BBQ Chicken Pizza Cooked on the BBQ
First off I used a Pampered Chef BBQ Pizza Pan, though I’m sure
you can buy them elsewhere J
A friend of mine had a party and the consultant made the pizza, so how
could I resist? Though I’ve vamped up the recipe and made it my own.
You’re going to have to make your own Pizza Dough. I used
store bought stuff the first time and it didn’t work out, like, at all.
So, here’s the recipe I used for the dough, you’ll want to
make it just before using! It’s a very soft thin crust pizza, and the recipe
makes enough for 2 12inch pizzas!
Pizza Dough
Time: 1hr 30Min
2 ¼ Tsp Fast Active
Yeast (one of those small envelopes is the right amount)
½ Tsp Brown Sugar1 ½ Cups warm water
1 Tsp Salt
2 Tbs Oil (Olive or Vegetable works fine)
3 1/3 Cups All Purpose Flour
In a large bowl (or your mixer, though I did mine by hand)
dissolve the yeast and sugar in the warm water. Let it sit for ten minutes. If
your yeast is alive and healthy it should bubble up or foam a little.
Stir in salt, oil and mix in 2 ½ Cups of your flour. Again
I did this by hand, it was quite sticky. If you use your mixer, with a dough
hook on low speed slowly add the flour, then turn it up to medium and it’s
ready when it pulls away from the sides and forms a ball, you’ll probably end
up using all the flour.
If by hand, once you have the flour mixed in, turn it out on
a clean, floured surface and begin kneading in the last of the flour until the
dough is no long sticky, but soft and springy.
Place into a WELL oiled bowl and cover with a clean dish towel, leaving out a room
temperature to rise for 1 Hour by then it should have doubled in size.
Punch down dough, turn out and form into two balls of equal
sizes, let rest for a few minutes before rolling out.
BBQ Chicken Pizza
Time: hard to say J
Premade dough
Cooked chicken
breast (one breast flattened out slightly makes enough for 2 pizzas.)I cup of Pinapple Tidbits (drain very well or your pizza will be soggy)
I cup of Red Bell pepper-diced
I cup of Red Onion-diced
4 cups of grated cheese (I used old chedder (sharp) and mozzarella)
Approximately 2 cups of your favorite sweet and tangy BBQ Sauce ( I used a DR. Pepper sauce I found on a trip to Radium BC)
While your dough is rising, pre-cook your chicken on the
BBQ, slathering with BBQ sauce. Or used leftover chicken. Cut into bite sized
cubes.
Dice your vegetables, grate your cheese and drain your
pineapples. Grab a cocktail and sit back while you wait for your dough to rise.
Okay, that’s enough drinking...
Pre-heat your BBQ. Crank it up to FULL. Roll out your dough into
a 12 inch round, and place onto your greased (with PAM cooking spray) metal
pizza pan. If your pan as slits in it for air, DO NOT press down!!!! You’re
dough will sink into the crevices, burning it and making it near impossible to
release from the pan. Just lay it down gently, tuck in the sides if you have to
but that’s it. Step away...
Spoon on half of your sauce, or really how every much you
want, keeping in mind you don’t want a soggy pizza. Sprinkle your sauced dough
with your pepper, onion and pineapple. Layer
your chicken and then top with half of the cheese (if you are making two pizzas)
Now you are ready for the BBQ. Place the pizza (in the pan)
directly onto your grill, close the lid and turn down your BBQ to LOW. The
temperature has probably sky rocketed, or is hovering around 500, which is
good. You are more using the residual heat to bake your pizza.
It will only take 3-6 minutes... NO JOKE. Keep an eye on it!
You want the cheese melted, the edges to puff up and turn slightly golden, and
you want the bottom brown and not burnt. You want to check on it half way
through and turn the pan for even cooking if need be.
THIS MIGHT TAKE PRACTISE! I had to make the pizza twice
before I got the cooking down pat. It was a little tricky and I didn’t keep
close enough of an eye on it. You want to peek at it as little as possible to
keep the heat inside, and the lid closed.
But the end result is to die for!! This might be my new
favourite and it costs a lot less than ordering take-out!
6 September 2012 at 21:43
Wow!
You made making BBQ Chicken Pizza seem so simple!
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