Ok, yes we were sitting around trying to come up with some new pizza recipes and, wow!, we are so happy about this Chicken Cordon Bleu Pizza!! Pizza is always so much fun to make and especially eat. With our lifestyle changes it's hard to have pizza. YES! I'm not calling our weight loss journey a diet. A diet is a short time thing and sure it's great if you need to lose a few pounds. A "Lifestyle change", for us, is to be happy and not live in stress worrying about everything we do or what people think about us. We love to eat and oh my we are both stress eaters.
So, when I think of lifestyle change from a food perspective it means eating really good food that's lower in calories with a ton of flavor. Also, it has to be something that I enjoy having every bite of. I don't know about you, but when I get really good food I seem to eat it slower and savor every bite. Actually, I think we talk more during dinner when the food is super good. And everyone knows if you eat slower, you fill up faster.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Pizza
We reimaged Chicken Cordon Bleu to bake it or air fry the chicken. The skinny chicken cordon bleu is one of my all-time favorite recipes. It cuts calories while keeping all the great flavors. We bashed this chicken cordon bleu pizza off our baked recipe.
During Football season we actually made this and were so surprised how truly delicious it turned out... so we had to make it again last night. Also, I really wanted a pizza but didn't want tomato sauce based. So we decided, let's try the chicken cordon bleu pizza again to see if it really was as good as the first time. Guess what??? It was actually better. This time we wrote down the recipe and decided we needed to share it with our friends.
We love pizza! And love trying to cut the calories, so we came up with these other flavors. Check them out: Mushroom Four cheese Pizza, Spicy Pesto Chicken, Jalapeño Bacon Cheeseburger Knots, Tuna & Corn, Stuffed Portobello Mushroom, Spinach Artichoke Dip Pizza, and several more
TIPS:
- For the chicken use leftover chicken or Rotisserie chicken
- Use the white meat of the chicken or a boneless skinless Chicken Breast
- Measure or weigh the cheese. This is a great way to control the calories
- Thin Crust pizza has fewer calories
Chicken Cordon Bleu Pizza
A Few Things We Use
Ingredients
Pizza Dough
- 1 Pizza dough We used a Bistro Pizza thin-crust
- ½ Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Optional
- 2 Tablespoon Finely Grated Parmesan Cheese
Chicken
- 1 Chicken breast Or use Rotisserie Chicken or leftover baked Chicken
- 1 teaspoon Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon Adobo
Pizza Ingredients
- 4 Ounces Swiss Cheese
- 3 Tablespoon Whipped Cream cheese
- 3 Ounces Ham Black Forest Ham is really good
- 1 ½ Ounces Parmesan and/or Asiago Cheese
Instructions
Pizza Dough
- Preheat the oven to the temperature recommended on the dough package. Usually 400°Spread Olive oil on a pizza pan. If you want some spice, sprinkle the crushed red peppers on the pizza pan with the olive oil
- Spread the pizza dough over the olive oil and crushed peppers
- Sprinkle on the finely grated Parmesan cheese over the pizza crust
- Bake pizza crust for 7 to 8 minutes. Until Crust is golden brown
Chicken
- If using raw Chicken breast. Cut the Cut into bite-size pieces and place in a saute pan with the garlic powder and the Adobe powder. (Or use Rotisserie Chicken or roast chicken). Cook Chicken over medium heat until chicken is done
Pizza ingredients
- Mix together the Swiss cheese and Whipped Cream Cheese
- Slice the ham into thin strips
- Spread the Swiss cheese mixture onto the pizza crust
- Place the chicken on top of the cheese
- Place the ham on top of the chicken
- Sprinkle the Parmesan cheese on top of the ham
- Bake Pizza until cheese is melted. Cooking time and temperature depends on the direction of the crust. Just follow the time it says to bake on the crust package. Usually about 400°
- Enjoy
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