CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN ORIGINAL BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA

CALIFORNIA PIZZA KITCHEN ORIGINAL BBQ CHICKEN PIZZA image

Yield 2 as an entree

Number Of Ingredients 16

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Ingredients

The Crust
1/3 cup plus 1 tablespoon warm water (105 degrees to 115 degrees F
3/4 teaspoon yeast
1 teaspoon sugar
1 cup bread flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 tablespoon olive oil
or commercial pizza dough or 1 10-inch unbaked commercial pizza crust
The Topping
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast half
1/2 cup Bullseye Original barbecue sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
1 cup shredded mozzarella
1/2 cup grated Gouda cheese (smoked if you can find it)
1/2 cup sliced red onion
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh cilantro

Steps:

1. Homemade crust: start 1 day before. In small bowl or measuring cup dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. Let it sit for 5 min. until the surface of the mixture turns foamy. (If it doesn't foam either yeast was too old/dead or water was too hot) Sift together flour and salt in a medium bowl. Make a depression in flour and pour in the olive oil and yeast mixture. Use a fork to stir liquid, gradually drawing more flour as you stir, until all ingredients are combined. When you can no longer stir with a fork, use your hands to form dough into a ball. Knead dough with the heels of your hands on a lightly floured surface for 10 min., or until texture of dough is smooth. Form dough back into a ball, coat it lightly with oil, and place it into a clean bowl covered with plastic wrap. Keep bowl in warm place for about 2 hours to allow the dough to double in size. Punch down dough and put it back into the covered bowl and into your refrigerator overnight. Take dough from the refrigerator 1 to 2 hours before you plan to build pizza so that dough can warm up to room temp. 2. Cut chicken breast into bite-size cubes and marinate with 1/4 cup of barbecue sauce in refrigerator for at least 2 hrs. 3. When chicken has marinated, preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Heat a small frying pan with 1.5 teaspoons of oil in it. Saute chicken in pan for about 3 to 4 minutes or until done. 4. Form dough into a ball and roll out on a floored surface until very thin and 10 inches in diameter. Put pizza crust onto a baking sheet/pizza pan, and spread remaining 1/4 cup of barbecue sauce evenly over the pizza crust. 5. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the mozzarella and all of the Gouda cheese over the sauce. 6. Add the chicken next, then the red onion, then the mozzarella, then cilantro. 7. Bake the pizza for 10 to 12 min or until the crust is light brown.