BBQ Chicken Calzones

I never had a calzone before but if it’s anything like pizza, I was sure I would love it. As usual, this recipe came from AllRecipes.

BBQ Chicken Calzones
Ingredients
4 slices bacon
1/2 small onion, chopped
3 cups shredded, cooked chicken breast meat
2/3 cup barbeque sauce
1 (10 ounce) can refrigerated pizza crust dough
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

2. Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove from the pan to drain on paper towels; crumble.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

Comments
This recipe took a little bit more preparation than some of the other recipes I made because I had to cook the bacon, cook the chicken, cut the vegetables, etc. But it was so worth it. This was my boyfriend’s favorite recipe out of all the ones I’ve made so far.

I made the pizza dough myself from scratch. I used the recipe that is on the Fleischmann’s Pizza Yeast bottle. So that took some time to prepare too. It was my first time making pizza dough but it was fun, and apparently I can make better pizza dough than my boyfriend. He likes to make me make the dough now when we have our pizza nights haha.

I didn’t use cilantro because I forget to buy some. I also didn’t have any paper towels so I wasn’t able to drain the bacon which resulted in the Calzones being a little more greasy, but it didn’t affect the taste besides maybe make it taste even better. The crust actually tasted a bit like it was from Pizza Hut. I don’t know if it was the bacon grease or because I greased the pan with butter, but I loved it! I would definitely make this recipe again in the future.