Tasty Keto BBQ Chicken Pizza

Slice of keto BBQ chicken pizza with red onion and cilantro on a white plate
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Introduction

BBQ chicken pizza has always been my order. Something about sweet sauce against cheese and smoky chicken works in a way that tomato and pepperoni never quite matched for me.

This is that, on a fat head crust. Sugar-free BBQ sauce in two places — a quarter cup on the base, two tablespoons tossed through the shredded chicken — then mozzarella, cheddar and sliced red onion over the top.

The chicken goes on already cooked, which is what makes this a weeknight thing rather than a project. A rotisserie bird is the obvious shortcut and the one we use.

What Is Fat Head Dough?

Fat head dough is melted cheese kneaded into almond flour until the two come together as one soft mass you can shape by hand. This version adds cream cheese to the mozzarella, which makes it softer to handle than the plain kind.

It does not taste like bread and it does not stretch like bread — it is a cheese-based crust, and it eats richer than a flour one. What it does do is hold a slice up under toppings, which is the thing a low-carb crust usually fails at.

We use it across a few recipes: Keto Cinnamon Pretzels, Low Carb Keto Italian Garlic Breadsticks, and our Keto Pizza With Homemade Sauce, which uses a parmesan-seasoned version of the same dough.

The BBQ Sauce Is the Whole Problem

Almost every BBQ sauce on the shelf is built on brown sugar or honey, and often both — which is the one ingredient that decides whether this pizza works on a low-carb diet at all. It is also doing real work on the plate, since it is the sweetness that makes a BBQ chicken pizza taste like one.

G Hughes Sugar Free is the one we buy. It is sweet enough to read as barbecue against the cheese without the sugar, which is the only thing it has to get right here.

Any sugar-free sauce you already like will work. Check the label rather than the front of the bottle — sugar-free and low-carb are not the same claim.

Tasty Keto BBQ Chicken Pizza

Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
40 minutes
Yield
6 slices
Course
Main Course
Cuisine
Italian

Ingredients

For The Crust

For The Toppings

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. Combine 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese and 2 oz cream cheese in a microwave safe bowl. Heat the cheese at 30 second intervals until it is melted and mixed completely.

  3. In a bowl, combine the almond flour, garlic powder, baking powder and Italian seasoning.

  5. Add the cheese mixture to the dry ingredients, and knead with your hands until completely incorporated.

  6. Blend the egg into the cheese and almond flour mixture until smooth.

  7. Place the dough into the freezer to set for 15 minutes.

  8. Press the dough into a rustic pizza shape to your desired thickness on a parchment lined baking sheet. You can wet your hands slightly with water to keep the dough from sticking to them as much.

  10. Place the dough into the oven for 10-15 minutes depending on the thickness of your dough. You want it to be a very light golden brown in this pre-bake stage.

  11. Remove the dough from the oven and top with 1/4 cup of BBQ sauce.

  12. Layer 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese and 1/4 cup cheddar cheese on the pizza crust over the BBQ sauce layer.

  13. Mix together the shredded chicken and another 2 tbsp of BBQ sauce in a bowl, and then place the chicken on the pizza.

  15. Top the pizza with the sliced red onions.

  16. Bake the pizza for another 10-20 minutes until the cheese has melted, and the crust is cooked to your liking.

  17. Top with chopped parsley for garnish if desired.

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Updated — September 22, 2026: The crust section now describes the fat head dough this recipe actually makes, cream cheese included, and the sauce section says what to look for in a BBQ sauce.