Jalapeños and cream cheese are one of the best combinations out there! From jalapeno poppers to tasty burgers – the combinations are endless. Today I decided to try my hand at a popper pizza.
When I first decided to make this recipe, I played with the idea of using cream cheese as the base sauce. While it would have been super delicious, I think it would have been too cheesy for this recipe. So instead, I used a tomato paste with no added sugars.
I gotta say, it turned out pretty well. It packs the perfect amount of heat and the cream cheese soothes the spiciness of the jalapeños.
Yields 8 servings of Jalapeño Popper Pizza
The Preparation
Pizza Crust:
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- black pepper, to taste
- 3/4 cup almond flour
Pizza Toppings:
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste, No sugar added
- 11 teaspoons cream cheese
- 1/3 cup jalapeno pepper, chopped
- 4 slices cooked bacon, chopped
- 3 tablespoons fresh chives, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
The Execution
1. In a microwave-safe bowl, place your mozzarella cheese. Add the oregano, paprika, red chili flakes, and pepper.
2. Heat the cheese up in the microwave, for approximately one minute, or until it has melted.
3. Stir your almond flour into the cheese, mixing until a dough has been formed.
4. Place your dough onto a piece of parchment paper and a pizza tray if you have one. Although, it’s not necessary, it’s just for stabilization when transferring to the oven.
5. Using your hands, knead the dough together.
6. Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a circle shape.
7. Roll the edges of the dough 2 inches towards the center of the pizza to make a crust.
8. Place a dollop of tomato paste onto the dough, spreading it around with a spoon.
9. Using a teaspoon, place ½ chunks of cream cheese around the pizza.
10. Top with jalapeños, bacon, chives and garlic powder.
11. Cook at 350°F for 30-40 minutes.
This makes a total of 8 servings of Jalapeno Popper Pizza. Each serving comes out to be 211 calories, 16.9g fats, 2.6g net carbs, and 11.6g protein.
| NUTRITION | CALORIES | FAT | CARBS | FIBER | NET CARBS | PROTEIN |
| 2 cup mozzarella cheese | 672 | 50.1 | 4.9 | 0 | 4.9 | 49.7 |
| 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 1/2 teaspoon paprika | 3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes | 3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| — black pepper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3/4 cup almond flour | 486 | 42 | 18.5 | 10.9 | 7.6 | 17.6 |
| 1 tablespoon tomato paste | 13 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.7 |
| 11 teaspoon cream cheese | 182 | 18.1 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
| 1/3 cup jalapeno pepper | 9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| 4 slice cooked bacon | 307 | 24.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.8 | 20 |
| 3 tablespoon fresh chives | 3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder | 5 | 0 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.3 |
| Totals | 1686 | 135 | 34.7 | 13.8 | 20.9 | 92.5 |
| Per Serving (/8) | 211 | 16.9 | 4.3 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 11.6 |
Jalapeno Popper Pizza
Ingredients
Pizza Crust
- 2 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- black pepper to taste
- ¾ cup almond flour
Pizza Toppings
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste No sugar added
- 11 teaspoon cream cheese
- ⅓ cup jalapeno pepper chopped
- 4 slice cooked bacon chopped
- 3 tablespoon fresh chives chopped
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F. In a microwave-safe bowl, place your mozzarella cheese. Add the oregano, paprika, red chili flakes, and pepper.
- Heat the cheese up in the microwave, for approximately one minute, or until it has melted.
- Stir almond flour into the cheese, mixing until a dough forms.
- Place your dough onto a piece of parchment paper on top of a pizza tray if you have one. It’s not mandatory, but provides stabilization when transferring to the oven.
- Using your hands, knead the dough together while forming a circle.
- Using a rolling pin, roll the dough into a larger circle shape.
- Roll the edges of the dough 2 inches towards the center of the pizza to form a crust.
- Put the tomato paste in the center of the dough, spreading it around with a spoon.
- Using a teaspoon, place chunks of cream cheese all around the pizza.
- Top with jalapenos, bacon, chives and garlic powder.
- Cook for 30-40 minutes. Slice and serve.
Nutrition
Wow that looks awesome! Yep. I’m def making this!
Hope you enjoy it!
When I upload this recipe to My Fitness Pal it says that one serving has 19.1g Net Carbs? Am I doing something wrong?
I’m not sure – we use USDA nutrition database for most of our recipes. Myfitnesspal can sometimes have incorrect information or pick up different (high sugar) brands of items.
Made this last night. Everything about it was awesome. Great flavor that popped with some nice heat and the crust was delicious. Definitely will make this again and be using the same crust for other recipes. Thanks!
I made this for dinner last night and oh. my. goodness. This is one of the greatest things I’ve eaten in a long time and honestly I’m not a huge pizza fan, but this crust was outstanding. My boyfriend even told me I need to start making this regularily. I did change it up a bit. I put a mixture of mozzarella, sharp cheddar, and parmesan in the crust. I had no bacon so just did cream cheese, pickled jalapeños, and mushrooms. Outstanding recipe, thank you.
Hahaha – that is a huge compliment and I’m so happy that both of you enjoyed the recipe so much! Keep changing up the pizzas to your own taste and I’m sure you’ll find a weekly dish to incorporate into your lifestyle!
Looks like the fathead recipe in a way. I do this as well. But I add one egg, Baking powder, and bit of xanthum gum to give a bit more of bread like texture. I also pre-bake the crust at 425 for 15 min. and then pull, flip and put my toppings on, and then bake 15min. more to finish. We did a 3 meat with veggies last night, as 2 Friday’s a month are Keto Pizza night. Your recipes are the bomb. I like modifying them and making them my own though!
So, this crust was like real pizza crust!! I love it! I only used the crust recipe, and changed seasonings for herbs. I made a white pizza on this crust with lots of herbs and vegetables it was so good! You guys make keto so mach easier!
hello! what can i substitute the mozzarella in the crust with to make it vegan?
Hi Alana, I’ve heard some people have success using vegan cheese (like Daiya) to make this type of crust but Daiya is significantly higher carb. You might have better luck using something like our coconut flour tortilla recipe (using vegan subs) and then build a pizza on top of that.
I just made this pizza, it didn’t turn out unfortunately. I put it in the oven for 30 and checked at 25 and it was way overdone. I have a convection oven so should have put it in for 20. Did eat a little and flavor was good. I may try it again and baking it a lot less time.
Made this again tonight for probably the 5-6 time…SO freaking delicious. The only thing I do is double the recipe so that I can freeze individual slices. I also add sliced mushrooms on the bottom layer. Thank you for this awesome recipe !
Great ideas! I need to try this with the mushrooms myself.
Thanks for the feedback, and I am glad you enjoyed the keto pizza 🙂
“Enjoy” was an understatement…this pizza is SO good I could barely restrain myself from taking more than a serving…In fact, I’m pretty sure I had two heheheeee 😉 Will definitely be making this again.
haha! Thanks for the clarification, Marcy! 😉 It makes me so happy to know that you found a keto recipe that you absolutely love.
p.s. If you’d like to try more keto pizza options as well, here is a link to some of our other favorites: https://www.ruled.me/best-k…
Back two years later and still making this amazing pizza. Everyone I’ve shared with says it’s the best pizza they ever had. Thank you for continuing to give me delightful recipes. I’ve made so many of your recipes over they years and they’ve never disappointed !
Thanks so much for the feedback, Marcy! Glad you love it 🙂