Chicken and Basil Pizza

Yesterday, the Simmering Seoulmate and I were craving a nice homemade pizza. We had some red onion, red peppers and fresh basil left in the refrigerator, so we decided to combine them. The basil was a lucky find from a small grocery store at D-Cube in Sindorim. I’ve added it to pasta dishes and really enjoyed it. Fresh herbs are hard to come by in my area, so I’d hate to see them go to waste. We also found fennel! I can’t wait to make one of our favorite sausage and fennel pasta dishes soon.

I hope you are having a great month and enjoying some cooler weather. This pizza is easy and delicious. Enjoy!

Ingredients
1 ball of pizza dough (I used this recipe from Bobby Flay which makes enough dough for 2 pizzas)
1/4 cup tomato sauce
2 cups shredded pizza cheese
2 chicken breasts cooked and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
1/2 red onion cut into thin slices

1 roasted red pepper finely chopped
handful of fresh basil

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 ̊F (200 ̊C). Roll out your dough and place it in your desired pan. Spread tomato sauce over the dough. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the pizza. Add red onion and roasted red pepper. Spoon the chicken over the pizza. Cook pizza for about 25 minutes. Add the fresh basil leaves after the pizza is removed from the oven.

Makes 1 pizza.

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

What do when you've bought a 3.78 liter jug of Franks Red Hot? Buffalo all the things!!! Besides making classic buffalo wings and chicken fingers, the Seoulmate and I decided to make a buffalo chicken pizza. 

After a long day yesterday, which included a baseball game, and dinner and drinks with friends, it was nice to relax today and cook a delightful meal at home. Surprisingly, the Simmering Seoulmate and I work extremely well together in the kitchen. We divide up the tasks and try to clean as we cook, in order to avoid a daunting mess at the end and to have available space to work in our tiny Korean kitchen. 

This pizza was super simple to make and dinner came together quite quickly. We enjoyed our slices with a nice side of broccoli, but I think it might have gone better with a nice crisp salad to balance out the spiciness of the pizza.

Ingredients

2 large chicken breasts
3/4 cup Franks Red Hot sauce
2 tbsp butter
2 cups shredded pizza cheese
1/2 of a red onion finely chopped
Italian seasoning

1 ball of pizza dough

Directions
Preheat oven to 400 ̊ F (200 ̊ C). Cut chicken into 1 inch cubes and cook in a pan over medium high heat with a little olive oil and a dash of salt and pepper.  While the chicken is cooking, prep your pan and add the dough.  Next, create your buffalo sauce. Melt the butter and stir it into the hot sauce. Pour about a 1/4 of the buffalo sauce onto the pizza crust. Sprinkle the cheese over and add red onion. Add all but about 2 tbsp of the remaining buffalo sauce to the chicken, and fold so the chicken so it is nicely coated with sauce. Spoon the chicken over the pizza and drizzle what’s left of the buffalo sauce across the top of your pizza. Cook pizza for about 25 minutes and enjoy! This pizza is quite spicy so make sure you’ve got a nice glass of something to wash it down.

Makes 1 pizza.

White Chicken and Spinach Pizza

I Love Pizza.

Seriously, though who doesn't? One of my former kindergarten students was literally the only person I'd ever met who didn't like pizza and I was both shocked and applauded. To be fair the kid was 6. He'll change his mind. 

Throw chicken, onions, and sooooooo much garlic into a pan and cook.

While that was cooking, I chopped up some delicious fresh spinach.

Then, my lovely go to guy, rolled out the pizza dough, because he's so much better at it.

Now, assemble!

 

Pop in the oven for 10ish minutes and then resist the urge to eat immediately.

Ingredients

2 chicken breasts (chopped into small pieces)
5 cloves of garlic minced
1/2 small onion chopped
sprinkle of salt and pepper
1 cup of fresh spinach chopped
1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese (or more if you love cheese!!)
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 tsp of dried basil
sprinkle of Italian seasoning
sprinkle of cayenne pepper
1 ball of pizza dough (homemade or prepacked)

Preheat oven to 475   ̊F or 220   ̊C. Toss chicken, onions, salt/pepper, and garlic in a pan with a drizzle of olive oil and cook over medium heat. Once chicken is cooked through, remove from the heat and set aside. Roll out your pizza dough and brush the olive oil across the top of your crust. Next, spread your chicken mixture evenly across the top of the pizza. Sprinkle the dried basil on top. After that, spread the chopped spinach over top. Finally, sprinkle your cheese across the top. Place the pizza into the oven about 9 - 11 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly and golden brown around the edges.

Serve it up with a little parmesan, or hot sauce for extra seasoning.

Makes one pizza.