Friday, March 2, 2012

Homemade Barbecue Chicken Pizza

I am still missing my camera cord so no pictures yet.  But two night ago I made homemade Barbecue Chicken Pizza.  Here is a dough recipe that I have used several times and really like:

Jay's Signature Pizza Crust (found at allrecipes.com)

  • 2 1/4 teaspoons active dry yeast
  • 1/2 teaspoon brown sugar ( I have also used honey in place of the brown sugar and it works well)
  • 1 1/2 cups warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, dissolve the yeast and brown sugar in the water, and let sit for 10 minutes.
  2. Stir the salt and oil into the yeast solution. Mix in 2 1/2 cups of the flour.
  3. Turn dough out onto a clean, well floured surface, and knead in more flour until the dough is no longer sticky. Place the dough into a well oiled bowl, and cover with a cloth. Let the dough rise until double; this should take about 1 hour. Punch down the dough, and form a tight ball. Allow the dough to relax for a minute before rolling out. Use for your favorite pizza recipe.
  4. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). If you are baking the dough on a pizza stone, you may place your toppings on the dough, and bake immediately. If you are baking your pizza in a pan, lightly oil the pan, and let the dough rise for 15 or 20 minutes before topping and baking it.
  5. Bake pizza in preheated oven, until the cheese and crust are golden brown, about 15 to 20 minutes.

I plan to try a gluten free pizza crust this month and I recently found another recipe which uses amaranth which is very yummy.  Let me know if you are interested in the recipes.  So after I made the dough I rolled it out on a piece of parchment paper and then spread barbecue sauce on top of the dough then cheese, cooked shredded chicken, chopped red onion,  chopped cilantro and I also really like pinneaple  with it too.  I then transferred the pizza and the parchment onto a pizza stone that had been heating in the oven and I cooked it at 425 for 20 minutes.  It was very yummy!!  The one thing that you have to remember when making pizza dough is to give yourself plenty of time for the rising of the dough.  You can even make the dough in the morning, let it rise and then put it in the fridge until you are ready to roll out the dough.  I also found out recently that you can make several pizza crust, roll them all out, precook the dough just a little then freeze the crust as is til you are ready to use it.  This is a great way to have homemade pizza anytime you want.:)    

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