Monday, May 24, 2010

SPICY CHICKEN PIZZA

Makes one  30cm Pizza

Ingredients:
350g boneless skinless chicken, preferably from the breasts; cut into 2cm pieces
2 tabsp cooking oil
salt and freshly ground back pepper
1 Basic Pizza Dough mix (See previous post)
Chilli Oil for brushing
Tomato sauce
4 tabsp freshly chopped cilantro leaves
75g feta cheese, crumbled

Marinade:

100ml yoghourt
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2.5cm piece fresh ginger root, finely chopped
1/4 tsp chilli powder
1 tsp fennel seeds, crushed
salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

Cover marinade over chicken and leave in refrigerator for at least 4 hours. or overnight.
Heat the oil and stir fry the chicken for 3 minutes. Roll out the dough to a 30cm diameter circle.Transfer to a greased perforated pizza pan. Brush with chilli oil and spread with the tomato sauce. Sprinkle with 3 tabsp of the cilantro leaves. Top with the chicken, followed by the feta cheese. Drizzle with chilli oil.

Bake in a preheated oven at 240 degrees Celsius for 15-20 minutes. Garnish with remaining cilantro and serve immediately.

Note:

Tomato sauce for pizza (See previous post)

Chilli Oil

Mix 1 tsp chilli powder or 1-2 grounded roasted fresh chillies, with 150ml of good quality olive oil.

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