Roasted Garlic, Chicken & Herb White Pizza – Roasted garlic sauce topped with chicken, red onions, and herbs. A great white chicken pizza that will rival any pizza out there!
The name of this pizza is kind of a mouthful, but I just didn’t want to leave anything out. I call it Roasted Garlic White Chicken Pizza for short. It isn’t just your average white pizza sauce, so it needs to be noted that it uses roasted garlic!
If you have never roasted garlic before don’t worry! I have a post for How To Roast Garlic that will walk you through it. It is super simple.
Often times white pizza is over the top heavy with calories and fat. This white pizza recipe uses skim milk and a little half and half to make it super creamy, but not something you have to feel guilty about.
To make the sauce you really can use whatever milk product you have. I like to use the lower fat kind, so it is lower in calories. But heavy cream would make it over the top rich and delicious. So whatever you have works.
To make this pizza a little healthier I also cut down on the cheese by quite a bit. You don’t want to cover up the flavor of the roasted garlic, so you only need a little. And those fresh herbs give it lots of flavor without any guilt.
What To Serve With Pizza
How to Make White Pizza Sauce
- First you need to melt the butter and then sauté the minced roasted garlic for just a couple minutes.
- Add in the flour and stir until all the flour is blended with the butter and light golden brown.
- Whisk in the milk and half and half until smooth. I use a combination of milk and half and half and half to make it a little better for you. You can really use any combination or milk, cream or half and half that you want.
- Season with pepper and let the sauce simmer until it thickens slightly, and then mix in the Parmesan cheese.
- Spread your pizza crust onto a prepared baking sheet and then spread the sauce over the crust.
- Top with the chicken, chopped onions and cheese and then bake until the cheese is melted and golden and the crust is done.
- Remove from the oven and sprinkle with fresh herbs before slicing to serve.
What Toppings Go Well with White Pizza Sauce
You really can’t go wrong with anything! If it goes on a traditional red sauce pizza it will probably be great on a white pizza as well. But I do have some favorites!
- Chicken
- Spinach
- Fresh Tomatoes
- Mushrooms
- Broccoli
- Ham
- Shrimp
- Artichokes
How to Store White Pizza Sauce
If you have leftovers you and easily store this sauce in the fridge or freezer. It will last a few days in the fridge in an air tight container. It also is great on pasta, so if you want to make extra, it definitely won’t go to waste!
You can even freeze this white sauce! Make sure the sauce is completely cooled and store in an air tight container. It will last for a couple months until your next pizza night! Nothing beats homemade pizza!
More Tasty Dinner Recipes
- Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
- Chipotle Shrimp Tacos
- Easy Baked Cod
- Fiesta Lime Chicken
- Grilled Turkey Tenderloin
Roasted Garlic White Chicken Pizza
Roasted garlic sauce topped with chicken, red onions, and herbs. A healthier alternative to pizza
Ingredients
- 1 pound pizza dough
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 8 cloves roasted garlic, minced
- 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 1/4 cup half and half
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 cup boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked and shredded
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 3/4 cup Mozzarella cheese
- 1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with a siplat liner, or grease and sprinkle with cornmeal.
- Melt butter in a small saucepan. Saute roasted garlic for 1 minute.
- Add flour, and mix until well blended. Cook for 1 minute.
- Slowly whisk in the milk and half and half. Mix in the pepper.
- Cook for about 3 minutes, or until it starts to thicken. Remove from heat, and stir in Parmesan cheese.
- Spread dough into roughly a 12 inch circle on prepared baking sheet. Spread white sauce over the dough. Top with chicken, red onions and cheese.
- Bake for 17 minutes, or until the crust is golden, and the cheese is melted.
- Remove from the oven, sprinkle with herbs. Cut and serve immediately.
Notes
Adapted from Cooking Light
Nutrition Information
Yield
6Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 510Total Fat 13gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 6gCholesterol 53mgSodium 499mgCarbohydrates 72gFiber 4gSugar 4gProtein 26g
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Melanie Bauer says
Looks impressive! Home made pizza at it’s best, looking forward to trying this!
Melanie E says
I’m hoping to make this pizza when the weather cools down enough to use my oven, but had a question. You mentioned in a previous comment/answer that you use this sauce for ravioli. Can the white sauce be used as a regular pasta sauce? If so, do you think any changes would be needed? I.e., more milk to thin it out. etc
Erin S says
I have used it over regular pasta and not made any changes before. But, it definitely wouldn’t hurt to an an extra 1/4 up of milk to thin it out if you don’t want it completely coating your pasta.
Cathy says
I’d take this over “regular” pizza every day!!!
Linda Martin says
Delicious pizza. I made it on a cauliflower crust and it turned out great.
Jenna says
Have made this once before and loved it!
Could it be made ahead of time, frozen and baked later?
Erin S says
I have not tried that, so I can’t say for sure – but I feel like it would work just fine. I would make sure to let it thaw completely and come to pretty much room temperature before putting it in the oven, so the yeast can do its job.
emma says
over regular pasta and not made any changes before. But, it definitely wouldn’t hurt to an an extra 1/4 up of milk to thin it out if you don’t want it completely coating your pasta.
Sue Olsen says
In the instructions, you wrote Spread white cause over dough….not sure what that means….please explain
Lauren says
Could I use all whole milk instead of half and half plus skim?
Erin S says
Yes you can. I use the mix to cut calories, but you can use whole, heavy cream or all half and half.
Danielle Pelletier says
This would be great for my daughter, anything tomato is a trigger for her migraines. No more pizza or Italian spaguetti , lasagna for her anymore. This sauce would probably be great in a Lasagna too. She made pizza with pesto a few times but got sick of it lol.
When you say roasted garlic, do you roast the garlic beforehand or do they sell it already roasted, I’ve never seen roasted garlic in stores. This is a saver recipe for sure, looks very good 🙂
Erin S says
This sauce is great on pasta, in lasagna, on ravioli or just about anything! And yes, you roast the head of garlic and then use the cloves. Here is a good instructional post online for how to do it https://www.simplyrecipes.com/recipes/roasted_garlic/
Wendylex says
Absolutely wonderful , used 1/4 cup half and half and 1/2 cup plus some of heavy cream (lol like the real stuff ) and followed the recipe with everything else you had, it turned out great. Thank you for a wonderful dinner !!
Mchele says
Ooh, I have a chicken recipe that uses pesto, sun dried tomatoes, and spinach…I bet these would be great as toppings. I live in a very large chicken farming area (home of Perdue Chicken) and I got ten lbs of boneless breast for $10. This is dinner tomorrow.
Dianna Campellone says
I made this tonight for dinner and OH MY GOSH it was delicious! The creamy garlic sauce is perfect!
Mary Domiano says
Your pizza crust looks so good, mine doesn’t turn out. Can you send that recipe
Erin S says
This is the pizza crust recipe I use https://dinnersdishesanddesserts.com/no-knead-pizza-dough/
Mary Domiano says
Thank You I will be trying your recipe later this week.
Sue says
Oh My. This pizza is absolutely divine. Just made this easy quick pizza for my dinner. Thanks so much. Sue
Donovin says
What is your recipe for the dough??
Erin S says
Here you go – https://dinnersdishesanddesserts.com/no-knead-pizza-dough/
Jo says
My new favorite kind of pizza! We’ll make it again!
Amanda Livesay says
This is our favorite pizza for pizza night! So delicious!
Catalina says
This pizza sounds so flavorful and delicious! I will make it for sure!
Beth says
Yummy! My hubby and I love this pizza for our pizza nights! So delicious and full of flavor! Making this again soon!
Kevin says
This pizza looks great! Getting on my dinner menu this week!
Kevin says
I have been looking for a new pizza recipe! This one is it! So glad I found this!