California Pizza Kitchen Thai Chicken Pizza

This is another delicious pizza that originated at the California Pizza kitchen. Love it!!!

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 2 pizzas

Ingredients

• Spicy peanut sauce

• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 1⁄2 cup hoisin sauce
• 1  tablespoon honey
• 2  teaspoons red wine vinegar
• 2  teaspoons  minced ginger (or more if you wish)
• 2  minced garlic cloves
• 2  tablespoons  toasted sesame oil
• 2  teaspoons soy sauce
• 1  teaspoon  vietnamese chili sauce (or dried chili flakes)
• 1  tablespoon oyster sauce
• 2  tablespoons water

• Thai chicken pieces

• 1  tablespoon olive oil
• 10  ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3/4 inch cubes

• For the pizza

• 1  pizza dough, use your own recipe
•  cornmeal or  flour, for handling
• 2  cups  shredded mozzarella cheese
• 4  scallions, slivered diagonally
• 1⁄2 cup  white bean sprouts
• 1⁄4 cup  shredded carrot
• 2  tablespoons  chopped roasted peanuts
• 2  tablespoons  chopped fresh cilantro

Directions

1. Combine sauce ingredients in a small pan over medium heat.
2. Bring the sauce to a boil; boil gently for one minute.
3. Divide into 2 portions for use on chicken and pizza; set aside.
4. To make Thai chicken: Cook the chicken in olive oil over med-high heat, stirring, until just cooked; 5 to 6 minutes do not overcook.
5. Set aside in refrigerator until chilled through.
6. Once chilled, coat the chicken with 1/4 cup sauce.
7. Set aside in refrigerator.
8. To make the pizza: Use a large spoon to spread 1/4 cup sauce evenly over pizza dough within the rim.
9. Cover sauce with 3/4 cup cheese.
10. Distribute half the chicken pieces over the cheese followed by half the green onions, bean sprouts, and carrots, respectively.
11. Sprinkle an additional 1/4cup cheese over the toppings and top the pizza with 1 TBSP chopped peanuts.
12. Transfer the pizza to oven; bake until crisp and golden and the cheese is bubbly, 9 to 10 minute.
13. When cooked through, remove pizza from oven.
14. Sprinkle 1TBSP chopped cilantro over the hot cheesy surface.
15. Repeat with remaining ingredients for a second pizza.