Leftover Carnitas Pizza with Salsa Verde Sauce
Carnitas pizza with Salsa Verde sauce is so delicious and a nice change from your typical pizza. This has become a family favorite at our house!
This recipe makes 1 large half sheet pan pizza (about 16 small square slices).
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 16 small square slices 1x
- Category: Pizza
- Cuisine: Gourmet Pizza
Ingredients
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- 1/2 of our Pizza Dough Recipe (Or pizza dough of your choice)
- 1 cup Salsa Verde
- 3/4 –1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded (we use 3/4 cup, but if you like it cheesier, add a tad more)
- 1 cup leftover Carnitas, shredded
- 1/4 cup queso fresco cheese, crumbled (semi-soft Mexican cheese)
- 1–2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil for dough and carnitas
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees
- Roll out pizza dough large enough to fit onto a 18 X 13 half sheet pan
- Carefully transfer pizza dough to upside down sheet pan
- Drizzle a little olive oil onto the edges of the pizza and spread the oil with your fingers about 1 inch around the edge making sure to cover that 1″ edge strip all the way to the very edges.
- Spoon out some salsa verde onto the dough and gently spread the sauce to about 1/2 inch away from the edges.
- Now sprinkle the mozzarella over the salsa verde, spreading it evenly throughout
- Toss carnitas with1 Tbsp of olive oil to just lightly coat, then spread the carnitas evenly over the mozzarella
- Lastly sprinkle the queso fresco over the carnitas
- Place topped pizza into pre-heated oven on the middle rack and bake for 8 minutes, watching closely
- After the 8 minutes are up, check to see that the pizza will slide off the pan. (Use a spatula to carefully try to unstick the pizza from the pan and slide it gently directly onto the oven rack.
- Bake another 2-3 minutes, watching the pizza closely to avoid burning.
- Once out of the oven, let the pizza rest at least a couple minutes before slicing and then enjoy!
Notes
This recipe makes 1 large half-sheet pan semi-rectangular pizza. You can easily double it. Our basic pizza dough recipe mentioned in the recipe will make 2 large pizzas.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 3-4 small square slices
Keywords: Carnitas Pizza, Carnitas, salsa verde
Find it online: https://wholemadeliving.com/carnitas-pizza-salsa-verde/