Rachael Ray's Chicken Parm Pizza

Submitted by Juenessa

"This is such a versatile pizza to make. Instead of ground chicken, you can use diced up chicken breasts; instead of shredded provolone you can use shredded mozzarella. Make as recipe states, or use what you have in the frig--it's a great weeknight meal that can be made in a jiffy."

 

• Ready In: 37mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 pizza crust (store bought pizza dough)
• cornmeal or flour, for dough
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (2 turns of the pan plus a drizzle)
• 1 lb ground chicken
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 1 small onion, chopped
• salt
• pepper
• 1⁄4 cup fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
• 2 pinches crushed red pepper flakes
• 2 pinches dried oregano
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese
• 1 1⁄2 cups shredded provolone cheese
• 5 -6 leaves fresh basil (torn or shredded)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 425°F.
2. Coat hands and work surface with a little cornmeal or flour.
3. Using your hand or a rolling pin, form a 14-inch round pizza.
4. Place pizza on a baking sheet or pizza stone and poke the top with a few holes.
5. Drizzle a little bit of extra-virgin olive oil down over the dough and place in oven.
6. Bake 10 minutes.
7. Meanwhile, heat a deep skillet over medium-high heat with 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil.
8. Add meat and break it up with a wooden spoon.
9. To browned meat, add garlic and onions, then season with salt and pepper.
10. Cook together 5 to 6 minutes then add parsley, red pepper flakes, oregano and the tomatoes to the pan.
11. Heat the sauce through.
12. Remove pizza from oven after 10 minutes and top with sauce and cheeses.
13. Return to oven and bake until golden and bubbly, another 10 to 12 minutes.
14. Top the pizza with basil, cut and serve.

Reviews

[Michael W.]

Made this with just one change. .instead of tomato sauce, I used chunky blue cheese dressing for the sauce and chopped rotisserie chicken..very good..

 

[rosslare]

Very tasty pizza, I used diced chicken.

 

[cmleerkes]

This was so great! It inspired me to fina a good chicken parm sub that was still healthy.

 

[Chef Drea]

Great recipe! I used bilobi pizza crust (I've tried the regular crust and whole wheat - both were great). I didn't have fresh herbs on hand, so I used dried parsley and basil. I used already minced garlic. I couldn't find shredded provolone by itself so I used provolone and mozzarella one time and another time I used a mixture of cheese which was just called pizza cheese. This was very easy to make and very good!

 

[cookiedog]

YUM-O! This was really good and very easy to throw together. I used a combination of provolone and mozarrella and used half the amount of parm. I loved the fresh basil on top. This pizza will please the whole family!