This easy BBQ chickpea pizza packs in a ton of flavor with minimal hands-on effort. Baked with savory red onions and topped with ripe avocado and herbs, it's a lovely balance of roasted and fresh.
Course pizza
Cuisine BBQ, vegan, vegetarian
Keyword bbq chickpea pizza
Prep Time 10minutes
Cook Time 15minutes
Total Time 25minutes
Servings 1pizza
Calories 301kcal
Author Yup, it's Vegan
Ingredients
1half recipewhole wheat pizza doughprepared up to but not including the baking step (or pizza dough of choice)
flourfor dusting (I use rice flour for dusting pizzas)
1/3cupBBQ sauce of choice
1 and 1/2cupscooked chickpeas(equal to one drained can)
Preheat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit (if needed, adjust temperature according to the pizza dough you're using). If using, also preheat a large cast iron skillet. Otherwise, prepare a piece of parchment paper to fit a large baking sheet.
Shape your pizza dough into a ball, flouring it lightly.
Generously flour the prepared parchment paper (off of the baking sheet) or a pizza peel, and roll out the ball of dough onto the surface at approximately 1/4 inch thick in the shape of your choosing. Use a fork to lightly puncture the surface of the dough several times throughout the middle (leave space around the edges).
Spread BBQ sauce on the dough enough to coat the surface, leaving about an inch around the edges for the crust. Scatter the thinly sliced red onion evenly onto the spreaded sauce, and finally, add chickpeas. Press the chickpeas gently onto the dough using your hands or a spatula.
Slide the prepared pizza from the pizza peel onto the preheated skillet, or if using the parchment paper method, simply transfer onto the baking sheet.
Bake for 12-15 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
Let the cooked pizza rest for 5 minutes after being removed from the oven, then add the rest of the toppings: drizzle lightly with the garlic almond butter sauce (if using), then sprinkle with chopped fresh avocado and herbs. Serve with additional BBQ sauce if desired.
For the garlic almond butter sauce:
Whisk together all of the ingredients until smooth, and adjust seasoning to taste.
Notes
If making ahead and serving as leftovers, add the avocado and herbs just before serving.Nutrition facts are calculated using 1/2 pound of store-bought whole wheat pizza dough. Note that my pizza, pictured, is smaller than what's calculated. You get to eat more pizza than that :D