Barbecue Cashew-Chicken Pizza With French-Fried Onions

mailbelle's Note:

I love bbq chicken pizza, cashews, and french-fried onions, but have never had all of it combined until I tried this. Recipe from Pillsbury.

• Total Time: 34 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 19 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 (14 ounce) refrigerated prepared pizza crust
• ¼ cup whiskey-flavored barbecue sauce or ¼ cup regular barbecue sauce
• 1 tablespoon grape jelly
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ¼ cup chopped sweet onion (such as Vidalia, Maui or Walla Walla)
• 1 ½ cups cubed cooked chicken breasts
• 1⁄3; cup cashew halves
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 cup finely shredded mozzarella cheese or 1 cup Italian cheese blend
• ¾ cup French-fried onions
• 8 fresh fresh cilantro stems , if desired

Directions:

1. Heat oven to 400°F Spray 13x9-inch pan or 12-inch pizza pan with cooking spray. Unroll pizza crust dough on pan; press dough to edges of pan. Bake 7-8 minutes or until golden brown.
2. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, mix barbecue sauce, jelly, pepper and chopped onion. Spread evenly over partially baked crust.
3. Top with chicken, cashews, chopped cilantro and cheese.
4. Bake 7-8 minutes longer or until cheese is melted and crust is deep golden brown.
5. Sprinkle French-fried onions over pizza. Bake 2-3 minutes longer or until onions are golden. Garnish with cilantro sprigs.

Reviews

[Kellie in SLO]

I'm Snapdragons mom and I have to agree with her review. This was an incredible pizza, I made it again for her brother who demaded that we have this often. I used my homemade BBQ sauce, and its easy to throw together. I didn't mix the onions into the sauce as my daughter doesn't care for raw onions, so I was able to sprinkle them on half. I found making it on a pizza pan resulted in a crisper crust. We for sure will be making this again.

[California Snapdragon]

Amazing! My mom made this for me tonight and I couldn't get enough! She left the regular onions on my half. We used her homemade BBQ sauce and some precooked chicken. It was beyond amazing! I will be making this one on my own for sure!!!!!!

[vivmom]

This is getting emphatic five star votes from all of my eaters. What a great pizza! I needed to increase the sauce amounts. Each ingredient in this pizza is vital and just right! Don't skip anything! Oh - I did substitute shallot for the sweet onion. Great dish, easy to assemble and something we would LOVE to eat again soon!