Quick and Easy Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Recipe
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This buffalo chicken flatbread has all the bold wing flavor in an easy, weeknight-friendly pizza. It’s piled with juicy chicken tossed in buffalo sauce, then topped with cheddar, mozzarella, and blue cheese for the perfect melty bite. Bake it until hot and bubbly, and dinner’s ready in about 20 minutes with just a handful of simple ingredients.
This post was updated in January 2026.
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Recipe Highlights
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 10 Minutes
Total Time: 25 Minutes
Serves: 4
- Quick and easy: Toss cooked, shredded chicken with buffalo sauce and melted butter, then spread over a 9-inch flatbread or pizza crust and bake for 10 minutes.
- Flexible Crust Options: Homemade or store-bought flatbread both work great.
- Perfect for weeknights: Minimal prep, easy cleanup, and always a crowd pleaser.
Here is what you will need
Ingredient List
- 9 inch pizza crust
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Shredded mozzarella cheese
- Cooked chicken, shredded or chopped
- Buffalo sauce
- Unsalted butter
Green onions sliced
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How to Make Buffalo Chicken Flatbread
- Prepare the ingredients: Shred/crumble the cheeses, chop or shred the chicken, mix the melted butter with hot sauce, and preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Coat the chicken: Combine the chicken with the hot sauce and butter mixture, then spread it evenly over the crust.
- Add cheese: Top the chicken with cheddar, mozzarella, and blue cheese. Bake until the cheese melts and the crust turns golden brown.
Tips & Tricks
- Although pre-shredded cheese is convenient, grating your own cheese will result in better taste and melting.
- Allow for the flatbread to rest before serving which will make it easier to slice.
Serving Suggestions
Chicken buffalo pizza is a great game-day appetizer with a side of celery sticks and blue cheese dressing, a charcuterie board, stuffed mushrooms, or spinach balls. It also tastes great as a main course with a salad.
Make-Ahead Instructions
This recipe is perfect for preparing in advance.
- Toss the shredded chicken with the hot sauce mixture, then grate the cheese.
- Store the chicken and cheese in separate containers in the fridge for up to two days.
- When you are ready to eat, assemble the flatbread and bake it.
How to Store Leftovers
It’s easy to store leftover buffalo chicken flatbread; it can be refrigerated or frozen.
Refrigerate
Once it reaches room temperature, leftover buffalo chicken flatbread can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 3 to 4 days.
Freeze
If you want to freeze it, once it reaches room temperature, place the cooked flatbread on a cookie sheet in the freezer. Once the pizza is frozen, remove it and wrap it in freezer wrap or store it in a freezer-safe container for up to three months. Reheat it from frozen in the oven.
Cook the frozen flatbread from frozen by placing it on a baking sheet or pizza stone and bake at 375 degrees f until it is heated through and the cheese has melted – about 15 to 20 minutes.
Recipe Variations
Vegetarian – Toss roasted cauliflower florets from a small head of cauliflower in the hot sauce, or these air fryer buffalo cauliflower bites in place of chicken.
Lower-carb version/gluten-free – Use a cauliflower crust in place of a wheat-based crust or flatbread.
Bacon – Add bacon crumbles from one or two slices of bacon or Canadian bacon.
Vegetables – In addition to chicken, sprinkle the pizza with diced celery and chopped bell peppers or a handful of zesty arugula.
Stromboli – Instead of pizza, roll out uncooked dough and top it with the chicken mixture and cheese. Roll it up for a stromboli or fold it over for a calzone – bake at 400 for 15 to 20 minutes.
Ranch – Drizzle ranch dressing on top of the cooked flatbread before serving.
Buffalo Chicken Flatbread Recipe FAQs
It depends on the hot sauce and how much you use. For less heat, use less hot sauce or add more butter. For more heat, use more buffalo sauce or reduce the butter.
Yes, you can use any type of cheese. Get creative and try out different types of cheese, such as pepper jack, gouda, or even feta cheese.
Yes, you can make this recipe on a sheet pan. Line it with parchment paper for easy clean up, and place the flatbread on top.
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Easy Buffalo Chicken Flatbread
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 9 inch pizza crust
- 1/4 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 1/4 cup blue cheese crumbled
- 1/2 pound cooked chicken shredded or chopped
- 3 to 4 tablespoons buffalo sauce
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 2 green onions sliced
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375°F, chop or shred the chicken and shred/crumble the cheese
- Melt the butter in a pan and stir in the hot sauce.
- Add the chicken to the hot sauce butter mixture and stir to combine making sure to coat the chicken with the hot sauce mixture.
- Place a prepared flatbread or pizza crust onto a pizza stone and spread the chicken mixture on top, then top with cheese.
- Place the pizza into the preheated oven and bake for 10 minutes until cheese melts, top with green onion slices and serve
Notes
Nutrition
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This was so good! I used a flatbread from the supermarket. Definitely making this again, maybe with bacon the next time!
This sounds delicious – cannot wait to try it!