Thai Chicken Pizza with Peanut Sauce
 
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Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 1 lb. whole wheat pizza dough
  • cornmeal
  • 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lb. boneless, skinless chicken breast, chopped into bite-sized pieces
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
  • 2 tsp. fresh ginger, grated
  • ⅓ cup natural peanut butter
  • ¼ cup water
  • 2 tbsp. rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp. sweet Asian chili sauce
  • 1 tbsp. sesame oil
  • 1 tsp. crushed red pepper (more or less to taste)
  • 1 red bell pepper, cut into thin strips
  • 1 yellow bell pepper, cut into thin strips
  • ⅓ cup shredded carrot
  • ½ cup part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • ⅓ cup cilantro, chopped.
Instructions
  1. Pull the pizza dough from the refrigerator and let rise and come to room temperature at least an hour before making the pizza.
  2. Pre-heat the oven to 400 degrees.
  3. Lightly flour your prep surface with corn meal and roll out the pizza dough to ⅓ inch thick.
  4. Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and place the rolled out pizza dough on top of the foil.
  5. Pre-bake crust for 7 minutes.
  6. While the crust is pre-baking, heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add chicken and cook through and no pink remains.
  7. Remove crust when completed and keep warm.
  8. Add garlic and ginger and cook and stir for 1-2 minutes.
  9. Add peanut butter, water, rice vinegar, chili sauce, sesame oil, crushed red pepper. Stir to combine.
  10. Add bell peppers and carrot, cook for 2-3 minutes or until the vegetables are crisp-tender.
  11. Spoon chicken, vegetable and peanut sauce mixture onto the pre-baked crust, leaving a ½ inch border.
  12. Sprinkle cheese over top and then cilantro.
  13. Bake for about 10 minutes further or until the crust is golden brown.
  14. Slice and enjoy!!
Recipe by Becky's Best Bites at https://beckysbestbites.com/thai-chicken-pizza-with-peanut-sauce/