Leftover Pulled Pork Pizza With BBQ Sauce & Pickles

Have leftover pulled pork? Make this BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza with leftovers and fresh pizza dough. In less than 30 minutes you’ll be eating delicious homemade pizza. Let’s make it!

I don’t know about you, but when we make a big ol’ batch of pulled pork, it’s enough to meal prep for days. Cooking leftover pork the next day or two means that you need to get creative so your dinners don’t become boring. I can help!

Why it’s so delicious

Tacos might seem like the obvious answer for “what to do with leftover pork” — but pizza is where it’s at! With the addition of so many sweet and spicy flavors, this recipe makes the most of pulled pork leftovers and refrigerator staple ingredients.

Ingredients to make it

This pizza is so much fun to make because of the creative ingredients. Substitute toppings to suit your tastes.

• For the pizza base: a ball of pizza dough, flour, olive oil, salt.
• For the toppings: pizza sauce, cooked pulled pork, bbq sauce, mozzarella cheese, cheddar cheese, cherry tomatoes, a serrano pepper (substitute jalapeno pepper).
• To finish and serve: pickles (use bread and butter pickles or dill pickles), fresh chopped parsley.

How to make this pizza

Now I’ll walk you through how to make this pizza with leftovers in 30 minutes or less.

Step 1. Prep dough and make pulled pork in advance. Cook pulled pork up to 3 days before making this pizza. Take the raw pizza dough before making pulled pork pizza.

Chef’s tip: To help the dough rise, take it out of the fridge the morning of, or at least a few hours before, making the pizza. It stretches more easily at room temperature.

Step 2. Prep for baking the pizza. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Set out a large rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Brush half of the olive oil on the parchment paper.

Add half the flour to the center of a large butchers block or flat surface. Put the other half off to the side.

Step 3. Stretch the pizza dough. Roll the raw premade pizza dough in the flour in the center of your work surface. Coat it all over in a light dusting of the flour.

Begin stretching the ready made pizza dough by pinching the outside in a circular motion to spread out the crust.

Then you can alternate between:

• Pinching the center of the dough with your fingers.
• Pressing the dough out on your work surface.
• Using your knuckles to stretch the dough from underneath.

You’ll want to pick up some extra flour as you stretch the dough – which will help it hold a larger size. See the Sip Bite Go guide to stretching pizza dough for more visuals.

Step 4. Par bake pizza dough. Transfer the stretched pizza dough to the baking sheet pan. Brush the remaining 1 tsp of olive oil around the outside of the pizza dough. Sprinkle the crust with a pinch of salt.

Bake the naked pizza dough in the oven for 7 minutes at 450 degrees F.

Step 5. Prep oven for the second (final) bake with toppings. Once it’s done baking, remove the parbaked pizza from the oven and preheat the oven to 500 degrees F.

Step 6. Add pulled pork pizza toppings. First, add the pizza sauce and spread it on the base of the pizza. Then, add the cooked pulled pork and drizzle the bbq sauce on top of the pizza. Sprinkle on the mozzarella and cheddar cheese. Top with cherry tomatoes and sliced pepper.

Step 7. Bake pizza with toppings. Add parbaked pizza with toppings to the oven and bake at 500 degrees F for 7-10 minutes, until the cheese has completely melted.

Step 8. Finish and plate pizza. Remove leftover pulled pork pizza from the oven and transfer to a butchers block. Add pickles and sprinkle the pizza with fresh chopped parsley.

Slice and serve.

FAQs for making this pizza

The Perfect Pizza Setup

Want to make restaurant style pizza at home? I’ve got you covered! Here are some of my top tips, tricks, secret ingredients and tools for a pizza night everyone will look forward to, again and again.

1. NEVER do this… Contrary to what most people believe, when baking pizza on a sheet pan, never add toppings to raw pizza dough. Instead, follow my recipe for making homemade pizza with ready made dough, which will teach you how to par bake pizza dough first.
2. Get help from secret ingredients…
   – This dough seasoning is the secret to real Italian-tasting homemade pizza dough.
   – Add pizza seasoning to store bought pizza sauce. This makes the pizza taste really fresh!
3. Herbs are for after… In my weekly pizza making practice, I’ve found that fresh herbs, like basil, need to be added to pizza after the pizza is done baking (so the herbs don’t wilt).
4. Buy fresh dough and get amazing results. Yup, fresh dough from grocery stores is one of my favorite short-cuts. Learn how to use fresh Trader Joe’s pizza dough and Whole Foods pizza dough with my tutorials.
5. Frozen pizza can taste amazing, too!! Learn how to spruce it up with this recipe for pizza using frozen crust.
6. Slice pizza pies like a chef with just a few swipes, using big ol’ pizza cutters.
7. Want to grill pizza? Here are some pizza grilling tools to check out.
8. Do you really need to cook pizza on the rack? Nope! I basically never do. Here are tools you see me using in my tutorials on cooking pizza in the oven…
   – Bake pizza on a rimmed baking pan set to get a beautiful golden brown crust.
   – Love crispy crust? Let the air flow with this dishwasher safe pizza pan.
   – Get personal – let your fam / friends top their own pies with this set of personal pizza pans.

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I shut down the computer and we got in the kitchen and cooked this up. There’s a white sauce (or you can use store bought Alfredo sauce), sautéed onions and peppers (a must – so good) and then coulotte steak.

You can use leftover flank steak or even deli sliced steak for a shortcut. You really have to try this if you’re a pizza lover.

Well, that’s it! Leave a comment here or find me on Instagram @sipbitego to let me know what you think about this creative pizza recipe. Want to make restaurant-style food at home? I’ll teach you how, with in-depth video guides on the Sip Bite Go channel.