Spicy Thai Chicken Pizza

This has been a long time coming....

I've been thinking about this pizza for months and finally got the opportunity to have made it! About a year and a half or so ago I ordered this pizza at a restaurant in North Liberty, it was so good....even the leftovers were phenomenal. I've thought about it ever since......::sigh::  Why it took me so long to make it I don't know BUT I finally did it and it was just as good as I remember (okay not as good as from the restaurant but still pretty damn good!). I've never made anything Thai prior, it was the first time I've ever used the peanut sauce, which can be found in the Asian isle. This was the first time I used the Pillsbury Pizza Crust as well, it was pretty good for a store bought dough. However I like making my own, it's more fun but I was short on time and did not prepare myself ahead of time to make this meal so we'll call it semi-homemade ;)

Thai Chicken Pizza
1 pre-made pizza crust or homemade dough
1 - 7 ounce jar peanut sauce
1/8 cup peanut butter
8 ounces cooked skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into stripes
1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1/2 cup shredded carrots
1/2 green pepper, cut into strips
1/2 red pepper, cut into strips
cilantro
1/2 lime
red pepper flakes

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. I used Pillsbury thin crust Pizza Crust. Roll out dough and prebake as directed, about 5 minutes.

In a small bowl, stir together the peanut sauce and peanut butter.

Spread peanut mixture over pizza crust (I reserved about 1/4 of the sauce to toss the chicken with)

Arrange chicken, red and green peppers, carrots, green onions, and red pepper flakes over pizza. Sprinkle with cheese evenly over top.

Bake 8-12 minutes until cheese is melted and bubbly. Top with cilantro and squeeze lime juice over pizza slices then serve!

Woola...Easy and delicious! Plus you can experience with whatever toppings you want.

BBQ Pizza

I finally made homemade pizza dough! Yea! Okay I admit I made this a few weeks ago I've just never got a chance to post it. Although I will experience with other recipes I went with this one since it was easy.



Pizza Dough

Makes: 2 thin-crust or pan pizzas, 8 mini pizzas or 2 calzones

• 2 1/2 to 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 pkg active dry yeast
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup warm water (120F or 130F)
• 2 Tbsp cooking oil or olive oil

1. In a large mixing bowl combine 1 1/4 cups of the four, the yeast, ans salt; add warm water and oil. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed for 30 seconds, scraping bowl. Beat on high speed for 3 minutes. Using a wooden spoon, stir in as much of the raining flour as you can.
2. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead in enough remaining flour to make a moderately stiff dough that is smooth ans elastic (6-8 minutes total). Divide dough in half. Cover; let rest for 10 minutes. I made 2 12 inch pizzas. I used half the dough one night for the pizza below and saved the other half in the refrigerator to make a regular pepperoni pizza a few days later. You can also freeze the other half of the dough for another time.
   
   

BBQ Chicken Pizza

• 2 Tbsp olive oil
• 1/2 red onion
• 1 jalapeno, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano
• 1 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup yellow mustard
• 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp white vinegar
• 1 rotisserie chicken, skin discarded, meat removed and chopped
• 1/2 cup cheddar cheese
• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese
  

1. Preheat over to 425F degrees. Prepare pizza dough above, roll out dough for one pizza into a 13 inch circle. Build up edges slightly; prick dough with fork. Bake about 10 minutes or until lightly brown.
2. In a pot over medium heat add the olive oil, onions, jalapenos, salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the onions are tender, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic, paprika, thyme, and oregano, then stir well and cook until fragrant. Add the ketchup, mustard Worcestershire sauce, brown sugar and vinegar.
3. Raise the heat to medium-high and simmer, while rapidly stirring, until everything is blended and smooth. Lower the heat to a simmer and add the chopped chicken. Stir to coat the chicken, then remove from the heat and let cool slightly.
4. Leaving a 1-inch border pour the BBQ chicken and sauce evenly over the crust. Top with cheddar, Parmesan and mozzarella. Bake about 10 minutes more or until bubbly and cheese is melted.
   
   

Game Day Dip

With Super Bowl XLV fast approaching I'm starting to think about all the great food to eat and what I'm going to make. I like football although I'm more of a college football fan, but that doesn't stop me from looking forward to the Super Bowl every year. I really look forward to the food more than the game itself. One of my favorite dips to make for games is this Pizza Dip. Ohh it's soo delicious. I love to toast up some French Bread to serve it with, it seriously tastes like a pan-style pizza!!! This is definitely a must try dip!!

Pizza Dip
source: Family Circle

• 1 - 8oz pkg cream cheese, softened
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1/2 tsp dried parsley
• 1/4 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp Italian seasoning
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese
• 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup pizza sauce
• 1/2 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 can sliced black olives
• 4 oz pepperoni, chopped
• 1 can sliced mushrooms

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, mix together the cream cheese, oregano, parsley, basil, and Italian seasoning. Spread mixture on the bottom of a 9-inch pie plate or shallow baking dish.
2. Sprinkle 1/2 cup mozzarella and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese on top of the cream cheese mixture. Then cover with the pizza sauce.
3. Top with remaining cheeses and your favorite pizza toppings, I like to add pepperoni, green peppers, olives and mushrooms. Refrigerator over night. This is BEST made the night before, but can be serve the same day.
4. Bake 350 degrees for about 20 minutes, you can also microwave for 5 minutes if you would like. Serve Hot!!
5. Serve with French bread, Triscuits, tortilla chips, bagel chips, bread sticks, or whatever you like. For the French bread, cut into 1-inch pieces and spread onto a baking sheet. Then drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and toast for about 15 minutes.

Buffalo Style Pizza

We love pizza in our household. We usually have it once a week, whether we order one from a restaurant or just pop in a frozen pizza into the oven. But I've started to really enjoy making our own pizza. It actually can be even faster than order it and waiting for it to be delivered! Especially if using a pre-made pizza crust (which I love making things semi-homemade). So the other night I made Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza. I love buffalo chicken sandwich's, salads, wraps and wings, so of course this was delicious!! I'm not a fan of blue cheese and always substituted ranch dressing and that's exactly what I did here too.


I'm so disappointed I don't have a picture for this. When I went to upload my picture somehow they all erased from my camera instead!!! AHH! And I had some good photos of this pizza too.....mouthwatering good.




Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza

• 3 chicken breasts, cooked and cubed
• 2 Tbsp butter, melted
• 2 oz. of your favorite hot sauce or wing sauce
• Blue Cheese or Ranch salad dressing
• 1 prepared pizza crust
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees
2. In a medium bowl combine cooked chicken, melted butter and hot sauce; mix well.
3. Spread a fair amount of salad dressing, then top with chicken mixture and mozzarella cheese (I used both mozzarella and cheddar).
4. Bake for about 10 minutes or until crust is lightly golden brown and cheese is bubbly.

Semi-Homemade Pizza

I'm finally all caught up on my most recent recipes for my new blog...for now anyways. So back to baking this week! We love pizza and we eat it pretty often in our house. I've been wanting to make my own all from scratch, so to start I made a semi-homemade pizza before I made the entire thing from scratch.

Ingredients

• Pre-made pizza crust
• 4 oz pizza sauce
• Italian sausage
• mushrooms
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese
• pepperoni

I bought a 2 pack of Deli-catessen Pizza & Focaccia Crusts thin style so I could made 2 pizzas. Making my own semi-homemade pizza took less time them just putting a pre-made pizza in the oven that usually takes 18 minutes to bake. My pizza took less than 5 minutes to prepare and only 10 minutes to bake. Next time a REAL HOMEMADE pizza crust!