Pizza at home is easy and delicious! The types of pizza you can construct is almost infinite, but pretty much all pizza have a crust, a sauce, a cheese, and a topping, that's it!
I have a long list of pizza favourites, but the one that disappears the fastest is my BBQ chicken pizza.
This recipe really just has 4 parts: homemade dough, sauce, chicken, and shredded mozzarella. I make my own sauce and filling, but you can easily substitute with bottled sauce and cooked chicken. I prefer chicken thighs because they have lots of flavour and stand up to hot ovens far better than white meat.
Let's make BBQ chicken Pizza!
Pizza Dough - makes 1 large pizza
350g strong flour
50ml warm water (105 degrees F)
200 ml warm water (105 degrees F) (250 ml water total)
7g (1.5 tsp) yeast
2 tsp sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp olive oil
In a small bowl combine the yeast and sugar. Add 50ml of warm (105 F) water, stir and set aside for 5 minutes, or until frothy.
Stir flour and salt in a large bowl until well mixed. Add remaining 200 ml water, yeast mixture and 1tbsp olive oil. Stir with a wooden spoon till well combined.
Roll out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for at least 5 minutes. Spray bowl lightly with non-stick spray, and place the dough ball, cover with cling film, and place in a warm spot until doubled, about 1 hour.
Chicken
3-4 chicken thighs (or drumsticks)
1 small onion
2 medium carrots
water
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
3 tbsp BBQ sauce (for chicken)
Sauce and cheese
1/3 cup BBQ sauce (for pizza sauce)
1 cup mozarella cheese
Add 2 tsp oil to a saucepan, set temp to medium high. Season chicken with salt and pepper and add skin side down. Cook for 5 minutes, and turn over. Coarsely chop onion and carrot and add to pan. Add enough water to nearly cover the chicken. season with salt and pepper to taste, cover, and reduce heat to medium low. Simmer for 20 minutes.
Remove chicken and let cool for 15 minutes. The broth can be saved as stock, but my family usually drink it like it's the cure, along with the carrots!
Chop to 1 cm size pieces and combine with 3 tbsp of the BBQ sauce.
Assembly
Spread out 1/3 cup BBQ sauce evenly onto dough. Add 1/2 cup grated mozarella cheese.
Bake at 425 F for 8 minutes. Remove from oven and add chopped chicken pieces evenly over pizza. Add remaining cheese. (in the photo below, I ran out of cheese) Bake for 5 more minutes. The bottom of the crust should be golden brown.
Let cool 10 minutes before slicing.
What's your favourite pizza?
Share your thoughts in the comments!
Happy eating!
