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This buffalo chickpea pizza was waiting to be edited and posted. This Pizza is based on the Buffalo chikun Pizza from Pizza Pi in Seattle. The spicy tangy Buffalo sauce, a generous amount of white garlic sauce and celery ranch sauce and oh my, It is so good!
If you have the pizza dough ready, then this Pizza is a breeze to put together too. Mix up the buffalo sauce and chickpeas, make the blender sauces. Layer them all up, Bake and serve. Vegan, palm oil free and soy free! Easily gluten-free with my gf crusts. btw buffalo sauce has nothing to do with the animal Buffalo but everything to do with the location it was created at, Buffalo, NY.
More Pizzas from the blog including this Sriracha BBQ Tofu and Pepper jack Pizza, Jalapeno Popper Pie Deep Dish, Samosa Pizza, Mediterranean with almond feta, Deep Dish Lasagna Pizza and more here.
This Buffalo Chickpea Pizza! Make some today!
Reading this week.
This Vanity Fair Article on Sam Simpson. Diagnosed with terminal cancer two years ago, and given only months to live, Sam Simon is still alive and still racing to spend the fortune he made as co-creator of The Simpsons on causes he loves, whether he is rescuing grizzly bears (and chinchillas and elephants) or funding vegan food banks.
It only needed Ethan Brown to show up in the latest issue of Fast Company, to get hubbs very intrigued about trying out all the Beyond Meat Products.
Buffalo Chickpea Pizza with White Garlic Sauce and Celery Ranch Dressing
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Easy pizza dough
- or my white garlic crust
- or any of my gluten free crusts
For the Buffalo Sauce Chickpeas
- 3 Tbsp hot sauce
- 1.5 Tbsp Sriracha hot sauce
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- 15 oz can chickpeas , or 1.5 cups cooked chickpeas
White Sauce Base
- 1/2 cup ground cashew
- 3/4 cup almond milk
- 2 tbsp flour , or 1 Tbsp arrowroot starch
- 2/3 tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- a very generous dash of black pepper
For the garlic sauce
- 2/3 of the white sauce from above
- 4 cloves of roasted garlic , or 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp italian herb blend
- 1 Tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
Celery ranch sauce
- 1/3 of the white sauce from above
- 1/2 tsp ranch seasoning
- 1/2 tsp celery seeds
- 1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar
Instructions
- Make the pizza dough according to recipe. Use double the pizza dough recipe to make 2 pizzas.
- Make the Buffalo chickpeas: Mix everything under buffalo chickpeas. Mash a few chickpeas and let sit and marinate while you prep the sauce.
- Make the White sauce: Blend all the ingredients under white sauce base until well combined into a smooth sauce.
- Make the White Garlic sauce: Take about a 2/3 part of the white sauce from above and add garlic sauce ingredients. Mix well. Taste and adjust and mix or blend.
- Make the Celery Ranch: Add the ranch seasoning, celery and vinegar and mix and keep ready.
- Shape the pizza dough to a 10 inch rounds with thick edges so the sauce does not flow off the pizza during baking. Brush olive oil on it. Drizzle enough garlic sauce on the dough to coat. Add spinach or greens or other veggies of choice.
- Layer buffalo chickpeas on the greens. Drizzle some buffalo sauce from the marinade.
- Drizzle a generous amount of celery ranch. Add vegan mozzarella cheese shreds (optional). Try any of my cheeses
- Bake at pre-heated 425 degrees F / 220ºc for 14 minutes. Broil for a minute to crisp.
- Drizzle any leftover garlic sauce or celery ranch before serving.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I made this one finally last night and the recipe is absolutely amazing! So easy to make and the flavors are just out of this world, especially the garlic sauce.
Thanks so much for your wonderful recipes, Richa! 🙂
yay! thank YOU for making them.
Richa, I love this recipe. It’s become a staple in my home and in the homes of my sisters and friends that I’ve shared it with. I recently developed a cashew sensitivity as a pregnancy side effect but have quite a dilemma seeing as I am craving this recipe lol. Do you think raw sunflower seeds with a bit of arrowroot would work in lieu of cashews?
I have not tried this substitute, but I imagine the flavor would be quite different with sunflower seeds. You might try mashed cooked chickpeas to get a similar consistency.
Can you drizzle the sauce over it considering it has raw flour in it? I know the sauce that is cooked is fine
You can heat it up before using.
What can be used instead of cashews? I am very allergic to tree nuts. Can it just be omitted?
what about macadamia. you might need to use almond flour and a tbsp of flour so that the sauce is smooth enough
Try silken tofu for the sauce
So delicious! I was already underway when I started making it when I realized I didn’t have chickpeas, so I substituted them for crumbled tofu. It turned out great!! We didn’t put cheese on it and glad we didn’t because the pizza was so flavorful already. I can’t wait to make it again.
nice substitution
I simply can’t leave without this recipe! It is our traditional Sunday lunch, every week!
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What an interesting way to use chickpeas! I’ll be trying this out soon. It looks so flavorful and delicious.
let me know how it turns out for you
Yummy recipe! I love anything with Buffalo sauce, and this pizza did not disappoint! I used my go-to gluten free pizza crust recipe, which is made with chickpea flour, so I got double the chickpeas, but at least they’re healthy, right? Lol
chickpea power!
This pizza was amazing! We just made it the other night and I’m already craving it again! We added spinach and green onion as the greens and did some crumbled gorgonzola instead of vegan cheese. We also went a little lighter on the spice in the chickpea sauce, since I can’t take as much heat! Delicious!
yummy- yes – this one can be addictive
The garlic sauce is a winner better than a vegan cheeze any day
you got it – thank you