Chicken Curry Pizza Recipe

Make one 12 inch or two 8 inch pizza topped with curried chicken

You may elect to make your own Pizza crust , buy a frozen crust or Naan. If you are using frozen crust or frozen Naan, make sure they are fully thawed out.

Ingredients

1. Pizza Crust 12": 1

2. Curry Pizza sauce : ½ Cup

3 Chicken topping

Skinless boneless Chicken breast: 8 oz

Vegetable oil: 1 Tablespoon

Cumin powder: 1/8 teaspoon

Cayenne pepper: 1/8 teaspoon

Salt: 1/8 teaspoon

4. Fresh onion diced ¼": ¼ cup

5. Fresh Green bell pepper diced ¼": ½ cup

6. Paneer crumbled: 4 oz

7. Fresh Serrano: 1 finely chopped. Remove seeds and white membrane to reduce heat.

8. Vegetable oil for basting collar of the crust

9. Corn meal: for dusting pizza peel

Method

Chicken topping

1. Boil chicken breast in water. When water comes to a boil. Turn it to medium. Cook covered for 20 minutes. Drain. Chicken breast will be white inside.

2. Cut chicken into ¼ to ½" pieces. The next step to sauté in spices is totally an option. I only do it for some of the clients.

3. Heat oil in a pan. Add chicken and spices. Sauté about 2 minutes. Let it cool.

Assemble Pizza

1. Apply basting oil to the outer rim (collar) of the crust about ¾" wide.

2. Spread the Curry pizza sauce evenly using a spatula.

3. Scatter Chicken breast, onions, green peppers, and Serrano evenly on top of the sauce.

4. Scatter Paneer.

Bake

1. Place the pizza stone on the lower shelf of the oven

2. Pre-heat oven to 450º F for about 40 minutes.

3. Scatter corn meal on the Pizza peel.

4. Put the assemble pizza crust on the pizza peel.

5. Transfer the pizza from the peel to the stone by shaking the peel. The corn meal will aid in transferring the pizza crust.

6. If you are using par-baked pizza crust or par-baked Naan, bake for 8 minutes. If you are using fresh pizza dough, bake for 10 minutes.

7. Use pizza peel to remove the pizza, and transfer to serving pan.

8. Use Pizza Cutter, when the pizza is still hot (just baked).

Notes

1. You may use left over chicken curry. Make sure it has no bones or skin. Drain off as much moisture as possible. Chop it to about ½". Chopped Tandoori chicken is very good.

2. You may soak Paneer in lightly salted water to add flavor for about 10 minutes. Drain and use paper towel to dry before crumbling it.

3. If you want melted cheese, substitute Paneer with Mozzarella cheese. You may also use a combination of Paneer and Mozzarella cheese.