Pesto Chicken Pizza Recipe - Cooking Index
Pesto Chicken Pizza Recipe - Cooking Index
| 1/4 cup | 59ml | Fresh pesto sauce - (1/4 to 1/2) |
| 1 cup | 146g / 5.1oz | Grated mozzarella cheese - (more/less to taste) |
| 1 | Chicken breast - baked or grilled, * see below | |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Fresh mushrooms - sliced |
| 1/2 cup | 118ml | Sun-dried tomatoes - (in oil or not) |
| 1 | Pizza dough ball - --or-- | |
| 1 | Pillsbury pizza-crust - from dairy section | |
| 1/3 cup | 78ml | Extra-virgin olive oil - (optional) |
Marinate chicken breast in your favorite Italian-style dressing for several hours. Grill outside until 3/4 done or bake in a 350F oven for 15 minutes. Make sure 1/2 c sun-dried tomatoes are in a 1-c container. Fill container to top with boiling water, set aside for 10-15 minutes. Chop chicken into bite-sized pieces. Cover and set aside. When sun-dried tomatoes have reconstituted, chop coarsely (at least chop each tomato in half, depending on how much tomato you can handle in one bite) Prepare pizza dough. Spread with a decent amount (not light, not heavy) of pesto to 1/3 inch from edge of crust.
You may want to initially brush entire surface of dough liberally with olive oil, depending on your taste. Strategically place chopped chicken and sun-dried tomatoes over surface of pesto. Sprinkle half of the mushrooms on top of all this. Cover with cheese. Sprinkle remaining mushrooms on surface of cheese. Bake at 375 until crust is golden and cheese is bubbly and hinting at turning golden. Do not initially over-bake chicken, or you will have bite-sized pieces of leather on your pizza. I know, I got "gourmet" pizza last night suffering from this affliction.
Source:
huntataustin.metrowerks.com (Eric Hunt)
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