Thai Chicken Pizza

This is one of our Rachael Ray FAVES (though I think our recipe has evolved slightly from her original)!

Thankfully I actually watched the show where she made this pizza and saw how easy it was, because just seeing the long ingredient list would have been enough to keep me from attempting what turned out to be a Wonderful Treat! This is the perfect pizza if you are looking for something totally different- it’s sweet, spicy, savory, fresh and full of flavor! It you are feeling adventurous give it a try, I’ve found it to be quite the crowd pleaser!

Ingredients:

(for pizza)

1 pizza dough

½ cup duck sauce

½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

2 cups shredded monterey jack or provolone cheese

½ red bell pepper thinly sliced

(for chicken)

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 rounded teaspoon peanut butter

2 teaspoons hot sauce

2 teaspoons steak season (montreal steak seasoning- or another that you like)

½ pound thinly sliced chicken (about 4 breast cutlets)

(cucumber garnish- after pizza comes out of the oven)

2 tablespoons honey

2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or cider vinegar

¼ seedless cucumber peeled and cut into matchsticks

( garnish- after pizza comes out of the oven)

1 cup bean sprouts

4 scallions chopped

Directions:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F

Form pizza crust on pizza pan or cookie sheet. Top with duck sauce - spread it around like you would pizza sauce. Sprinkle the pizza with some crushed red pepper flakes then top with cheese and peppers. Bake until golden and bubbly, 15 to 17 minutes.

Preheat a frying pan over medium-high heat. Combine vegetable oil, soy sauce and peanut butter with hot sauce and grill seasoning. Use the microwave to loosen up peanut butter if it is too cold to blend into sauce, 10 seconds ought to do it. Add thinly sliced chicken and coat evenly with mixture. Let stand 10 minutes then pan fry chicken until cooked through.

While chicken cooks, mix honey and vinegar and add the cucumber. Turn to coat evenly.

Top the hot, cooked pizza with chicken, scallions, and sprouts. Drain cucumbers and scatter over the pizza. Enjoy!