The Easiest Grilled Naan Pizzas

Hi friends! Have you ever baked pizza on your grill? It’s one of our favorite things to do in the summer! We use pre-made refrigerated dough and it’s so fun! Everyone can add whatever ingredients they like best and it’s such a fun family dinner idea. I’ve also created it for my teens as a get-together and even before a big dance hey love it!

Easiest Grilled Pizza

The other day I wanted to grill pizzas and the grocery store was out of my favorite pizza dough. I spotted some flatbread naan and wondered if naan might be an easier alternative to refrigerated pizza dough. And guess what?? IT IS!! So. Much. Easier.

What is Naan?

Have you ever bought naan flatbread? It is seriously SO yummy! Here’s the definition from recipetips.com:

A leavened flat bread originating from northern India, which is traditionally baked by slapping the bread dough onto the side of a hot dome shaped clay oven referred to as a tandoor. The dough’s weight would normally cause it to fall into a teardrop shape, which is the recognizable characteristic of naan bread, however, with changes in baking processes there are now a variety of shapes from round to oval that are readily produced.

The basic ingredients in naan bread include yogurt and white flour, which can be enriched by adding an egg. There are a variety of different flavors produced, such as naan with sesame seeds, whole-wheat naam, herbal flavored naan, and other flavors continuing to be made in the traditional tandoori baking method.

For serving, naan can be filled with various ingredients such as onion, garlic, salsa, meats, cheese, and then folded over or rolled to create a sandwich. Or, sweet ingredients can be added as a layer over the bread to provide a sweeter tasting food. Another way to serve naan is to cut it into individual pieces that will be dipped into sauces, salsas, oils, curry, or hummus. Naan has a dense chewy texture, similar to focaccia bread, and is best eaten when it is still fresh and hot. If it is to be stored, keep it refrigerated for a week or less, or frozen for extended periods of time. This bread may also be referred to as nan, non, nane, or none bread.

Make a Pizza Topping Station

Whether you are making pizza using refrigerated dough, handmade dough or naan bread, we love creating a pizza topping station. I gather all of the ingredients and put them in white bowls. Lay them out on a table. Here are the toppings that I have used for a pizza topping station:

• Pizza Base (doughs or naan bread)
• Olive oil. This is the first ingredient that goes on the pizza base. You add a light layer to the base and then put it on the grill for about 5 minutes.
• Sauces: red spaghetti or marinara sauce. Pesto sauce. greek yogurt, BBQ sauce. Ranch. Peanut sauce. Garlic. White spaghetti sauce. Whatever sounds good to you. I put them in separate bowls, on the table together near the dough or naan since the sauce is one of the firs things to put on the pizza base.
• Meats – diced chicken, diced ham, pepperoni, shrimp, prosciutto, bacon, sausage, turkey, etc.
• Veggies – yellow, green and./or red bell peppers, corn, red onions, olives, tomatoes, onions, jalapeños, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, brocollini, mushrooms, chives, any veggies that you think your family or friends will like. I put them in separate small bowls, all grouped together.
• Herbs – basil, mint, rosemary, thyme, red pepper flakes, cilantro, oregano, etc.
• Cheeses — shredded mozzarella, cheddar, colby jack, ricotta, pepper jack, Parmesan, feta. Also burrata and mozzarella balls are so good on these pizzas. Goat cheese, spreadable cheeses are also great as a base of the pizzas.
• Shredded lettuces, spinach, basil are also tasty.
• Fruit – fruit pizzas are so good. You can also pair fruit with meat and top with balsamic glaze for an amazing sweet/sour combination! Some fruits I love are: strawberries, figs, kiwi, raspberries, cherries, apricots, peaches and melons.
• Balsamic glaze – so good drizzled on top!
• Nuts – nuts are so grilled sprinkled on top of grilled pizzas. Some nuts can be peanuts, almonds, etc.

Some Pizza Combination Ideas

Here are a few ways to combine ingredients to create amazing pizzas!

• Peach, prosciutto and parmesan cheese.
• BBQ chicken – chicken, caramelized onions, cheeses, cilantro, BBQ sauce.
• Berry Pizza — strawberries, raspberries and blackberries with whipped ricotta cheese, honey and balsamic glaze.
• Chicken Ranch — ranch dressing, diced chicken, cheese, bacon, sliced tomatoes and chives.
• Loaded jalapeno pepper pizza – yellow peppers, onions, bacon, and Monterey Jack cheese.
• Margherita pizza — cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, burrata cheese, shredded mozzarella, basil and olive oil.
• Grilled Cherry and Arugula Pizza – Cherries, goat cheese, arugula, olive oil and balsamic glaze.
• Mideastern – chicken, greek yogurt, cilantro, artichokes, tomatoes.

Grilled Naan Pizzas Tips and Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks to make these easy naan pizzas!

Preheat Grill to Medium Heat

Preheat your grill about 15 minutes before you want to start grilling.

Use Tinfoil

I use a square of tinfoil under each pizza. I think the tin foil regulates the heat. It also saves on cleanup because a lot of the pizzas have cheese or sauces that will drip over the edge of the pizzas. This way the sauces or cheese don’t drip down onto the grill and you can eat that gooey yummy sauce!

Drizzle Olive Oil on Naan Bread

Take a naan round, brush it with a little olive oil and put it on the grill for about 5 minutes. This creates a gold brown crust to the round and keeps the naan from getting saturated with the sauces which keeps it from getting soggy.

Add Base Sauce

Once the naan has baked for about 5 minutes on the grill, add whatever base sauce you want – marinara, pesto, olive oil, etc.

Now Add Cheese

Add whatever cheese you want.

Layer Toppings

Add whatever toppings you want.

Top with Herbs

Sprinkle some herbs or additional cheese on top.

Cook Naan Pizzas Until Cooked Through

Now is the time to put the pizzas on the grill. I grill them for about 10 minutes or until the ingredients seem to be melting together and the edges are browned.

Enjoy Your Naan Pizzas!

We love to put all of the naan pizzas together on big platters. We cut them in fourths and enjoy them family-style. It’s so easy and yummy. You will love experimenting with different flavor combinations! It’s really fun to see what flavors you never thought of putting together can become your very favorite combination!

More Grilled Recipes

Summer is the perfect time to dust off your grill. Here are some of our favorite recipes to make on your grill!

Grilled Corn Salad with Tangy Vinaigrette

Grilled Corn Salad with Tangy Lime Vinaigrette. Looking for the perfect salad to make this summer? This one takes fresh corn and peppers and grills them to bring out the most flavor, mixes in more fresh veggies and tops it with a refreshing citrus lime vinaigrette dressing.

Sweet and Spicy Grilled Korean Tacos

Sweet and Spicy Korean Chicken Tacos are a tasty twist on traditional chicken tacos. Chicken is marinated in gochujang sauce, fresh ginger and herbs and then grilled. Juicy spicy chicken combine with fresh lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes and sauce for tacos that are bursting with flavor!

Grilled Greek Chicken Cobb Salad

Zesty Grilled Chicken Greek Cobb Salad. I think I could eat salad every day of my life. It is so good. And especially this time of the year, as the weather is starting to get cooler. I want to get as much grilling in as I can before it gets too cold.

How to Grill Pizzas Outside

How to Grill Pizzas Outside. Grill pizzas outside this summer with your family! Tips and tricks to creating the perfect personal grilled pizzas.  

Give Grilled Naan Pizzas a Try!

Let me know what you think! And tag me on Instagram at @tatertotsandjello. I would love to share YOUR pizzas!

xox

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We have THREE birthdays at the end of February – it’s a fun time of celebrating! One thing that all of our children have in common is the love of music. So when Universal contacted me to see if I wanted to have a Pitch Perfect 3 party – I knew it would be the PERFECT birthday theme this year! We planned a Pitch Perfect 3 music-themed birthday bash. It was SO fun!!

Musical Note Party Cookies – Chocolate-covered Oreo Note Cookies

We have LOVED the Pitch Perfect movies. They are all so funny, filled with awesome music and great story lines. We love laughing and following along with the talented BELLAS. In Pitch Perfect 3, now available on iTunes, The Bellas are back for one last call. After winning the World Championships, the bellas have graduated from college and out separately in the real world. They reunite for an overseas USA tour and all kinds of shenanigans. We love these awesome nerds and all of the hilarious situations they get themselves into! Download it for a movie night this weekend, it comes with new musical performances, gag reel and extended scenes not seen in theaters.

I made music-themed treats for our Pitches Night In Party. I am also sharing the tutorial for super easy Chocolate-Covered Oreo Music Note Cookies – the perfect snack for a Pitch Perfect movie night!

Gather your favorite awesome nerds for an aca-mazing movie night! 

Musical Note Chocolate Covered Cookies

Supplies:

1 package Oreo Cookies

1 package Melting Chocolate

1 container of pre-made Frosting

Parchment Paper

Platter

Directions:

Melt your chocolate.

Dip the oreos in chocolate. I placed the cookie in the chocolate and spooned the chocolate over the top of the cookie until it was covered. Scoop the cookie out of the chocolate using a fork so the extra chocolate will run off the fork back into the bowl.

Place the cookie on a sheet of parchment paper and let it cool.

Do this until all of the cookies are covered.

Refrigerate the cookies for an hour to set the chocolate well.

I made two different batches of cookies. One with dark chocolate and one with white. Then I used contrasting frosting to draw the notes on the cookies. If you only want to make one batch of cookies, get one type of melting chocolate – for example dark chocolate for the cookies and white frosting for the notes. Or white melting chocolate for the cookies and dark chocolate frosting for the notes. That way the notes will show up on your cookies.

Take the cookies out of the fridge and draw the notes on. I used pre-made frosting, but you can make your own if you want. You want the frosting to be thick or the notes will run. I used basic Betty Crocker frosting. I cut the hole on the frosting very small, that makes it easier to create more detailed creations on your cookies. My daughter who is 13 actually drew the notes on – it’s that easy! Have your kids help you – they will love it! We drew a few different kinds of notes on the cookies.

Then I put the cookies back in the fridge to let the frosting get hard.

Now take your platter and draw the music lines and the treble clef. These are all drawn with the frosting as well. Don’t worry – if you mess up just take a damp paper towel and wipe it off and try again! Once you have the lines and treble clef drawn on the platter, pop the tray in your fridge too. This will set the frosting so that when you put the cookies on top of the lines they won’t stick together.

Get the rest of your party table set up and then just take the cookies and platter out of the fridge and put the cookies on the lines on the platter so they look like notes on a staff.

The film studio sent us some really fun shirts for the party! The CRUSHED IT shirt would be SO easy to DIY! Just print those letters off with heat-transfer vinyl and iron them on shirts. And you have the perfect Pitch Perfect 3 shirts to go along with your party!

This party is SO fun for tweens and teens. The music in the movie is awesome and my teens have followed along with the Pitch Perfect squad since the first movie. So it was the PERFECT party for our 10-24 year old kids!!

Check out the Pitch Perfect 3 trailer:

Third time’s a charm, download Pitch Perfect 3 and watch it with your best pitches this weekend

Make good choices and get your copy of Pitch Perfect 3 on iTunes this weekend!

Have a BEAUTIFUL day!

xoxo

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I love having my kids’ friends over! It makes me so happy to hear their excited chatter and boisterous energy! The other night my girls’ wanted to have some of their friends over for dinner and to play games. I thought it would be fun to have a pizza bar where everyone could make their own personalized pizza. And since I have loved experimenting with our new airfryer I thought it would be PERFECT for personalized pizzas. And it was. We had a super fun time!

This is what I did to make a Kids Airfry Personalized Pizza Party!

I got all kinds of toppings out — diced cooked chicken, pepperoni, red dauce, pesto, cheeses, all kinds of veggies – artichokes, peppers, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions. I put them in little bowls.

We also experimented with a couple different kinds of crusts. Ready-made Pillsbury pizza dough that comes in a roll. And we also bought pre-made pizza dough from the grocery store. This kind is like homemade without the work LOL!! It’s onle about $2 a package and you can get 2-3 pizzas out of each container of dough, depending on how thick you like your crust.

Now the trick with the airfryer is to leave a little room between the pizza and the edges of the airfryer inside. Since the airfyer uses really hot air circulating at a really fast rate, you need to have room for the air to circulate. Makes sense, right??

Each of the kids made their pizza and then we cooked them! This is what we discovered — thicker pizza crust like the homemade variety needed about 10 minutes to cook at 350-degrees. Thinner pizza crust like the rolled Pillsbury kind required about eight minutes, also at 350-degrees in the airfryer.

Here is the most important tip — ALWAYS spray the bottom pan of the airfryer with non-stick spray. Otherwise your pizza crust will stick and it will be a BIG mess!!

Another tip – since the air circulates SO fast if you put your shredded cheese on top it will blow all over the place. So put the cheese on and then the toppings which will hold the cheese in place.

Have fun!!

Since the kids were playing games I cooked all of the pizzas and they were all hot enough to serve at once. You can also put the cooked pizzas in a 200-degree oven to keep them warm until they are all cooked. It was really fun!!

And the airfryer has a mesh cooking surface so it makes the crusts crispier than cooking them in the oven!! 

Here’s the easy recipe if you want to print it off:

This is the Airfyer we use:

Philips Viva 

Here is another recipe we have made in the Airfryer and loved:

Airfryer Awesome Blossom Recipe 

And another fun party bar is an omelet bar: 

Waffle Omelet Bar 

Have a YUMMY day! 

xoxo

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