Sausage and Hatch Chile Pizza on Naan

Love the idea of homemade pizza but no time to make pizza dough? Try making this Sausage and Hatch Chile Pizza on Naan; it’s quick, easy and delicious!

Hatch Green Chiles and Sausage on Naan Bread Pizza

I spent weeks mulling over this recipe for Sausage and Hatch Chile Pizza on Naan, trying to decide exactly what ingredients to use and how to make them all work together OR I cleaned out the fridge and had some things I needed to either use or regretfully lose?

If you guessed the later, you’re on the money! I should really create a new section on this blog for just these type of meals because it happens pretty regularly.

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Now that both of my children are grown and I’m an empty-nester, I find some old habits (Like Motherhood!) do die hard. Sometimes I buy too much food or have too much in the way of leftovers. So this Sausage and Hatch Chile Pizza is my latest version of Fridge Foods.

The sausage had been thawed for a couple of days; the green chile peppers were left from a bag of Hatch green chiles that I had thawed and used earlier in the week and the cheese was good but had been opened for awhile. I wanted to use it before I regretted that I had not; that is all.

Pillows of Cream Cheese Top Sausage and Hatch Green Chile Pizza on Naan Bread

Now my friend Ansh who cooks amazing Indian food (and blogs about it at Spice Roots) might threaten to show up and pop me for not making my own Naan this time, but I love this bread and Costco has it available all the time.

It had already been frozen once and I had 4 pieces of naan in the package…I thought it would be the perfect solution for a quick, pizza type dish and I loved it so much I’m doing that again; it made this Sausage and Hatch Chile Pizza the easiest EVER!

I recreated a pizza from a local brewpub several months ago that had jalapeno in the mix; they topped their offering with some cream cheese and that’s just the best bite ever. The combination of heat with the creamy coolness of cream cheese is so perfect that I decided to be redundant and do it again.

It’s also simply a fun surprise. I had never seen cream cheese on pizza before and in both of these applications it’s perfect; it tempers the heat beautifully. I upped the heat ratio of the sausage mixture just a bit with some red pepper so I would say it’s a must!

Sausage and Hatch Green Chile Pizza on Naan Bread

More great recipes with Hatch green chiles (Sub for any recipe that calls for Poblano with Medium heat Hatch chiles!).

I do fridge diving a lot and while I can always find something that makes for a quick meal, it’s not every time that I love something enough to share it with you but this Sausage and Hatch Chile Pizza on Naan is worthy..so much so that I’ll be making it again.

This was so good I should have created it purposely but I’m glad I did it at all. And trust me, you will see more Naan pizzas. Next time I promise Ansh and I will be making it homemade. I so do not want to get bopped!

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Hatch Green Chiles and Sausage on Naan Bread Pizza
Pillows of Cream Cheese Top Sausage and Hatch Green Chile Pizza on Naan Bread
Hatch Green Chiles and Sausage on Naan Bread Pizza

Hatch Green Chile and Sausage Pizza on Naan Bread

Barbara Baker
A spicy pizza with elements of American, Mexican, and Indian foods all baked into the perfect little pizza!
5 average from less than 50 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Pizza
Cuisine American
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 1011 kcal

Ingredients
  

For the Meat and Sauce Mixture

  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 6-7 ounces green chiles fresh, frozen or canned, chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1.5 pounds Italian or breakfast sausage
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 can diced tomatoes drained

For the Pizza

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 4 slices Naan bread
  • 2 cups shredded cheese I combined cheddar, mozzarella and Parmesan.
  • Meat and sauce mixture
  • 3 ounces cream cheese (optional)

Instructions
 

To Make the Meat and Sauce Mixture

  • Saute onion and green chiles in oil until onion is translucent, add garlic and cook for another minute.
  • Add sausage, removing it from casings and breaking it up if necessary. Cook until sausage is browned.
  • Add spices and tomatoes and simmer on medium low for 5 minutes. Turn off heat.

To Prepare the Pizza

  • Brush Naan with olive oil. Put 1/4 cup of cheese on each slice. Top with 1/4 of the meat mixture then another 1/4 cup of cheese.
  • Cut the cream cheese into 16 pieces and roll them into balls; put 4 on each pizza.
  • Bake for 12-15 minutes until pizza is browned. Cut each pizza into 4 slices and serve.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Hatch Green Chile and Sausage Pizza on Naan Bread
Serving Size
 
1 Serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
1011
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
80
g
123
%
Cholesterol
 
197
mg
66
%
Sodium
 
2164
mg
94
%
Carbohydrates
 
29
g
10
%
Protein
 
42
g
84
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Calories
1011
Keyword hatch green chiles, naan bread, pizza, sausage
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12 Comments

  1. I actually make this a lot and everyone loves it! So, thank you for this great recipe, so easy and versatile. I usually cook them on a preheated pizza stone at 400, in my oven they take 8 minutes to be perfect. My question is what oven temperature you meant them to be cooked at. There isn’t one included. Thank you!

    1. So I had some admin issues today and finally got to this post. It was exactly what I had feared…when I changed to new software it did not accurately include all my info so there was no bake time. This was two years ago so I’m just including your time and temp…thanks so much for the heads up!

  2. Looks delicious! At first glance I thought those cheese balls were marshmellows and I was really wondering how that was going to work. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.

    1. My daughter likes to smear them over the pizza but I like those occasional burst of soft flavor. Different strokes right. But…NO marshmallows; that might be taking that a bit far. 🙂

  3. Yummm, I was all about running out to the store to get what I need for this yummy-looking pizza until I got to the cream cheese balls–then I got a little unsure. I like cream cheese and I’ve had some pretty out there toppings on pizzas, but not cream cheese balls! Can you comment on that aspect of the pizza?

    1. The first time I had some was when I made a pizza I had out; it had jalapeno peppers and that soft creamy cheese was such a perfect bite with the hot peppers. SO…since this pizza had green chiles and I added some spice, I decided to do it again. They are just fluffy little pillows of contrast! Does that help?

  4. I lol’d at this post. I too went for years cooking the same amount as when I had teenagers at home. My fridge was always full of leftovers. One day I decided I was sick of mashed potato pancakes for breakfast and began cutting back. Now we rarely have leftovers because John doesn’t like them. If we have food leftover, I make something ‘new’ out of them. It took me more than 5 years to cut back, I should add that.

    This naan bread pizza is wonderful.

  5. *Fridge Diving* I like that term 🙂 I’ve love Naan bread but have never had the wonderful idea to make little personal pizzas with them. Thanks for the inspiration!

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