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Madam Benoit

Monday, August 29, 2011

Thai Chicken Pizza

This pizza is always a favorite of mine when I go to California Pizza Kitchen. Turns out, it's  just as good at home. This last time I made this I used whole wheat pizza dough and I found that it is much better with the regular dough.  Make sure you don't overdue it on the sauce as it tends to overpower the pizza and can make the dough a bit soggy ( which will be even worse if you use ww dough.) Use a pizza stone if you have one, that is next on my shopping list! Enjoy.


Ingredients for Sauce


1/2 cup peanut butter 
1/2 cup hoisin sauce
1/4 cup honey
1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
2 garlic cloves minced
2 tablespoons sesame oil
2 Tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon sriracha (or hot chili sauce)
1 Tablespoon oyster sauce
1 Tablespoon fish sauce
1/2 cup boiling water



Ingredients for Pizza


1 1/2 cup cooked chicken cut into pieces
1/4 cup red pepper diced
1/4 cup carrots shredded
1/4 cup mung beans
1/4 cup green onions chopped
cilantro
limes
8 oz. Monterey Jack or Mozzarella cheese

1/2 cup chopped peanuts
pre made pizza dough




Directions


Preheat oven to 500 F.


Whisk all the sauce ingredients except for the water together in a bowl. Once combined, put the sauce in a saucepan and heat through. Add a little water until the sauce is a consistency you want. 
Divide the sauce in half and add chicken to one of the sauces. 
Roll out pizza dough. Spread some sauce over dough then add chicken, cheese and veggies. Leave off cilantro and limes until pizza is cooked.
Bake 10 -15 minutes until cheese is bubbly and crust is golden brown, adding peanuts the last 5 minutes of cooking time.
Squeeze lime over pizza and garnish with cilantro. 



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