Easy Cheat Bar B Que Chicken Calzones Recipes

EASY CHEAT BAR B QUE CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• 1. Place one frozen dinner roll in each cup of a muffin tin. Cover with a light towel and let thaw to room temp and rise slightly.
• 2. Roll each roll out as far as it can go. Make them thin.
• 3. Spread 2-3 tablespoons of your favorite BBQ sauce on 6 of the 12 rolled dough pieces, leaving about 1/4 - 1/2-inch border of dough on the outside.
• 4. Place as much cooked and shredded rotisserie chicken as desired (about 1/4 cup for each calzone).
• 5. Place 1-2 tablespoons of chopped onion over the tops of the chicken.
• 6. Sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons of cilantro over the top of the onion. If you don't care for cilantro just skip this step.
• 7. Sprinkled with shredded mozzarella cheese. I like cheese so I use 1/4 cup on each.
• 8. Make sure none of the filling touches 1/4-1/2 inch dough border you left around the outside of your 6 calzones. Place a rolled out dough on top of each of your calzones and seal it up. Make sure it is sealed TIGHTLY so that none of the filling leaks out.
• 9. Place the 6 calzones on a greased baking sheet. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until golden in color.
• 10. We like to dip ours in garlic ranch dressing. But, you don't need to dip them in anything as they are good on their own!

EASY CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Place baking stone in oven. Heat oven to 425°F. Let stone heat in oven 30 minutes.
• On pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal, unroll dough. Spread ricotta cheese evenly over dough to about 1/2 inch from edge. Sprinkle with herbs de Provence. Sprinkle chicken over half of dough; top chicken with cheese blend.
• Fold dough in half over filling to form pocket; press edges to seal. Slide calzone onto heated baking stone.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

BUFFALO CHICKEN CALZONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 410 degrees F (210 degrees C). Grease a pizza pan.
• Place chicken into a large pot and cover with salted water; bring to a boil. Cook the chicken breasts until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, about 15 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Transfer chicken to a bowl and shred with two forks.
• Melt butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir chicken and Buffalo wing sauce in the hot butter until chicken is coated and heated through, 2 to 4 minutes.
• Turn pizza dough out onto a generously floured surface. Roll dough into a 12-inch round. Brush dough with 1 tablespoon vegetable oil and spread 1 cup mozzarella cheese in the center of the dough, leaving a 1-inch border. Spread chicken mixture over cheese; top chicken mixture with remaining 1 cup cheese.
• Fold pizza dough in half and pinch edges together to seal. Transfer calzone to prepared pizza pan and brush top with remaining 1 tablespoon oil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is golden brown, 17 to 20 minutes.

BBQ CHICKEN CALZONE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Sprinkle flour on a wooden cutting board and roll out dough.
• Add 1/2 cup of cooked cubed chicken marinated in barbecue sauce on on side of the dough.
• Top the chicken with 1/2 cup of mozzarella and 2 tablespoons of ricotta.
• Fold over the dough and seal the edges.
• Mix up 1 egg with a splash of water.
• Use a pastry brush to paint the egg wash over the dough.
• Slice breathing slits into the top of the calzone.
• Bake for 25 minutes.

CHEAT'S SPICY CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Mix the chicken with the salsa and vegetables.
• Lay a tortilla out flat on a bench.
• Place a sixth of the chicken mixture on one half of the tortilla, leaving a gap around the edge.
• Brush the edges of the tortilla with egg white and fold the empty half of the tortilla over the filled half. Press around the edges with a fork, just hard enough to seal the edges together.
• Don't worry if they pop open a bit, they hold together well enough from the next step!
• Spray a frying pan with oil and fry each calzone on both sides until golden brown.
• Serve as is, or wrap in foil to freeze.

BBQ CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove from the pan to drain on paper towels; crumble. Add the onion and shredded chicken to the hot bacon grease in the pan. Fry over medium heat until onion is tender. Stir in 1/3 cup of barbeque sauce, and remove from the heat. Mix in the cooked bacon.
• Roll the pizza crust dough out onto a greased cookie sheet. Press out to an even thickness, and then cut in half. Divide the chicken mixture between the two pieces of dough, spreading on only half of each piece to within 1/2 inch of the edge. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the filling. Sprinkle the cheese and cilantro over the top. Fold the uncovered portion of dough over the filling, and press the edges together with a fork to seal.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until browned to your liking. Cool for a few minutes, then cut each calzone in half. Each serving is half of a calzone. These can be served with additional barbeque sauce if you like.