Faster than takeout, this naan pizza is the perfect weeknight dinner for nights when you don’t feel like cooking. Ready in around 10 minutes, this family-friendly recipe features perfectly crispy naan bread with a rich marinara sauce and topped with delicious, melty cheese.
Have everyone load up their own personal naan pizza with their favorite toppings to win the best dinner award. These delightful golden and cheesy naan pizzas will be the quickest pizza recipe you’ve ever made and everyone will be begging for it again!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- It’s very easy to make. It’s so easy that you can even have younger family members help out with the assembly.
- Add your own flair to the naan pizzas! Top them to your heart’s desire. Be careful not to go too heavy, though; you don’t want the toppings to fall off the pizzas.
- This naan pizza is something I like to make when I have a bunch of odds and ends around the house. Naan is freezer-friendly, there’s always cheese in the fridge, and you can use leftover sauce in the fridge (or freezer).
Ingredients You’ll Need
naan — naan is a soft, pillowy flatbread that happens to be freezer-friendly! I always have a pack in my freezer. They make for an amazing base for the cheese pizzas and you don’t have to spend time prepping pizza dough! You can use store-bought naan or make your own! Here’s a link to my homemade flatbread recipe.
marinara sauce — you can use homemade marinara sauce or store-bought. My go-to sauce is Rao’s. You can also get some with additional flavors, such as basil, mushrooms, etc, to change the recipe up.
dried oregano — for a bit of extra flavor.
garlic — I like to grate some garlic onto my sauce, but you can skip that if you’d like.
cheeses — I use both mozzarella and parmesan cheese. The mozzarella creates a melty base and the parmesan adds a great rich, tangy, nutty flavor.
basil & red pepper flakes — optional toppings for the naan pizzas! you can also add the red pepper flakes to your sauce for a bit of extra heat.
How to Make Naan Pizzas
- Heat the oven to 425F.
- Place your naans on a lined sheet pan. Add the marinara sauce to the middle and spread it over using the back of a spoon or spatula, leaving some space at the edge to create a crust.
- Add some dried oregano and grated garlic over the sauce if desired.
- Top the naan with shredded mozzarella, parmesan, and any toppings if desired.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the naan pizza has turned golden brown.
- Allow to cool before cutting to serve.
Recipe Tips and Notes
- Give the naan pizza a minute or two to cool before cutting to give the cheese a chance to hold together. If you cut too early, the cheese will just be stuck to your knife or pizza cutter.
- One of my favorite swaps is using garlic naan instead of regular naan for extra garlic flavor.
- Other cheeses I love to use include provolone, goat cheese, monterey jack, and burrata.
- If you’re adding veggies such as mushrooms, bell peppers, etc, you’ll want to pre-cook it first as the 8 minutes in the oven won’t be enough to cook the vegetables through.
- Don’t have naan? Try my Air Fryer Tortilla Pizza recipe with tortillas!
Make Ahead Tips
- Meal prep: once cooled, store the cooked naan pizza in an airtight container for up to 4 days in the fridge. Reheat in the microwave or oven.
- Freezer: once cooled, wrap the naan pizzas tightly in plastic before transferring to a freezer-safe bag then freeze for up to 3 months. Reheat directly from frozen.
Naan Pizza
Ingredients
- 2 naans
- ½ cup marinara sauce, or pizza sauce
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano, optional
- 2 cloves garlic, grated, optional
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese, shredded
- basil, optional
- red pepper flakes, optional
Equipment
- parchment paper
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 425F.
- Place your naans on a lined sheet pan. Add the marinara sauce to the middle and spread it over using the back of a spoon or spatula, leaving some space at the edge to create a crust.
- Add some dried oregano and grated garlic over the sauce if desired.
- Top the naan with shredded mozzarella, parmesan, and any toppings if desired.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes, until the naan pizza has turned golden brown. Allow to cool before cutting to serve.
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