Shrimp & Bacon Ranch Pizza
I was scrolling through my blog and came to realize out of the last 12 postings, only two recipes have been for non-sweets. Sweets are my forte, but I figured a dinner recipe was long over-due, and have I got a doozy for you! A couple MySpace friends inspired this one. Through MySpace, I’m connected to a great network of women who love to cook and are so supportive and fun. Kim, the one responsible for hooking me up with most of my foodie friends, posted a recipe for Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza yesterday that had me drooling over my keyboard. I’d been wanting to make a pizza that my friend Suzie posted on her blog that had shrimp on it, so I decided to meld the two recipes into one. So here it is, the final masterpiece. And it would be just as good with chicken, which I plan to make next.
Total Steps
10
Ingredients
9
Tools Needed
2
Ingredients
- 0 <a href="/K7BQJKDG">Pizza dough,</a> enough for a large pizza
- 0.75 cup <a href="/28PXMJLG">ranch dressing,</a> divided
- 0.5 teaspoon <a href="/5PQV2CNS">dill </a>(dried)
- 8 ounce shredded <a href="/B423CLDG">mozzarella cheese</a>
- 6 ounce frozen cooked <a href="/W5YYKHT2">salad </a><a href="/54KQFNS4">shrimp,</a> thawed
- 1 teaspoon <a href="/RDCCKVJD">extra-virgin olive oil</a>
- 1 <a href="/FQRPFPP6">clove garlic,</a> minced
- 8 slices <a href="/X4VRWLSM">bacon,</a> cooked and crumbled (I used <a href="/N53VWFYY">turkey </a><a href="/X4VRWLSM">bacon)</a>
- 0.5 cup chopped <a href="/5VSD23RF">grape tomatoes</a>
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/XZFHRHHF">Heat </a>oven to 350°F.
Step 2
Fit dough onto a pizza pan sprayed with cooking oil and <a href="/RNT367Z2">bake </a>for 7 minutes.
Step 3
While it’s <a href="/RNT367Z2">baking,</a> <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stir </a>the dill into the <a href="/7CGY8RP7">dressing.</a>
Step 4
Remove the crust and set oven temperature to 450 degrees.
Step 5
Spread ½ cup <a href="/7CGY8RP7">dressing </a>over the crust, then sprinkle the mozzarella over it.
Step 6
No need to wait until the oven has preheated, just pop it in for 5-10 minutes, or until the cheese is <a href="/64W3NS5R">melted.</a>
Step 7
While it’s <a href="/RNT367Z2">baking,</a> <a href="/7S3QCKWK">mix </a>the shrimp with olive oil and garlic until <a href="/6BTCX64M">coated.</a>
Step 8
Remove pizza from oven & <a href="/R34ZSY3M">top </a>evenly with shrimp, bacon and tomato, then drizzle the remaining <a href="/7CGY8RP7">dressing </a>over everything.
Step 9
Return to oven; <a href="/RNT367Z2">bake </a>an additional 5-7 minutes or until shrimp is thoroughly <a href="/XZFHRHHF">heated.</a>
Step 10
<a href="/XZBDDD5G">Cut </a>& <a href="/Y6MVNCHX">serve </a><a href="/FVYNJCCW">warm.</a>