If you love sweet and savory flavors together, then you’ll adore these hand-held pineapple-chicken pizza pockets. Quick mini crusts are made stirring Original Bisquick™, water, and olive oil together into a simple dough that’s patted into circles. They are topped with a delightful combination of chicken pizza flavors—cooked chicken, pasta sauce and Monterey Jack cheese—but also sweet, pineapple tidbits and crunchy green bell pepper. All the fillings are enclosed inside the soft and tender crust, making these pizzas perfect for nights on-the-go, or, when you need to perk up pizza night at your house.
From our Smart Dinner cookbook, this recipe is designed to use up those small amounts of ingredients that just sit waiting in your fridge. You can even make these little pizzas ahead of time—just follow the easy directions in the tip below—to pop in the microwave for a quick meal.
Turn it into a full dinner by serving these little pizza pocket cuties with either a crisp green salad or cut-up fresh veggies, such as carrot or zucchini sticks, cucumber slices, or bell pepper strips.
Pineapple-Chicken Pizza Pockets
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 55 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 3 cups Bisquick™ Original Pancake & Baking Mix, plus more for dusting
- 2/3 cup very warm water (120°F to 130°F)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup tomato pasta or marinara sauce
- 1 cup shredded cooked chicken
- 1/3 cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1/2 cup canned pineapple tidbits (from 8-oz can), drained
- 3/4 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese (3 oz)
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 450°F. Line cookie sheet with foil; spray foil with cooking spray.
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Step2In medium bowl, stir together Bisquick mix, water and oil until moistened. Let stand 15 minutes.
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Step3Knead dough slightly to form ball. Divide dough into 8 equal pieces. On surface lightly dusted with additional Bisquick mix, roll each dough piece with rolling pin to 6-inch round about 1/8 inch thick.
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Step4In small bowl, stir together pasta sauce, chicken and bell pepper. Spoon 1 heaping tablespoon chicken mixture on each dough round. Top each with 1 tablespoon pineapple and 1 tablespoon of the cheese. Fold dough over; seal edge with fork. Place on cookie sheet.
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Step5Bake 12 to 18 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle pizza pockets evenly with remaining 1/4 cup cheese. Bake 1 to 2 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 300
- Calories from Fat
- 130
- Total Fat
- 15g
- 23%
- Saturated Fat
- 6g
- 31%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 25mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 680mg
- 28%
- Potassium
- 130mg
- 4%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 31g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 3g
- Protein
- 11g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 6%
- 6%
- Calcium
- 15%
- 15%
- Iron
- 10%
- 10%
