Sunday, December 29, 2013

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Focaccia Recipe as follows will be your crust
https://whats4dinnerbymarie.blogspot.com/2011/11/focaccia-bread.html


2 cups flour
1 T yeast
1 1/4 cup hot water from tap
1 T olive oil
1/4 t salt

Toppings:
1lb chicken, boneless, cut up into bite-sized pieces (I prefer thigh meat, it doesn't get dry)
Louisiana Hot Sauce (or use your fave!), Alfredo sauce (bottled or fresh)

Mozzarella cheese, shredded
Chopped or crushed fresh garlic
Parsley

Optional:
Blue Cheese dressing

Directions:
Start browning your chicken first thing. Once it is browned, drain fat, allow to cool a bit and drench in hot sauce. Allow to cool.

Preheat oven to 425*

While chicken is cooking, start your dough. Run tap until very hot water comes out. Measure out flour, yeast, and salt. Mix in a large mixing bowl, with a fork. Make a well in the center, pour in the 1 Tablespoon of olive oil, don't mix in. Add the 1 1/4 cup hot water, all at once the olive oil in the center of the flour. Stir with the form, slowly incorporating the flour as it falls into the water in the center of the bowl. Once all the flour is incorporated, turn dough out onto well floured surface. Knead, pulling up flour, until dough is soft and elastic, not sticky, not crumbly. This comes with practice, but it's not hard to know when it's done.

When your dough is ready, move ball of dough onto a lightly oiled pizza pan or stone. I prefer the stone. Pat or roll out dough to the pan edge. Precook dough in oven for ten minutes. Remove from oven to add toppings.

For sauce, I made a simple Alfredo sauce. You can make your own, or use bottled. Spread over dough.

Evenly distribute cooked and sauced chicken to the dough. Cover with mozzarella cheese. Sprinkle garlic over the top, topped with a sprinkle of parsley for color.

Feel free to add any other ingredients that strike your fancy. Adjust cooking time accordingly.

Bake in oven, middle rack for 15 minutes, or until cheese is nicely browned to center of pizza. Slice and enjoy!

 Sauce and chicken on the dough. Next time, I'll shred the chicken smaller. 

 Mozzarella over the top. 

 Chopped garlic. I used three huge cloves. We do like garlic! :)

 Parsley on top for some added color. 

Into the oven for 15 minutes. Watch it closely after 10, to make sure you don't overcook. 

Can you believe there is no final product photo? Well, I took it out, cut it up, called everyone for dinner and the next thing I knew, it was GONE! Sorry folks. I'll add one next time. But believe me, it was scrumptious!


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