Grilled Chicken and Bacon Pizza with Garlic Cream Sauce

Pizza has never tasted so good with this garlicky sauce, grilled chicken, and bacon!

I don't make a lot of chicken pizza simply because a lot of the bases are ranch and the boys will not eat ranch period. This pizza recipe caught my eye because of the garlic cream sauce. I am definitely one of those people who puts 8 to 10 cloves worth of garlic into most recipes because I love garlic. Thankfully, Nick and the big kids do too. You can never go wrong with bacon too, so I knew this would be a keeper. I opted for the wine for the sauce and used a pinot grigio and it was fantastic.

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What you need:
For the garlic cream sauce:

• 2 Tbsp. butter
• 1 Tbsp. olive oil
• 4 cloves minced garlic
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• 2 Tbsp. all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup dry white wine, beer, or chicken broth
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1/2 tsp. dried basil

For the pizza:

• 2 chicken breasts, grilled and diced
• 6 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
• Your favorite recipe for pizza dough
• Salt and pepper
• 1 cup shredded colby jack cheese
• 7 slices mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. For the sauce: in a skillet, melt butter and oil over medium heat. Add garlic and shallot and cook for 2 minutes.
2. Add flour and whisk. Cook for 1 to 2 minutes while stirring.
3. Slowly add wine and whisk. Then slowly add milk and whisk. Season to taste.
4. Add basil. Stir and cook for 2 minutes over medium heat. Remove from heat.
5. Roll out pizza dough onto a pizza pan or stone. Prick all over with a fork.
6. Spread prepared sauce on top and then add chicken, bacon, colby jack, and mozzarella.
7. Bake in a preheated 450 degree oven for 15 minutes.

Recipe from Diary of a Recipe Collector

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