Stovetop Pizza in a Cast Iron Skillet
My daughter loves pizza and I am always experimenting with fast, easy, and foolproof ways to make pizza at home. Making frying pan pizza on the stovetop is one of the fastest and easiest methods that I’ve found, tied with grilled pizza. To save time, I use fresh store-bought plain pizza dough from Trader Joe’s refrigerated case. I do have a 1-hour scratch pizza dough recipe as well as a 2-ingredient pizza dough that uses self-raising flour as a shortcut if you’re feeling like going the extra mile. Usually I am not feeling like it when the dinner hour is knocking at my door. Just being honest.
Ingredients for Cast Iron Skillet Pizza
To make this cast iron pan pizza recipe, you’ll need:
Fresh pizza dough Olive oil Pizza sauce Mozzarella cheese Pepperoni Fresh parsley
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Pan Fried Pizza in a Cast Iron Skillet
Additional Pizza Toppings to Try
If you want to get more adventurous than using pepperoni, feel free to add your favorite pizza toppings to your stovetop cast iron pan pizza:
Italian sausage or ground beef (pre-cooked) Bacon (pre-cooked and crumbled) Mushrooms Bell peppers Onions Fresh pineapple Fresh herbs
Tips for Making Cast Iron Pizza
Before rolling out the dough, let it rest at room temperature for 1 hour. Chilled dough doesn’t roll out well, plus it’ll take longer to cook through on the stove. I prefer to melt my cheese under the broiler rather than on the stovetop. There is nothing quite like lightly golden browned broiled cheese for me. However, if it’s the middle of summer and you don’t want to turn on your oven just to broil something for two minutes, I get it. Or if you’re making this for someone (kids) who make not know the difference (or care) how the cheese was melted, do whatever is easiest.
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