Broccoli Chicken Pizza

sbera007's Note:

This was inspired by a broccoli cheese stuffed potato recipe I found, but it seemed to be a little labor intensive, so I decided it would work better as pizza. This is an original "sbera007" creation! We were serving 6 so we let our dough rise so it would spread into a jelly roll pan. If using a store bought dough, I would double the dough. Feel free to half the topping for 4 people and use a single store bought dough. Halving the recipe will alter the cooking time a little bit. (NOTE: I included the time for the dough to rise in the recipe time. This will be different if you use a different pizza crust).

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 pizza crust (I use No-Knead Food Processor Thin Crust Pizza Dough)
• 2 cups broccoli (steamed and chopped)
• ½ lb boneless chicken breast
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• oregano (to taste)
• basil (to taste)
• 15 ounces part-skim ricotta cheese
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese (divided)
• 1 cup cheddar cheese (divided)
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more if you like it hot, less if you don't)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Prepare dough.
3. While dough is rising or sitting, steam broccoli and cook chicken with olive oil, oregano and basil to taste, until no longer pink.
4. Spread the dough into a prepared jelly roll pan.
5. Bake for about ten minutes.
6. Meanwhile, chop cooled chicken into small chunks and chop steamed broccoli.
7. Combine chicken, Ricotta cheese, broccoli, 1/2 cup Mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup Cheddar cheese, dry mustard, and crushed red pepper.
8. Remove crust from oven.
9. Spread with ricotta mixture.
10. Top with remaining cheese.
11. Cook until cheese is browned (10 to 15 minutes).

Reviews

[Chef #815575]

Awesome! I keep snacking on this as I make the second pizza! So quick and easy! I cooked the chicken in the crock pot with the spices and shredded it yesterday (I like to crock pot a lot of chicken and separate it for multiple recipies); used one bag of Green Giant Steamers because they seem to be all flowers and chopped perfect for this recipe (prepared as directed on the bag); also used two tubes of Pillsbury thin pizza crust (cooked one pizza at a time). My only addition was a tsp of minced garlic to the topping. I split the topping between the two crusts and it worked perfect. I gave my kids (4 and 7) a bite after the first pizza popped out of the oven and they are already begging for more! Definitely a winner.