California Pizza Kitchens Thai Chicken Pizza Recipe

California Pizza Kitchen�s Thai Chicken Pizza Recipe

Ingredients:

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup warm water
1 tbsp. honey
2 tsps. active dry yeast
1 tsp. salt

Topping

1/2 lb. chicken breast, cut in 1/4-inch strips
1 shredded carrot
3 tbsps. brewed tea
3 1/2 tbsps. peanut butter
2 tbsps. soy sauce
3 tbsps. rice vinegar
1 tbsp. minced ginger
1/2 tsp. sesame oil
1 1/2 tbsp. green onions
2 tsps. chili oil
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
2 tsps. honey
2 tbsps. toasted sesame seeds
1/4 cup chopped cilantro

Directions:

To make dough: Inside a bowl, mix together honey and warm water and be sure to incorporate them well. Then sprinkle yeast on water and be sure to stir the mixture so that it will dissolve. Allow the yeasty mixture to rest for about 5 mins. or just until a foamy layer appears on its surface.

In a bowl, mix together salt and flour then form a small well in the middle of flour & salt mixture then add in olive oil & yeast mixture.

Flour should be stirred into wet ingredients just until flour has been totally incorporated into it. If quite dry then add some water.

Lightly flour a surface and place your dough on it then start kneading for about 15 mins. or just until dough appears elastic and smooth.

Form dough in balls and place inside a large well greased bowl. Then cover it with damp cloth or towl and allow to rise in any warm area just until dough has doubled in size (usually 1.5 hrs.).

To make topping: Mix together peanut butter, tea, rice vinegar, soy sauce, chili oil, ginger, honey and sesame oil inside a blender.

Blend them until they are smooth then set it aside. In a skillet, saut� the strips of chicken that have been seasoned with some salt and red pepper in about 2 tbsps. olive oil just until they are done (7mins.).

The strips of chicken should then be coated in about 2 tbsps. of peanut sauce and refrigerate. Punch down dough and cut in two equal parts. Each half of dough should then be rolled out in 9-inch flat circles.

Evenly spread out 1/4 cup of peanut sauce on individual pizza crusts and distribute half of shredded cheese on top your sauce and repeat this procedure on other pizza dough as well.

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Arrange half of cooked chicken on top shredded cheese and do the same with the other pizza.

Put the assembled pizzas inside your oven (atop pizza stones) for 8 to 10 mins then bake them until the crust has turned crisp and mozzarella cheese bubbles. Take the cooked pizzas out of your oven then sprinkle them with cilantros and carrots