Buffalo Chicken Calzone

A few weeks ago a girlfriend of mine sent over a piece of her pizza roll…. and although she wasn’t happy with her dough, I thought it was delish! So, one night I tried to duplicate the flavor- and made what I am calling “Buffalo Chicken Calzones.” I made these for Matt and my Bro-in-law- and my sister said she wanted the recipe- so here it is!

I used a simple pizza dough recipe that doesn’t require much prep time, but if you have a favorite dough recipe you could use that as well! I prepped the dough while my chicken was cooking. I am the type of person who cooks and bakes to taste/appearance… So, if it looks like it needs more or less sauce, just go for it. I just shook hot sauce and bbq sauce until it looked good, and tasted the same… but I’ve tried to estimate amounts for your convenience! Because I guess thats the point of having a recipe…

This is pretty easy and would feed a family of 4  with a salad along side it. I allowed my calzone to rise after I folded it, because I was making 2… and I definitely noticed the size difference. So if you have the time to let it rise for a bit after you fold it, I recommend it! Happy cooking!

Easy Pizza Dough

• 1 tbsp Yeast
• 1 cup of Warm Water
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp sugar
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 1/2 cups Flour

1. Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let stand 10 minutes. (it should bubble and foam)
2. Mix dry ingredients in a separate bowl. 
3. Add oil and yeast mixture to dry ingredients. Knead dough thoroughly.  Stretch out into a large circle on a pizza stone. Let rise for 5-10 mins. 

Buffalo Chicken Filling (preheat oven to 450F)

•  2 Chicken breasts, chopped
• 1/4+ cup Franks Red Hot Original Cayenne Sauce
• 3 tbsp CattleBoyz Big Rock Original Barbecue Sauce
• Chicken Spice
• 3 Cheese Ranch
• 1 cup Mozzarella cheese (save a handful for the top)
• 1 cup Cheddar Cheese

1. Thoroughly cook chicken. Add spice.
2. Add BBQ sauce and Franks Hot Sauce to chicken. Simmer for 5 minutes.
3. Remove from heat and add another sprinkle of hot sauce to sauce it up!
4. Drizzle Ranch over 1/2 pizza dough. Spread chicken mixture on same half.
5. Top with chesses and fold dough over. Press edges shut.
6. Bake for 13-18 minutes at 450 F. (I have a finnicky oven- so keep an eye on it! baking times may vary)