Chicken Olive Calzones Recipes

CHICKEN TUSCAN CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F.
• In a large bowl, mix together the diced cooked chicken, green olives, roasted red pepper and grated mozzarella.
• Dust flour onto a flat work surface. Place the pizza dough ball on the surface and cut into 8 equal portions.
• Dust your hands with flour and work one of the pizza dough portions into an 8 inch circle. Try to ensure that it is an even thickness. If desired, use a rolling pin roll the dough into the 8 inch circle.
• Spoon some of the chicken mixture onto the middle of the pizza dough circle. Make sure that there is some space on the edge.
• Fold the dough over making a half circle. Pinch the edges to make sure it is sealed well. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
• Make remaining calzones.
• Make an egg wash by mixing together the egg and milk in a small bowl.
• Brush the egg wash on the calzones and sprinkle with oregano.
• Bake in the oven for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve with some pizza sauce for dipping!

EASY CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Place baking stone in oven. Heat oven to 425°F. Let stone heat in oven 30 minutes.
• On pizza peel sprinkled with cornmeal, unroll dough. Spread ricotta cheese evenly over dough to about 1/2 inch from edge. Sprinkle with herbs de Provence. Sprinkle chicken over half of dough; top chicken with cheese blend.
• Fold dough in half over filling to form pocket; press edges to seal. Slide calzone onto heated baking stone.
• Bake 18 to 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 10 minutes before serving.

BEST CHICKEN CALZONE FROM HOME

Steps:

• Preheat the oven at 400°F.
• Sauté garlic and red bell pepper, in olive oil, for about 3 minutes (just enough to "combine" the flavors). Put aside to cool.
• In a bowl combine sun-dried tomatoes, thyme, chili and red pepper mixture. Toss until well mixed. Season with salt and pepper.
• Unroll pizza dough onto clean work surface.
• Pat out to 15x11-inch rectangle; cut in half lengthwise, then in half crosswise to form 4 rectangles.
• Place the dough pieces on a floured surface.
• Spread a 1/4 of the shredded chicken on one side of each dough piece. Be sure to leave 1/2 inch of the dough border free.
• Place one slice of cheese over each portion.
• Spread the vegetable mix over the cheese.
• Add 3 leaves fresh basil to each calzone.
• Brush the dough borders with little water and cover the filling with the dough (using the side without filling) and seal edges with fork.
• Place on baking sheet sprayed with cooking spray and cook for about 20 minutes or as desired until golden brown/middle down.
• Serve warm or cold as sandwiches.

MINI CHEESE AND OLIVE CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a medium bowl, combine cheeses, olives, and Italian seasoning. On a floured surface, unroll crescent dough in 1 piece. Roll out to a 16 by 8-inch rectangle. Using a pizza cutter, slice into 8 (4 by 4-inch) squares. Place 2 tablespoons of filling on half of each square. Lightly moisten the edges with water, fold dough over, and seal, pressing with fork tines. Using the points of the fork, pierce vents into top of each calzone. Place on a greased baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Serve hot.

BBQ CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove from the pan to drain on paper towels; crumble. Add the onion and shredded chicken to the hot bacon grease in the pan. Fry over medium heat until onion is tender. Stir in 1/3 cup of barbeque sauce, and remove from the heat. Mix in the cooked bacon.
• Roll the pizza crust dough out onto a greased cookie sheet. Press out to an even thickness, and then cut in half. Divide the chicken mixture between the two pieces of dough, spreading on only half of each piece to within 1/2 inch of the edge. Drizzle the remaining sauce over the filling. Sprinkle the cheese and cilantro over the top. Fold the uncovered portion of dough over the filling, and press the edges together with a fork to seal.
• Bake for 25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until browned to your liking. Cool for a few minutes, then cut each calzone in half. Each serving is half of a calzone. These can be served with additional barbeque sauce if you like.

CHICKEN BROCCOLI CALZONES

Steps:

• Cook broccoli according to package directions; drain. Sprinkle with sage; set aside. In a large saucepan, saute onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from the heat. Stir in the broccoli, chicken, cheese, basil and raisins; set aside., On a lightly floured surface, divide dough into four pieces. Roll each piece into a 10-in. circle. Carefully place one circle on a lightly greased baking sheet. Spoon a fourth of the chicken mixture onto half of the circle. Brush edges of dough with water; fold dough over filling and pinch edges to seal. Repeat with remaining dough and filling. , With a sharp knife, make two slashes on each calzone. Beat egg and water; brush over calzones. Bake at 400° for 18-22 minutes or until golden brown.

LOADED CHICKEN & GOUDA CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and onion; cook and stir 3-5 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from heat. Stir in spinach, chicken, red peppers, bacon, salt and pepper. , On a lightly floured surface, divide each loaf of dough into four portions; press or roll each into an 8-in. circle. Place 1/2 cup filling over half of each circle to within 1/2 in. of edge. Top each with 1/4 cup cheese. Fold dough over filling; pinch edge to seal., Place on greased baking sheets. Brush tops with egg white. Bake 14-17 minutes or until golden brown and heated through. Serve warm. Freeze option: Freeze cooled baked calzones in resealable plastic freezer bags. To use, place calzones on greased baking sheets. Cover with foil and reheat in a preheated 350° oven 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 5-10 minutes longer or until heated through.

BARBECUE CHICKEN CALZONES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Fry bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until crisp. Remove bacon from pan, blot with paper towels and crumble.
• Add onion and shredded chicken to a pan with olive oil. Saute over medium heat until onion is tender. Stir in 1/2 cup barbecue sauce and remove from heat. Mix in crumbled bacon.
• Flatten out biscuit dough on a greased cookie sheet. Spread a teaspoon of barbecue sauce on each biscuit. Divide the chicken mixture between the biscuits, spreading on only half of each biscuit and keeping 1/2 inch away from the edge.
• Sprinkle cheese and cilantro over top of each biscuit.
• Fold biscuits in half and press the edges together with a fork to seal.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Serve with additional barbecue sauce for dipping.

AIR-FRIED CHICKEN CALZONE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 2 minutes. Stir in spinach; cover and cook until wilted, about 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in marinara and chicken.
• Preheat an air fryer to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) according to manufacturer's instructions.
• Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Roll each piece on a lightly floured work surface into a 6-inch circle. Spread 1/4 of the spinach mixture over the bottom half of each dough circle. Top each with 1/4 of the mozzarella cheese. Fold dough over filling to form half-moons and crimp edges to seal. Coat well with cooking spray.
• Transfer calzone to the air fryer basket. Cook for 8 minutes. Turn calzone over; cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes more.

ARTICHOKE CHICKEN CALZONES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• Pat chopped and drained artichokes dry with papertowels.
• In large bowl, combine artichokes, pepper, salt and garlic.
• Add spinach, chicken & shredded provolone- Gently toss.
• Line your largest cookie sheet with foil.
• Pour olive oil over foil and brush or spread with back of spoon evenly over foil.
• Sprinkle cornmeal over oil.
• Unroll pizza dough onto prepared cookie sheet, use a roller pizza cutter and cut the dough into 6 even sections.
• Cover and let sit 5 minutes.
• Pat each section into 5 by 6 inch sheets.
• Spoon mixture onto half of rectangle sheet making sure not to cross the diagonal.
• Fold across the diagonal to make triangle calzones and squeeze edges of dough to create a seal.
• Bake on center rack for 12 minutes or until golden.