California Pizza Kitchen was one of the first places to make really unique pizzas. This pizza features chicken, cilantro, and Barbeque sauce. The California Pizza Kitchen has two great cookbooks.
The California Pizza Kitchen Cookbook.
California Pizza Kitchen Original BBQ Pizza
BBQ Pizza is a wonderful twist on your ordinary pizza, everyone will love the different flavor.
Ingredients
- 3-6 pieces boneless/skinless chicken breasts cut into 1/4 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoons favorite BBQ sauce (we use a spicy-sweet sauce).
- For the pizza
- 1 basic pizza dough
- Cornmeal, semolina or flour for handling
- 1/2 cup favorite BBQ sauce (we use a spicy-sweet sauce).
- 2 tablespoons shredded smoked Gouda cheese
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup small red-onion, sliced into 1/8 inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
In a large frying pan, cook the chicken in olive oil over medium high heat until just cooked, 5 to 6 minutes. Do not overcook. Set aside in the refrigerator until chilled through. Once chilled, coat the chicken with two tablespoons BBQ sauce; set aside in the refrigerator.
To make the pizza
Place a pizza stone in the center of the oven and preheat to 500 degrees for one hour before cooking pizzas.
Use a large spoon to spread 1/4 cup BBQ sauce evenly over the surface of the prepared dough within the rim. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon smoked Gouda cheese over the sauce. Cover with 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella.
Distribute half the chicken pieces evenly over the cheese (approximately 18 pieces). Place approximately 18 to 20 pieces of red onion over the surface. Sprinkle an additional 1/4 cup mozzarella over the top of the pizza.
Transfer the pizza to the oven; bake until the crust is crisp and golden and the cheese at the center is bubbly (about 8 to 10 minutes). When the pizza is cooked, carefully remove it from the oven; sprinkle 1 tablespoon cilantro over the hot surface. Slice and serve.
Repeat with the remaining ingredients for a second pizza. (The two pizzas may be prepared simultaneously if you are careful in placing the pizzas at opposite corners of your pizza stone.)
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