| At one time pizza meant tomato sauce, mozzarella | | | | |
| cheese and pepperoni. Maybe a few mushrooms or | | | | 1. Fry the Chicken in the Olive Oil over medium heat |
| green peppers if you were feeling adventurous. | | | | until just cooked - about 5 to 6 minutes. Do not |
| Not any more. | | | | overcook. |
| Not you can get just about anything on a pizza. If you | | | | 2. Set in refrigerator until chilled. |
| can dream it, there is probably a pizzeria that will do it. | | | | 3. Add the two tablespoons of BBQ sauce and toss |
| Mango Tandoori Chicken, Pear, Gorgonzola Cheese, | | | | to coat. |
| Jamaican Jerk, Crab, Lobster, Greek Veggies, | | | | 4. Set aside. |
| Eggplant, Pesto, BLT and Shrimp are just a few of the | | | | Assemble the Pizza: |
| ideas and choices available. | | | | |
| Often known as "California Style", these anything goes | | | | 1. Using a large spoon, spread BBQ Sauce evenly over |
| pizzas have taken the country by storm and show no | | | | the prepared dough. |
| signs of letting up. | | | | 2. Sprinkle Smoked Gouda over the Sauce. |
| One of the major players in this movement is the | | | | 3. Cover with 1 1/2 cups Mozzarella. |
| California Pizza Kitchen. And their bestseller is the BBQ | | | | 4. Distribute Chicken pieces over cheese. |
| Chicken Pizza. | | | | 5. Sprinkle onion pieces over top. |
| Now you can make it at home. | | | | Bake the Pizza: |
| Make at Home Version of California Pizza Kitchen's | | | | |
| BBQ Chicken Pizza | | | | 1. Place the Pizza in the Preheated oven and bake until |
| Ingredients: (See first note below) | | | | the center is bubbly - about 8 to 10 minutes. |
| Chicken: | | | | 2. Remove pizza and sprinkle with Cilantro. |
| - 1/2 to 1 pound of boneless/skinless Chicken Breasts | | | | 3. Slice and Enjoy. |
| cut into 1/4 inch pieces | | | | Note: The amounts listed above will make a LARGE |
| - 1 tablespoon Olive Oil | | | | pizza (up to 18 inches.) If you crusts, oven or appetites |
| - 2 tablespoons BBQ Sauce | | | | are smaller, either halve the ingredients or make two |
| Pizza: | | | | pizzas using half the ingredients on each. |
| - 1 basic Pizza Dough | | | | Note: The hotter you can make your oven, the better it |
| - Some Cornmeal, Semolina or Flour for easy handling | | | | is for cooking pizza. This is the major difference |
| of the Dough | | | | between Pizzeria pizza and homemade pizza. The |
| - 1/2 cup BBQ Sauce | | | | professional ovens in a Pizzeria will crank up many |
| - 2 tablespoons shredded Smoked Gouda Cheese | | | | times hotter than the average home oven. One thing |
| - 2 cups shredded Mozzarella Cheese | | | | you can do is to buy a good Pizza Stone. A Pizza |
| - 1/2 cup Red Onion Pieces - sliced into 1/8 inch pieces | | | | Stone is a big piece of tile you stick on the bottom |
| - 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Cilantro | | | | shelf of your oven and just leave there. It does several |
| Directions | | | | things to help with baking but mainly it holds and |
| Preheat the Oven to 500 Degrees (see second note | | | | concentrates the heat, thus making the oven hotter |
| below) | | | | and more efficient. This is especially good when |
| Cook the Chicken: | | | | cooking pizza. |