Thai Chicken Pizza

This pizza was a recipe inspired by the California Pizza Kitchen. Most of the asian ingredients can be found at Walmart or Meijer. I prefer to shop at AMKO on the corner or Springfield and 1^st. The prices are usually lower and they have more selection. For the dough you can make the Backwoods Pizza Dough recipe or you could purchase it from you favorite pizza shop. Most pizzerias will sell you their dough in portions for 1 or 2 dollars. I know for a fact that Antonio’s on green will sell you their dough.

Serving Size: 1 large pizza or 2 small pizzas

Spicy peanut sauce
¼ C. peanut butter-add up to a ½ cup for a sweeter more nutty taste.
½ C. hoisin sauce-can be found in most supermarkets in the Asian aisle
1 Tbsp. honey
2 tsp. red wine vinegar
2 tsp. minced ginger
2 Tbsp. roasted sesame oil
2 tsp. soy sauce
1 tsp. Vietnamese chili sauce (or dried chili flakes)-Any hot Asian pepper sauce would work
1 Tbsp. oyster sauce-found in most supermarkets
2 Tbsp. water

Thai chicken pieces
1 Tbsp. olive oil
10 oz. boneless/skinless chicken beast, cut into 3/4-inch cubes

Pizza
make pizza dough (use your own recipe or use Backwoods Pizza Dough)
cornmeal for handling
2 C. shredded mozzarella cheese
4 green onions chopped
½ C. white bean sprouts
¼ C. shredded carrots-can be bought this way

Chopped, roasted peanuts
2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro
½ bag broccoli slaw

>Preparation:
THAI PEANUT SAUCE: Combine sauce ingredients in a small pan over med. heat. Bring the sauce to a boil; boil gently for one minute. Set aside. THAI CHICKEN: Cook the chicken in olive oil over med-high heat, stirring, until just cooked; 5 to 6 minutes do not overcook. Set aside in refrigerator until chilled through. Once chilled, coat the chicken with sauce. Set aside in refrigerator. PIZZA: Use a large spoon to spread sauce evenly over pizza dough within the rim. Cover sauce with 3/4c cheese. Distribute half the chicken pieces over the cheese followed by half the green onions, bean sprouts, and carrots, respectively. Sprinkle an additional 1/4c cheese over the toppings and top the pizza with 1T chopped peanuts. Transfer the pizza to oven; bake at 350° until crisp and golden and the cheese is bubbly, 10-12 minutes. When cooked through, remove pizza from oven. Sprinkle chopped cilantro over the pizza

Repeat with remaining ingredients for a second pizza.