Sunday, June 12, 2011

CPK's BBQ Chicken Pizza

This pizza recipe was found online (of course lol). While it was very tasty, well, it could have been better. That's why I give it only *** stars. It's the crust that did it in. While the crust was very easy to make, I found it lacking. It kind of reminded me of Pizza Hut's cardboard crust. Then when you reheat it, it's even worse. X(
My suggestion would be to use the OTHER pizza recipe on our blog (the stuffed crust pizza with the honey whole wheat crust) for the dough and baking time, but make it a BBQ chicken pizza like this one.

Taste Rating: *** Preparation Difficulty: Medium

Crust:
1tsp yeast
1-1/2c warm water
4c flour
1tsp kosher salt
1/3c olive oil


Sprinkle yeast over very warm water. Let stand for a few inutes. In mixer, combine flour and salt. While running it on low, drizzle olive oil until combined with flour. Pour yeast mixture in and mix until combined and the dough is very sticky. Coat a separate mixing bowl with olive oil and form the dough into a ball. Toss to coat in olive oil, then cover tightly with plastic wrap and set aside 1-2hours or store in the fridge until you need it. (It would be even better if you made the dough 1-4 days in advance.)

Pizza:
2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
1/2c bbq sauce
olive oil
salt
16oz fresh mozzarella cheese, sliced thinly
very thin slices of onion
chopped cilantro

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place chicken breasts in a pan coated with cooking spray then sprinkle them with salt. Pour BBQ sauce ontop then turn them over to coat both sides. Bake ~25 minutes or until chicken is done. Remove from oven and dice them up. Increase the temperature of oven to 500 degrees. Grab half the dough (it makes 2 pizzas) and stretch it out on a cookie sheet drizzled with olive oil. Drizzle a little bit on the crust then sprinkle with salt. Spoon some extra BBQ sauce on the crust and spread it evenly. Top sauce with half the sliced mozzarella. Sprinkle half the diced chicken and sliced onions. Bake ~12-15 minutes or until crust is golden brown and toppings are bubbly. Remove from the oven and sprinkle plenty of chopped cilantro on top. Cut into squares and serve immediately. Repeat with other crust and ingredients or save for next time.

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