# Buffalo Chicken Cast Iron Pan Pizza

This is a Buffalo chicken cast iron pan pizza with homemade ranch, blue cheese, and an easy-to-make dough.

- Total time: 210 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 300 g Bread Flour
- 6 g Salt
- 210 g Warm Water (100° F)
- 6 g Sugar
- 6 g Instant Yeast
- 10 g Olive Oil
- Butter
- Buffalo Sauce
- Chicken Thighs
- 0.5 cup Mayo
- 0.5 cup Sour Cream
- 0.5 cup Buttermilk
- to taste Ranch Seasoning
- Whole Milk Low Moisture Mozzarella
- Blue Cheese
- Green Onion

## Instructions

1. Knead the dough.
2. Let the dough rest for 30 minutes for the first rise.
3. Perform stretch and folds on the dough with wet hands. Stretch one side of the dough up and fold it over.
4. Repeat the stretch and fold process for all four sides.
5. Let it rest for 30 minutes, and repeat this process two more times.
6. Let the dough rise for an hour and a half.
7. Rub the cast iron pan with butter.
8. Place the dough in the cast iron pan and stretch it out.
9. Let it proof for the final time for 90 minutes.
10. While the dough proofs, prepare the ranch by mixing mayo, sour cream, buttermilk, and ranch seasoning.
11. Pour the ranch into a squeeze bottle.
12. Mix buffalo sauce with butter in a pot.
13. Dice lightly seasoned and seared chicken thighs.
14. Toss the diced chicken in the buffalo sauce.
15. Drizzle olive oil over the dough in the cast iron pan.
16. Par-bake the dough in the oven at 450°F (232°C) for 10 minutes.
17. Load up the edges of the par-baked crust with whole milk low moisture mozzarella cheese.
18. Add the buffalo chicken mixture on top of the cheese.
19. Bake the pizza for 18 minutes at 450°F (232°C).
20. Remove the pizza from the cast iron pan using a metal spatula onto a cooling rack.
21. Drizzle buffalo sauce and homemade ranch over the cooked pizza.
22. Sprinkle blue cheese and green onions on top.
23. Cut the pizza into slices.

## Equipment

- Cast Iron Pan
- Whisk
- Squeeze Bottle
- Pot
- Knife
- Cooling Rack
- Pizza Cutter

## Tips

- For a Detroit-style crispy cheesy crust, load up the edges with cheese.
- The recipe is foolproof for beginners as long as you have a cast iron pan.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8B17m4L/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/42f7e1a5-3bf3-4c9d-b9d4-eb5bf94afb25
- Extracted: 2025-08-14

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