Name: French Bread Pizza
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8 people
Ingredients: 1 loaf French Bread; 1.5-2 cups Chicken (cooked and cubed into 1/2" chunks); 1/2 cup Alfredo Sauce (any jarred Alfredo sauce will do); 1/4 cup Franks buffalo Sauce; 1/4 cup Brown Sugar; 3 cups Mozzarella Cheese (Shredded); 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese (Shredded); 1 loaf French Bread; 3/4 cup + 1/3 cup cup Alfredo Sauce (any jarred Alfredo sauce will do); 1/2 cup Bacon bits (precooked, or freshly cooked work great); 3 cups Mozzarella Cheese; 1/4 cups Parmesan Cheese; 1 loaf French Bread; 1 cup Marinara Sauce; 3 cups Mozzarella Cheese; 30 slices Pepperoni; 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese

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French Bread Pizza is quick and easy meal everyone will love! The toppings and flavor combinations are endless. Barbeque Chicken French Bread Pizza, Buffalo Chicken French, and the classic Pepperoni French Bread Pizza a few of the regulars. It's a quick and easy weekday meal everyone will love.

Homemade French bread pizza is one of our favorite meals to make. It's quick, easy, and sometimes you can even use some leftover food you already have in your fridge. We love making chicken french bread pizzas. You can use a rotisserie chicken, or leftover grilled or baked chicken too. Here are a few tips to help make your french bread pizza turn out great.

How to make French Bread Pizza:

There are all kinds of french bread pizzas that are easy to make. Some of our favorites are the classic Pepperoni and cheese french bread pizza, bbq french bread pizza and buffalo chicken french bread pizza.

Ingredients for French Bread Pizza

Be creative with your toppings. Here are a few ingredients that work well.

Best Sauce for French Bread Pizza:

Red sauce, this is a classic and you can't go wrong with this one. We like to use a jar or can of our favorite spaghetti sauce. Personally, I like to use the HUNT'S traditional spaghetti sauce. It doesn't have chunks, it's thick and hearty, and isn't watery. It also has a deep tomato flavor which is key to a great pizza sauce. (Bonus: It's inexpensive.)

Alfredo Sauce, This is a great option too. If you're making a pizza with strong flavors, keep the sauce a little more milk with the Alfredo Sauce. It will keep the french bread moist but won't overpower the toppings.

Garlic Butter, This is a great sauce to use if you are just doing a cheese pizza and don't like the red sauce. It actually turns out more like a cheesy bread but it's also delicious. We like to do the garlic butter, mozzarella cheese and then a sprinkle of parmesan cheese too. So much flavor in this French Bread Cheese Pizza!

Best Cheese for French Bread Pizza:

The best cheese to use is a mozzarella shredded cheese or some kind of pizza blend. Something with a little asiago, mozzarella romano parmesan is great. That being said, for a killer BBQ Chicken Pizza, some smoked cheddar or even some pepper jack- oh yeah, a little spice, works great too.

Best Meat for French Bread Pizza:

The classic pepperoni is a must on this french bread pizza recipe easy.

Again, we love chicken too. If you decide to do chicken, be sure to coat it in some kind of sauce. Since you will be broiling the french bread pizza, you are going to want to keep the chicken moist. On a French Bread Pizza with Alfredo Sauce, I like to coat the chicken in about 1/4 cup of alfredo sauce to keep it moist.

For the Buffalo Chicken French Bread Pizza, I like to use a Homemade Buffalo chicken sauce on the chicken. Again, about 1/4 cup of sauce on the chicken before you put in on the pizza.

Bacon is always a good addition. Always a good addition.

Salami is so tasty on an Italian Style French Bread Pizza too.

Best Vegetables for French Bread Pizza:

Red Peppers

Green Peppers

Black Olives

Pineapple

Tomatoes

Onions

Mushrooms

Green Chillies

Jalapenos

and any other vegetable you love on your pizza!

How to make French Bread Pizza not soggy:

There are a couple of ways you can keep your French Bread from getting soggy.

#1-They first one is to cook your French Bread Pizza on Broil-low Broil. Don't make your pizza ahead of time. Be sure to assemble and then pop that baby in the oven.

#2-Don't cook it with sauce. This is actually my daughter's favorite way to do it. Make it more as a cheese bread with toppings and then heat the sauce and use it as a dip.

#3- Be sure to go light on the sauce. I tend to overdo it on the sauce but it definitely helps to keep it a little lighter.

How to cook French Bread Pizza:

This pizza is best cooked in the oven on a baking sheet. Line the baking sheet with aluminum foil to catch any excess cheese or sauce. Lining the pan will make cleanup really easy.

To cook your pizza, bake your french bread pizza on broil-the low setting for about 10 minutes. This will get the cheese golden and keep the bottom from getting too crunchy. The French Bread Pizza can also be baked at 400 for 15 minutes, just until the cheese is melted. French bread pizza oven is the best!

I suppose you can place it on tin foil and cook it on the grill too if you don't want to heat your house in the summer.

In short, how long to bake French Bread Pizza depends on if you broil it or if you bake it. Broiling=8-10 min and Baking at 400 degrees = 15-18 min. Cook until the cheese on top is golden. Both work great!

What is French Bread Pizza

It's basically an Italian loaf of French Bread, cut in half, with your favorite sauce and pizza toppings. It can be made into the classic French Bread Pizza with marinara sauce, Mozzarella cheese, and pepperoni, or it can be made with Alfredo sauce, chicken and all your favorite toppings.

If you love pizza, be sure to check out my grilled pizza tutorial too.

Here's a BBQ chicken salad recipe that would go great with this meal too.

and if you're a Buffalo Chicken lover, here's our favorite buffalo drumstick recipe.