says
My composing and playing music is probably what defines me a lot.
Tabathia B says
tweet https://twitter.com/ChelleB36/status/511553804139913216
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Tabathia B says
I love to read and met my spouse through a friend in 1998
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Danielle Meek says
I met my husband when we were both working at Lonestar Steakhouse when we were teenagers… We started off as friends and ended up dating a couple years later 🙂
Kimmy Ripley says
I met my husband at a concert in 1999. We’ve been together ever since. Can’t believe it will be 15 years in a couple of months.