It was family night at the lake home of a client of mine, which is an event that she and her family have committed to participating in one night per week. So, for this week's family dinner, she asked me to come give her some pointers and help her brush up on her cooking skills. We decided it would be fun to experiment with a couple of different pizzas. We started with BBQ chicken pizza.
We actually started by making homemade pizza dough, but opted for the easier ready made pizza crust for last night's dinner and froze the pizza dough in four equal servings for use on another night. Starting with three boneless skinless chicken breasts, we seasoned them with salt and pepper and massaged them with a little bit of olive oil. After preheating a gas grill to a med/med high heat we grilled the chicken for approximately 10 minutes per side. Then, we brushed each side with BBQ sauce and let each side caramelize for just a few minutes more. We let the chicken rest for a few minutes before cutting them up into a medium dice.
To assemble the pizza, we brushed the crust with BBQ sauce, topped it with the chicken cubes, slices of fresh mozzarella, shredded cheddar cheese, sliced red onion and a sprink of parmesan cheese. It baked in a 425 degree oven for about 15-20 minutes. Delicious!
Yikes Ricks! How can we call this pizza? Better to leave off the mozzarella and parmesan and go totally non-Italian. Sorry. I just read a post on some beautiful Sardinian flat bread and it awoke the purist in me.
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