Pizza night with a twist! Skip the fussy pizza dough and make your next summer pizza night a Grilled Naan Pizza Night!
If you are not familiar with Naan, it is sort of like a flatbread but fluffier and chewier and so much better!
Naan originates from India. Traditionally, naan is prepared in a clay oven. But lucky for us, we can now just buy it at just about any grocery store!
Naan is sturdy which makes it the perfect base for a grilled pizza. You can pile the toppings on and it will hold up!
Once you get the method down on how to grill pizza, you can change up the toppings to just about anything.
If your grill is unavailable then try this recipe for Naan Air Fryer Pizza. You know your girl loves her air fryer!
Because Naan isn't huge like a traditional pizza crust, you can customize each naan pizza to suit everyone's tastes.
My family has two favorites; margherita style pizza and pesto pizza.
Grilled Naan Pizza makes a great simple meal but you can also cut into smaller pieces and serve as an appetizer!
For those of you who might need to avoid nuts, try my nut-free pesto!
The best tip I can give you when making grilled naan pizza or any grilled pizza for that matter is to have all your ingredients prepped and ready to go before you put anything on that grill.
The process moves fast and you won't want to stop and chop something while the naan bread is grilling.
I mentioned that Naan is now available in just about every grocery store. But your girl loves a good deal. I have found the best deal is to buy in bulk at BJ's Wholesale. Naan freezes great so whenever I make a trip there, I stock up.
If you aren't a BJ's member yet and want to join, use my referral code link.
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Grilled Naan Pizza
Ingredients
Pesto Naan Pizza
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 Naan
- 2 ounces pesto prepared
- 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese sliced
Margherita Style Naan Pizza
- 1 tablespoon Olive oil
- 1 Naan
- ½ cup canned diced Italian seasoned tomatoes drained of excess liquid
- 3 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese sliced
- 4 leaves fresh basil roughly torn
Instructions
- Heat grill to medium heat.
- LIGHTLY brush both sides of naan with olive oil and place on preheated grill. Cook naan about 3-5 minutes, until good grill marks appear. Using tongs, carefully flip naan over and spread pesto one on and the tomatoes on the other. Top each one with mozzarella. Close lid and cook until cheese is melted well and bottom of naan has good grill marks too.
- Top with freshly torn basil.
Agy says
Oh this looks really delicious. Never thought of adding ingredients on top of naan.
foodyschmoody says
Thanks so much Agy. It is really a delicious change up from the regular grilled pizza.
Jenn - Endlessly Inspired says
We do Pizza Party Fridays almost every week with naan pizzas. My kids love making their own pizzas, and I love how crispy the naan gets. Delicious!!
foodyschmoody says
So glad to hear someone else loves the Naan as much as we do!
Evelyn @ My Turn for us says
I am ready to fire up the grill right now!! Love grilled pizzas!! Pinned!
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