Chicken Pizza Recipe, A family favorite recipe which is made by cooking chicken with Indian spices and Italian herbs. Whole wheat pizza dough is stopped with pizza Sauce, spicy chicken filling, Mozzarella Cheese, onion, tomatoes and peppers. Delicious chicken pizza cooked in a cast iron pan to get crispy crust and cheesy golden topping. Learn how to make delicious chicken pizza with photos.
CHICKEN PIZZA
All kids loves pizza. They prefer homemade pizza than any store bought ones. you can make Pizza should have crispy base, soft chewy crust and cheesy on top. make pizza in cast iron pan, there is no turn back.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- About Chicken Pizza
- How to Make Chicken Pizza
- Expert Tips
ABOUT CHICKEN PIZZA
Pizza is one of the most popular and loved food all over the world. Crispy, soft crust, with tomato basil pizza sauce, topped with favorite toppings and sprinkled with generous amount of mozzarella cheese which is baked till cheesy and bubbly. This cheese loaded pizza will be most loved dish from kids to adults.
Perfect pizza should have a crispy base and fluffy chewy interior. pizza is made in microwave oven or stove in home.
HOW TO GET CRISPY CRUST PIZZA
Pizza made in a cast iron pan always turns to be perfect. Pizza starts cooking over stove top in a cast iron pan till the base gets crispy. Finish cooking the pizza under the broil. Broiling pizza for the last 2 minutes on the highest temperature makes the cheese gets Melten, Bubbly, Golden.
Now you have a perfect pizza with crispy crust and cheesy top. This method for making cast iron pan can be made using any pizza dough. You can use whole wheat pizza dough, regular basic pizza dough or no yeast pizza dough.
INGREDIENTS:-
- 1 batch Whole wheat Pizza Dough
- 3 tablespoon Pizza Sauce
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese grated
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
For Chicken Filling
- 2 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 large Onion sliced thinly
- 1 large Tomato chopped finely
- half Bell Peppers or Capsicum sliced thinly
- 1 large boneless Chicken Breast chopped finely
- 1 teaspoon chilly powder or paprika
- 2 teaspoon Garlic powder
- Salt to taste
- 1 teaspoon Dried Oregano
- 1 teaspoon Dried Basil
- 1 teaspoon Red Chilly Flakes
- 1 teaspoon Garam Masala Powder
- 4 tablespoon Pizza Sauce or Tomato Ketchup
- 3 tablespoon Coriander Leaves
For Pizza Toppings
- Onion sliced
- Tomato sliced
- Bell Peppers or Capsicum sliced
- Olives
HOW TO MAKE CHICKEN PIZZA
1. Heat olive oil in a Kadai. Add in sliced onions, tomatoes and chopped bell peppers in the oil. Add some chopped garlic or even ginger garlic paste.
2. Saute onions and tomatoes for 2 to 3 minutes. After raw smell has gone, add in chopped chicken. I used chicken breast which I chopped in to small pieces.
3. Add in salt, chilly powder or paprika and garlic powder in to the chicken. Instead of garlic powder or garlic paste.
4. Saute this spices with the chicken for 2 or 3 minutes till the chicken is tossed in the masala and onion tomato mixture.
5. Cover and cook the chicken for 3 to 4 minutes on low heat. If you use boneless chicken thigh it might take little longer to cook.
6. Now the chicken is cooked completely. If there is any moisture, increase the heat high and evaporate the moisture before adding the spice
Add in dried Oregano, dried basil, red chilly flakes. I added a pinch of garam masala power for Indian taste.
7. Add in some tomato ketchup or pizza sauce.
8. Mix well till the chicken coated with the spicy masala. This mixture has to be thick and masala like.
9. Finally I added some chopped coriander leaves. For variation, add chopped basil leaves as well.
10. This is chicken filling for pizza.
For Making Pizza Dough
11. For this Chicken Pizza and use any pizza dough. use whole wheat pizza dough, regular basis pizza dough or no yeast pizza dough.
Cooking Pizza in Cast Iron Pan
12. For cooking this pizza I am using cast iron dosa pan or pizza pan. you can use cast iron skillet. Place the cast iron pan on stove top, don't heat yet, drizzle olive oil on the cast iron dosa pan.
13. Now place the rolled out pizza base on the greased cast iron dosa pan. Now turn on the heat cook on lowest heat possible. Meanwhile assemble the pizza, Spread some pizza sauce on top of the pizza.
14. Spread the chicken filling over the pizza, sprinkle a generous amount of mozzarella cheese on top the chicken filling. Be generous with the cheese . To cook the pizza on low heat for 5 minutes till the base gets little crispy.
Toppings for Pizza
15. Now for pizza toppings you can use whatever u like. For this type of pizza I like to use slices onions, tomatoes abd chopped bell peppers and sprinkle some olives on top.
Broiling for Pizza
16. Once the base of the pizza gets little crispy on the base, pop it into the preheated oven. The oven is preheated at 250degree C. Place the cast iran dosa pan under the broil and cook for 1 to 2 minutes till the cheese gets bubbly and golden brown.
If you don't have oven. you can continue cooking the pizza in the cast iron dosa pan, but i will suggest you to cover and cook the pizza with a lid and cook on very low heat. The pizza will be cooked in 8 to 10 minutes. By this time, the pizza base will be crispy and top will be cheesy and bubbly.
Serving Pizza
17. Once the pizza comes out of the oven, immediately remove to a cooling rack or cutting board, slice into the wedges and serve hot.
Expert Tips
You can use paneer, mushroom, or mixed vegetables like carrot beans cauliflower instead of chicken for vegetarian.
sliced olives add a wonderful toppings.
Extra sprinkling of red chilly flakes and Oregano .
HOW TO COOK PIZZA WITHOUT OVEN
If you don't have oven. You can continue cooking the pizza in the cast iron dosa pan, But I will suggest you to cover and cook in 8 to 10 minutes. By this time, the pizza base will be crispy and top will be cheesy and bubbly.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 Pizza/Calories: 1140kcal/Carbohydrates: 41g/ Protein : 80g/ Fat: 75g/ Saturated Fat: 22g/ Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g/ Monounsaturated Fat: 40g/ Trans Fat:0.03g/ Cholesterol : 233mg/Sodium: 1556mg/Pottassium:2217mg/Fiber: 11g/ Sugar: 19g/ Vitamin A: 5970 IU/ Vitamin C: 123mg/ Calcium: 722mg/ Iron:6mg
- prepare Time: 10 minutes
- Cooking Time: 20 minutes
- Baking time: 3 minutes
- Serving: 1 pizza
- Calories: 1140kcal
Equipment
- Cast iron skillet or Cast Iron Dosa Pan
- Kadai or Cooking Pot.