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Prepare a restaurant-quality naan flatbread pizza recipe at home in about 15 minutes! The easy dinner includes store-bought crust, marinara or pizza sauce, a blend of Italian cheeses, and all of your favorite toppings. Serve each pizza with a crisp Caesar salad, tomato salad, or marinated cucumbers for a quick weeknight meal.
If you have extra naan in your kitchen, be sure to try this chicken souvlaki, these Crock Pot chicken gyros, these lemon garlic chicken skewers, and a Greek salad with shrimp, too!
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Ingredients
This is just a quick overview of the ingredients that you’ll need for a homemade flatbread pizza recipe. As always, specific measurements and step-by-step instructions are included in the printable recipe box at the bottom of the post.
- Crust: while you can certainly prepare homemade pizza dough or focaccia, the beauty of this particular recipe is its ease. Thanks to a store-bought crust, the entire meal is ready in about 15 minutes! We typically use this naan flatbread or these thick, sturdy tandoori flatbreads for a crust, which we find in the deli or bakery section of the grocery store. Pita bread will also work, but it has a pocket of air in the center, which isn’t quite as ideal for pizza.
- Pizza sauce: or use marinara sauce to spread on top of the crust.
- Cheese: we like an Italian cheese blend, which includes mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, provolone cheese, asiago cheese, and Romano cheese. You can also just use plain mozzarella, or a combination of mozzarella and grated Parmesan.
- Optional pizza toppings: if you like a more jazzed-up pizza, try adding sliced pepperoni, cooked and crumbled Italian sausage, ham, pineapple, bacon, green bell peppers, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced mushrooms, sliced sweet onion or red onion, olives, or fresh herbs such as parsley, basil, or oregano.
Directions
This easy naan flatbread pizza is absolutely one of my kids’ most-requested meals! They love it for a special weekend lunch, or for a quick dinner as we’re all coming and going from sports practices during the week.
- Arrange flatbread pizza crusts on a rimmed sheet pan.
- Top each flatbread with about pizza sauce or marinara sauce.
- Sprinkle about ½ cup of grated cheese over top. You don’t need to measure all of the ingredients — I typically just “eyeball” it. Use more or less of the different ingredients to suit your personal preferences.
- Top flatbread with pepperoni or other toppings of choice.
- Bake the pizzas in a 425°F oven until the crust is crispy and the cheese is melted and slightly browned on top. Cook times will vary, but will likely take anywhere between 10-15 minutes.
- Garnish with fresh basil leaves or parsley, grated Parmesan cheese, or crushed red pepper flakes for the best flavor. Drizzle with olive oil, too! Then just slice and serve.
Serving Suggestions
Pair the naan pizzas with fresh vegetables to round out the meal. Good options include a green salad with red wine vinaigrette, cucumber dill salad, three-bean salad, roasted broccoli, Parmesan roasted cauliflower, sauteed spinach with garlic, garlic Parmesan zucchini casserole, and roasted yellow squash.
Preparation and Storage Tips
- Make Ahead: Assemble the pizzas in advance and freeze them for a later meal. Talk about convenient!
- To Freeze Before Baking: Gently press the toppings into the crust, and then place them on a baking sheet in the freezer for about one hour. Once frozen, transfer the pizzas to large Ziploc freezer bags (or other airtight containers) and store in the freezer for up to 3 months. Bake the frozen pizzas straight from the freezer, but add a few extra minutes to the suggested baking time.
- How to Store: Leftover pizza will keep in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. To freeze the leftover pizza, let it cool completely, wrap tightly in plastic wrap or other airtight freezer-safe containers, and store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- How to Reheat: Place the pizzas on a baking sheet and warm in a 350°F oven (or toaster oven) until heated through, about 5-10 minutes.
More Pizza Recipes to Try
- 4 small flatbread crusts or store-bought Naan bread
- 1 ¼ cups pizza sauce (or marinara sauce), divided
- 2 cups grated Italian cheese blend (such as a combination of mozzarella, Parmesan, provolone, asiago, and Romano)
- Toppings of choice, such as sliced pepperoni, green bell peppers, onions, mushrooms, diced ham, cooked and crumbled Italian sausage, sliced olives
- Optional garnish: chopped fresh basil, oregano, or parsley; grated Parmesan cheese; crushed red pepper flakes
- Grilled Flatbread Pizza: Instead of baking the pizzas, try grilling them. To do so, preheat the grill to medium-high heat. Oil the grates, place the pizzas on the grill, close the lid, and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Scale the recipe to accommodate the size of your family. For instance, if you’re cooking for two, cut all of the ingredients in half and prepare just 2 pizzas. Similarly, you can double the ingredients to feed a larger group.
Serving: 1pizza (not including optional toppings)Calories: 492kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 26gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 1394mgPotassium: 445mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 603IUVitamin C: 5mgCalcium: 555mgIron: 3mg
Recipe Variations and Tips for Success
- Make a white flatbread pizza by swapping out the pizza sauce for Alfredo sauce. You can also use pesto instead of a tomato-based sauce.
- Make bbq chicken flatbread pizza or try a Hawaiian pizza with diced ham and/or cooked bacon and diced pineapple.
- Grilled Flatbread Pizza: Instead of baking the pizzas, try grilling them. To do so, preheat the grill to medium-high heat. Oil the grates, place the pizzas on the grill, close the lid, and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Scale the recipe to accommodate the size of your family. For instance, if you’re cooking for two, cut all of the ingredients in half and prepare just 2 pizzas. Similarly, you can double the ingredients to feed a larger group.
- Use your favorite pizza toppings. My boys keep it simple with plain cheese pizza, while we typically add sliced pepperoni. You can also top the pizza with sautéed sliced mushrooms, onion, bell pepper, and black olives for a veggie-packed meal. Serve it with a fresh arugula salad and balsamic vinegar on top. Try cooked, crumbled bacon or Italian sausage, diced ham, prosciutto, or rotisserie chicken, too. Make your own homemade flatbread pizza the way you like it to taste!
This recipe was originally published in June, 2022. It was updated in July, 2024.
