Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer
on Mar 30, 2016, Updated Apr 07, 2020
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Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer – There are certain foods that reign on top of my personal hierarchy of dishes. Much like Mercedes Benz and Porche dominate most other vehicles in luxury and opulence (in my book), Pizza and Caesar salad rule the roost, over my favorite eats. I’ve had the idea of combining the two together for sometime now, thinking it would be a sublime combination. May I just say, I love it when I’m right.
Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer
It’s a pretty well-known fact among those who are close to me that I love my pizza. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that for a time, I may have been obsessed with creating my own varieties. That phase of my life lasted for about a dozen years. In some ways it’s a relief that I’ve moved on. Don’t get me wrong, among all other foods, pizza still is nearest and dearest to my heart. Now, however I feel a bit more freedom to concentrate on other genres of good tasting eats.
It’s been a while since I’ve created a new pizza and with this Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer we have a bit of a hybrid. It’s part pizza, part Caesar salad, and 110% delicious. Sticking with quality ingredients, I took a few short cuts. Rather than making my own dough, I picked up a store-made fresh pizza dough. Instead of roasting my own chicken, I bought a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store. And finally, and most central to this recipe, I used Girard’s Caesar Dressing to tie it all together. This trifecta serves as the base to an out of this world appetizer that is both easy and affordable to make.
Girard’s Caesar Dressing offers a light creamy-based background with soft undertones of everything Caesar: light lemon, garlic, and cheese with subtle and mellow echo of anchovies. When we think of a Caesar dressing, a traditional Caesar salad usually comes to mind and sometimes if you want to jazz things up a bit, chicken Caesar salad.
Why not take the chicken part of that concept along with the Caesar and create a new and delicious appetizer in the form of tiny mouthwatering pizzas? I had just the main ingredient in mind: Girard’s Caesar Dressing. Smooth and pleasing, it is the ideal ingredient to tie everything else together for an easy and all-around delicious appetizer.
This Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer is a great example of how you can take a quality salad dressing and do so much more than just pour it over a bowl of lettuce.
What we used to make this Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer
(full recipe at end of post)
- Girard’s Caesar Dressing
- Rotisserie chicken
- Fresh pizza dough
- Garlic and Anchovies
- Shallots
- Parmesan cheese
- Lemon
- Salt and pepper
Just a few ordinary ingredients make this Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer easy and affordable and Girard’s Caesar Dressing takes it to an entirely new level of taste. Grab a bottle of this today, put these little pizza treats together and be amazed at the flavor and goodness that you can create. You’re going to love this one! -Dan
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Chicken Caesar Pizza Bites Appetizer
Ingredients
- 1 bottle Girard's Caesar Dressing
- 1 rotisserie chicken
- 1 prepared fresh pizza dough
- 1 tablespoon finely diced anchovies
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 shallot, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- zest from 1 lemon
- 1 pinch Kosher salt
- fresh ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450° F.
- Remove meat from chicken, coarsely dice and place in large mixing bowl.
- Add Griard's Caesar Dressing to chicken and stir thoroughly.
- Fold in remaining ingredients.
- Roll pizza dough on lightly floured clean hard surface to 1/4" thickness.
- Use round mold to cut out portions. (We used a variety of sizes from drinking glasses to the container the cheese came in.)
- Top each portion with chicken mixture and use spatula to place on prepared pizza stone or baking sheet.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
- Remove from oven and garnish with additional cheese and lemon zest if desired.
Notes
This topping can be used for a regular (whole) pizza as well.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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All looks and sounds delish! And not too hard to put together!
Thanks for the comments, Lena. These are all that and more. I hope you give them a try, put your own spin on them if you like, and let us know how they turn out!
They look simply delicious the pizza bites, and I know possibilities are endless when making your own pizza or mini pizzas. I also use dressings as marinade for fish, chicken, and also add it in when I pan saute mushrooms gives the mushrooms some texture and nice color along with garlic butter.
The pizza minis look fabulous and work for any occasion. If created can come up with a multitude of combinations.
Thanks for this recipe will try it, and if I know myself, will change it some as I always do.
Thanks for the nice comments, Trish. I hope you give these a try and we would love to hear what (if any) modifications you make!
What a fabulous idea – I’m definitely going to try these for our next cocktail party! I really like that you used Girard’s brand dressing too!
Thanks, April. You’re sure to enjoy these!!!
Those look amazing! I bet those would surely impress a bunch of guests.
Thanks so much, Florian; they’re truly delicious and so simple to make!
Fun party appetizer idea! Love it. Very creative. Good job.
These little pizzas look easy to make — especially with bottled dressing. I make a smoked salmon appetizer that uses caesar dressing as well. Good stuff!
Thanks so much, Lisa! I hope you give these a try!
What’s not to like about this awesome little dish. Perfect for a get together since it sure looks like a crowd pleaser.
Thanks, Gloria and yes, perfect for a crowd, or maybe just a couple of folks!
What a super creative and fun little appetizer.
Thanks, Peter. I hope you try these, they’re extremely delicious!
I think I’d leave out the chicken and make this a vege version for my teen – she’d love it.
Thanks so much, Sally. We love your idea as well!
These look delicious. And I have tried the Girard’s brand, it was pretty good.
Thanks, Mark. We really enjoyed this combination of savory crust, chicken, and Girard’s Caesar Dressing. I hope you give it a try!