Texas BBQ-Style Chicken Pizza (Copycat)

Name: Texas BBQ-Style Chicken Pizza (Copycat)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 1 ready-made pizza base, 30 cm (or a homemade base); 1 chicken breast (about 180 g); 1 tsp smoked paprika (for the chicken); 0.5 tsp garlic powder (for the chicken); 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for frying); 120 ml barbecue sauce (half for the base, half for the chicken); 150 g Monterey Jack cheese (grated, or mild cheddar); 0.5 red onion (thinly sliced); 1 jalapeno (sliced, optional); salt and black pepper (to taste)

Independent copycat-style recreation, not Domino's UK’s official recipe (theirs is a trade secret) and not affiliated with Domino's UK. This is a home version inspired by the menu item, worked out for a normal home kitchen.

A home version of the barbecue chicken pizza format: smoky chicken tossed in barbecue sauce over a barbecue sauce base, with melted Monterey Jack and red onion. The chicken is cooked in a pan first, so the pizza itself only needs a short hot bake. It has not been kitchen-tested for this site yet, so treat it as a starting point. The home cost below is an estimate for the ingredients listed, per serving, for one Medium pizza shared between two.

Servings

20 min

Prep

12 min

Cook

32 min

Total

Medium

Difficulty

830

Est. calories / serving

What it costs: restaurant vs home

Option	Cost
Non-VegTexas BBQ at Domino's UK (typical price, from the menu page)	£12
This home version, per serving	£4.50
You save	£7.50 (63%)

Restaurant price is the typical figure from our Domino's UK menu data (prices vary by location). Home cost is an estimate for the ingredients listed, per serving.

Ingredients

Amount	Ingredient	Note
1	ready-made pizza base, 30 cm	or a homemade base
1	chicken breast	about 180 g
1 tsp	smoked paprika	for the chicken
0.5 tsp	garlic powder	for the chicken
1 tbsp	vegetable oil	for frying
120 ml	barbecue sauce	half for the base, half for the chicken
150 g	Monterey Jack cheese	grated, or mild cheddar
0.5	red onion	thinly sliced
1	jalapeno	sliced, optional
n/a	salt and black pepper	to taste

Method

Season the chicken breast all over with smoked paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the chicken for about 6 minutes per side until cooked through.
Rest the chicken for 5 minutes, then chop it into bite-size pieces and toss with half the barbecue sauce.
Heat the oven to 230 degrees C with a baking tray inside.
Spread the remaining barbecue sauce over the pizza base, leaving a small rim bare.
Scatter over the cheese, then the sauced chicken, red onion and jalapeno if using.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes until the cheese is melted and the base is crisp underneath.
Rest for 2 minutes, slice and serve hot.

Tips

Leftover roast or grilled chicken works well here and cuts the prep to about 10 minutes.
Do not overload the base with sauce or chicken, or the middle will stay soft.
A little extra barbecue sauce drizzled over the top after baking adds shine and flavour.

Allergen caution: whether the home version contains allergens depends entirely on the ingredients and brands you use. Check every label, and take extra care with shared surfaces and frying oil if anyone eating has an allergy.

Recipe credit: adapted in our own words from the tested recipe by Budget Bytes. Their BBQ Chicken Pizza recipe, tested in the Budget Bytes Nashville Test Kitchen and retested in June 2025, was the reference point for the pan-cooked chicken and the sauce split here. Our wording, quantities and method above are our own. The recipe above is complete as published here; the original is credited only as a reference for readers who want to compare: original tested recipe at Budget Bytes.

See the full Domino's UK menu & prices The original item: Non-VegTexas BBQ