California Pizza Kitchen Thai Chicken Pizza
Prep Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 30 mins
Yield: 2 pizzas
Ingredients
· Spicy peanut sauce
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger ( or more if you wish)
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon vietnamese chili sauce ( or dried chili flakes)
- 1 tablespoon oyster sauce
- 2 tablespoons water
Thai chicken pieces
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 10 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
For the pizza
- 1 pizza dough, use your own recipe
- cornmeal or flour, for handling
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 4 scallions, slivered diagonally
- 1/2 cup white bean sprouts
- 1/4 cup shredded carrots
- 2 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Directions
1. Combine sauce ingredients in a small pan over medium heat.
2. Bring the sauce to a boil; boil gently for one minute.
3. Divide into 2 portions for use on chicken and pizza; set aside.
4. To make Thai chicken: Cook the chicken in olive oil over med-high heat, stirring, until just cooked; 5 to 6 minutes do not overcook.
5. Set aside in refrigerator until chilled through.
6. Once chilled, coat the chicken with 1/4 cup sauce.
7. Set aside in refrigerator.
8. To make the pizza: Use a large spoon to spread 1/4 cup sauce evenly over pizza dough within the rim.
9. Cover sauce with 3/4 cup cheese.
10. Distribute half the chicken pieces over the cheese followed by half the green onions, bean sprouts, and carrots, respectively.
11. Sprinkle an additional 1/4cup cheese over the toppings and top the pizza with 1 TBSP chopped peanuts.
12. Transfer the pizza to oven; bake until crisp and golden and the cheese is bubbly, 9 to 10 minute.
13. When cooked through, remove pizza from oven.
14. Sprinkle 1TBSP chopped cilantro over the hot cheesy surface.
15. Repeat with remaining ingredients for a second pizza.