This white pizza sauce recipe is the creamiest and most delicious substitute for a traditional marinara sauce. Plus, it makes for one heck of a tasty pizza!
Pizza has got to be my all time favorite food. You know when you ask that question, “What food could you not live without?” Pizza is my answer. Every time.
I especially love to make homemade pizza. Putting it together with my kids is always so much fun. We are able to prep all the ingredients together as a family and decorate our own pizzas with all of our favorite toppings.
Whenever we do a homemade family pizza night, I love to make a white pizza sauce to offer a different option to the tradition red sauce. My kids are huge fans, and as a white sauce kind of gal myself, I think I prefer it to the more common marinara sauce.
It’s always nice to switch things up, and the white sauce pairs so well with certain toppings that just don’t quite have the same complimentary taste with a red sauce. I love to make a garlic, parmesan, chicken pizza! It’s seriously the best. Other common options for white pizza sauce in our house are a chicken Alfredo inspired pizza or a chicken bacon ranch style. YUM!
This sauce is super easy to whip together, and in no time you have an incredible homemade sauce. Your kids will love getting creative with this new style sauce! Sky is the limit to what they can put on top!
WHAT IS WHITE PIZZA SAUCE?
White pizza sauce is just like white pasta sauce! Sometimes, people even use a classic Alfredo sauce! It’s a great substitute for a traditional red pizza sauce. It pairs nicely with pizza toppings like chicken, vegetables (especially broccoli), or spices and herbs. It tends to pair well with some toppings that don’t pair great with a red sauce.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RED AND WHITE PIZZA?
There’s a big difference between a red pizza sauce and a white pizza sauce. Besides the fact that they are different colors, they also have a completely different flavor profile! Because of this, they tend to pair completely differently with certain toppings!
WHITE PIZZA SAUCE INGREDIENTS
- 1 TBSP butter
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 2 TBSP all-purpose flour
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 cup of skim or 1% milk
- 1/4 cup half & half
- 1/4 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp dried/ground thyme
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
HOW TO MAKE WHITE PIZZA SAUCE
First, you’ll need to combine your butter, and roasted garlic in a medium sauce pan. Cook these two together over medium heat for about 2 minutes.
Next, stir in the half & half and your milk and then whisk it all together. After, reduce the heat to medium-low.
Sift your flour over the milk mixture while whisking it together to prevent any lumps.
Finally add in ground black pepper, ground thyme, dried oregano, 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley, and garlic salt. Whisk all of these ingredients together well.
Turn off the heat and add the parmesan cheese. Continue to stir it all together until the cheese is completely melted, and you’ve got the creamiest garlic and cheesy parmesan pizza sauce ever!
WHAT TOPPINGS GO WELL WITH WHITE PIZZA SAUCE?
You can’t go wrong when it comes to pizza toppings. Just about any toppings that go good on a regular red sauce pizza will also go great on a white sauced pizza! But, here are some of our favorite toppings to put on a white sauce pizza.
My son loves to make a chicken Alfredo inspired pizza. He starts off with the white sauce, adds chicken, broccoli, and mozzarella cheese. He devours this pizza. Another favorite in our house is a chicken bacon ranch pizza. Because of the creaminess and rich flavors of the white sauce, it acts as the ranch. Then, we add chicken, bacon, mozzarella and cheddar cheeses! It’s so tasty.
A veggie pizza is also amazing on white sauce. The garlic flavor goes great with any kind of vegetable. You truly can’t go wrong with any kind of topping on your white pizza sauce. The question is, what do you like on your pizza? It’s bound to be great on a white sauce.
HOW TO STORE WHITE PIZZA SAUCE
Storing this pizza sauce is so easy! If you have leftovers, you can even freeze it to use for next time you have homemade pizza. Be sure to make sure that the sauce is completely cooled before getting it ready to be stored. You can just leave it sitting out for awhile.
Then, put it into a freezer safe zip lock bag, or a glass mason jar and place it in the freezer! This will keep the sauce good for three months. When you are ready to use the sauce, simply take it out of the freezer and put it in the fridge the day before or morning of. Easy as that!
Get ready for a fun family pizza night! This white sauce is so delicious and takes pizza making to a whole new ballpark. You are going to love the new combinations. You might even love them so much, that you never go back to a traditional pizza again!
Roasted Garlic Chicken White Sauce Pizza
Ingredients
- 2 chicken breasts cooked, chopped & sprinkled w/ garlic salt
- 1 container refrigerated Pillsbury Classic Pizza Crust
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 6 garlic cloves roasted & minced
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup skim or 1% milk
- 1/4 cup half & half
- 1/4 cup fresh grated parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup red onion chopped
- 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 teaspoon dried/ground thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
Instructions
- Chicken & Garlic Directions
- You can cook your chicken and garlic in the oven at the same time. Spray a baking sheet with cooking spray. Cut your chicken breasts in half, place on the baking sheet and sprinkle with garlic salt. Rip off a large sheet of foil and fold into a square box so that it is raised off of the baking sheet enough that any chicken juices will not reach your garlic. Place garlic on the foil and bake at 375° until the chicken juices run clear and the internal temperature reaches 165°.
- Remove from the oven and chop the chicken into small bite sized strips. Peel the garlic and mince.
- For the Pizza Crust
- Pre-heat oven to 400°. Spray your pizza baking sheet with cooking spray. Spread the pillsbury pizza dough out to the desired thickness and cook for about 5 minutes. Remove from the oven.
- Sauce Directions
- While the pizza dough is in the oven, add butter and roasted garlic to a medium sauce pan. Cook for about 2 minutes over medium heat. Stir in your milk and half & half and whisk together. Reduce heat to medium-low. Sift flour over milk mixture while whisking together to prevent lumps. Add ground black pepper, ground thyme, dried oregano, 1/2 teaspoon dried parsley & garlic salt and whisk well. Turn off heat and add parmesan cheese. Stir together until all cheese is melted.
- Assemble Pizza
- Spoon your sauce onto half baked pizza crust.
- Top with chicken
- Sprinkle mozzarella cheese evenly over entire pizza
- Sprinkle red onion evenly over mozzarella cheese
- Sprinkle 1 teaspoon (or more) dried parsley on the very top of the pizza
- Final Baking Instructions
- Place entire pizza back in the oven for an additional 5-6 minutes. Turn on the broiler and broil for 1-3 minutes, or until the cheese and crust reach your desired doneness!
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
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Katie
May 11, 2016 at 7:15 amHI, I made this last night and the flavors were absolutely delicious! I added mushrooms because it just screamed mushrooms to me. Only thing I’ll do different next time is to make my own crust. This was the first time I used the pizza crust in the can. I missed that yummy yeast crust. Wonderful pizza, thank you!
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May 12, 2016 at 8:48 amAwesome, I’m glad you tried and enjoyed the recipe! The addition of mushrooms sounds great! Thanks for stopping by.
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January 27, 2015 at 2:02 pmYou can find it in the dairy section. It comes in the same type of containers that you get heavy cream and milk in. It’s not as heavy as cream… that’s why its called half and half.
Nicole
January 23, 2015 at 6:23 amHi! Please excuse my stupidity, but what is half & half! Thanx
mindiehilton
April 8, 2014 at 8:32 amIf I am not ordering veggie, then this is the type of pizza I usually love. Please come share at the Bacon Time linky, if you have not already. Happy Tuesday!
Anne
April 8, 2014 at 1:38 amI love white sauce on my pizza! I’m glad I found this recipe through the Twirl & Take a Bow link party.
Teri
March 24, 2014 at 8:00 pmOh, this looks sooo good! Pinned!
Meg @The Housewife in Training Files
March 24, 2014 at 1:56 pmGirl, this has addiction written all over it!!! I love anything with roasted garlic…and pizza?! Sign me up! Pinned!
Tiffany
February 8, 2014 at 6:00 pmMade this pizza tonight; looked yummy, sounded yummy. Followed the directions exactly and when I went to eat it, all I could taste was flour. Then I realized the directions regarding the flour step were in the wrong order. The butter and flour should go together, then whisk in your milks. Otherwise the flour does not get cooked and all you taste is flour. Think the next time I make it with those changes it will be awesome! Thanks for the recipe!
cathy
February 5, 2014 at 8:24 amMy son only likes white sauce pizza so I can’t wait to try to make this for him.
jeff
January 26, 2014 at 12:24 pmLove it. Going to try the roasted garlic and chicken pizza.
Lew
December 18, 2013 at 1:57 pmLooks insame! Im tryna find the best pizza sauces to test over the festive period! This 1 could be a main contender!
Lew
Peggy Hamblin Meissner
December 1, 2013 at 1:04 pmThis looks fab! I am allergic to tomatos so I’m always hunting for alternative pizza and pasta sauces. I will try this soon with steak and provolone cheese.
Shana Norris
August 29, 2013 at 11:54 amI’m starting a 40 pizzas project to encourage myself to make homemade pizzas. I just had to pin this one, and I’m sure it will turn up as one of my 40 at some point in the project.
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August 29, 2013 at 1:09 pmThanks for Shana for pinning this while you were here today! Let me know if it ends up on the project and I’ll stop by and pin your project to one of my boards 🙂
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August 16, 2013 at 8:05 amJust pinned and will be sharing on Facebook later today as one of this week’s Features at Freedom Fridays Blog Hop:))
Hugs and thanks for always supporting Freedom FRidays
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August 25, 2013 at 11:06 pmThanks for the feature Evelyn! I’ve added you to my “Where I’ve Been Featured” page!
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August 11, 2013 at 7:46 pmCongratulations! You’ve been featured on this week’s Martha Mondays! 🙂 Swing by to pick up a “Featured” button and do a little bragging! 🙂
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Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
August 27, 2013 at 10:15 pmThanks again for the feature! Added your button to my “Where I’ve Been Featured” page 🙂
Vickie
August 11, 2013 at 5:23 pmOooooo – this sounds so good! I think I will add a little bit of bacon and forgo the onion. Thanks for the recipe! I think I will make it for tomorrow’s dinner!
Danielle
August 9, 2013 at 9:57 amThis looks lovely. Thanks for sharing at Silver Pennies Sundays. x
Linda
August 7, 2013 at 6:17 pmOver to Pinterest 🙂 Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to try this yummy recipe.
Danielle
August 7, 2013 at 3:05 pmHey there! Just wanted you to know that you’re being featured this Saturday on the Pin It Saturday Party on mysnippetsofinspiration.com Hope you have a great week!
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August 27, 2013 at 10:22 pmThanks for the feature Danielle! I’ve added your button to my “Where I’ve Been Featured” page 🙂
loveontheplate
June 21, 2014 at 11:59 amBravo! that pizza looks great….
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June 25, 2014 at 11:32 pmThanks @ loveontheplate!
Jen Nikolaus
August 6, 2013 at 10:47 amShauna! This pizza looks like one you’d buy from a restaurant!! Seriously, SO DELICIOUS!! My boys would love it! Pinning to try soon!
~Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
August 27, 2013 at 10:24 pmHope your boys like it Jen! Thanks for pinning while you were here too 🙂
angela
August 5, 2013 at 8:34 amShauna,
I hear you – dough it really not my thing either. This pizza, on the other hand, TOTALLY up my alley 🙂 I saw your thumbnail on Marvelous Mondays and had to come check this out – yum! I notice from your Pinterest widget that you’ve recently pinned a bunch of my posts – thank you! I hope you have fun enjoying them!
Happy Monday!
ang
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
August 27, 2013 at 10:32 pmYou’re welcome Angela! Love to pin my favorite bloggers posts whenever I can 🙂
Sharon
August 4, 2013 at 8:33 pmOh my gosh…. Simply delicious looking! That is a great pic of that pizza. I have got to get around to making a pizza one day. That pizzeti looks good also.
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August 1, 2013 at 8:37 pmThis seriously looks amazing!! Pinned! Thanks for sharing, Shauna! 🙂
Catherine
August 1, 2013 at 7:42 amDear Shauna, This pizza looks absolutely delicious!! Homemade pies are the best, and so much fun to make. Blessings, Catherine xo
Kris - Sugar Cookies to Peterbilts
July 29, 2013 at 7:43 pmThis looks amazing! Pinning!
Jamie @ Love Bakes Good Cakes
July 28, 2013 at 7:40 pmWhite sauce pizzas rank high on my list of favorite things 🙂 This sounds great, Shauna! Pinned to try on one of our pizza nights!
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July 28, 2013 at 7:03 pmOh Shauna, I so love how this pizza looks! I hope I can manage making one like this!
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July 28, 2013 at 2:25 pmWhat an awesome combination of flavors, of course you had me at garlic! Do you have a break machine? I make all of my dough with my bread machine, and it does all of the work. I just pull it out of the machine and roll it out. Just in case you ever want to try it again 😉
Shauna {The Best Blog Recipes}
August 27, 2013 at 10:46 pmI really do need to get a bread machine. Maybe I would make more breads if I had one…. If my hubby is reading this maybe he’ll get me one for Christmas (hint, hint)!
Andi @ The Weary Chef
July 28, 2013 at 8:31 amThis looks delicious, and refrigerator pizza crust is a great shortcut! I have started making my own pizza dough sometimes lately, but I definitely understand not liking it or not wanting to go to the trouble.