I saw this recipe on an episode of "Down Home with the Neelys" and it looked so wonderful that I had to try it out. I've only made homemade pizza once and it was pretty decent. Granted, I did have a horrible experience with the pizza dough as I tried to roll it out and shape it so that it looked like a pizza crust instead of some horrible science experiment gone wrong. This time, however, I went with a rectangular shaped pizza dough rather than the traditional round because it was so much easier to handle. I just rolled it out onto a cookie sheet and voilà! Also, as usual, I did make a few other variations to this recipe. I used Tyson Oven Roasted Chicken Breast rather than fresh chicken; I used only red grape tomatoes; I added fresh mushrooms and I doubled up on the mozzarella cheese.
*Final Thoughts......Dominos just lost a customer!
Ingredients:
1 (3/4 pound) boneless skinless chicken breast
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons butter 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour, plus more for work surface
1 cup heavy cream 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
1 (16-ounce) ball pizza dough, store-bought
2 cups baby spinach, well washed and dried
1 cup grape tomatoes, red and yellow
1 cup grated mozzarella
Olive oil, for brushing crust
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Adjust racks to the middle of the oven. Put pizza stone in the oven to preheat while you begin the sauce.
Preheat a grill pan over medium heat.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper, to taste. Put the chicken on the grill pan and grill until cooked through. Remove to a cutting board and dice. Set aside.
Melt the butter in a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat. Add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook until fragrant. Add the flour and cook until light blonde in color. Whisk in the cream, reduce the heat to low, and let simmer until thickened, about 2 minutes. Stir in Parmesan and season lightly with salt and pepper, to taste.
Flour your work surface and roll the pizza dough into a 13-inch diameter. Carefully remove the pizza stone from the oven and put the dough on top. Ladle the sauce to cover the bottom of the pizza. Evenly top with the baby spinach, grape tomatoes, grilled chicken and the mozzarella. Brush the edge of the crust with olive oil and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bake the pizza until crisp and golden, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately top with another handful of spinach. Slice and serve.
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