Thursday, November 11, 2010

Barbecue Chicken and Mozzarella Pizza With Red Onion

This is a nice easy pizza recipe that can be prepared in less than half an hour. Use your favorite brand and flavor of barbecue sauce to give the pizza your own personal touch. Red onions can be a little harsh, so slice them very thin. Cooking will take some of the bite out of the onion. A white or sweet onion would work well here, as would green onions. Stick to grated, dry mozzarella for best results.

To make it more interesting and flavorful, increase the amount of sliced red onion to 1 cup, slowly caramelize them over very low heat, adding just a touch of water or stock to deglaze the pan, every so often if necessary. Continue cooking until the onions are browned and soft. The slow cooking draws out the natural sugars and adds great flavor. Instead of placing them on the pizza before cooking, add them to the pizza as it rolls out of the oven.

While the recipe just says to cook and dice the chicken breasts, a really nice way to cook it is to grill the chicken. Perhaps throw a couple extra chicken breasts on the grill next time you light up the backyard barbecue and use the chicken the next evening to make pizza. The smoky grilled chicken adds a lot of extra flavor. And the work of preparing the chicken for the pizza is already done.

Barbecue Chicken and Mozzarella Pizza with Red Onion

Ingredients:

1 (12-inch) Pre-Baked Pizza Crust
1 cup Barbecue Sauce
2 Chicken Breasts, cooked, diced
10 ounces Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
1/2 cup Red Onion, thinly sliced
1/2 cup Green Pepper, chopped

Preparation:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
2. Using a spoon, spread the barbecue sauce evenly over the entire crust.
3. Sprinkle over the crust the diced chicken, red onion and green pepper.
4. Sprinkle the mozzarella cheese evenly over the top.
5. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until the mozzarella is melted.

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