Chicken and Basil Calzones

We added some extra garlic (because we garlic), and we thought it needed a little more sauce (which we served on the side). We also thought it was a little too much basil (but I didn't measure very carefully so that could be why). The kids loved this too!

Personally found it amazing. Though, both my boyfriend and I found that it could use some more sauce. Also, I didn't use ground chicken, I used chicken breast instead since we can't get ground chicken around here. Only thing I would do to it is add more sauce and more chicken. I put 3 garlic cloves instead of 2 and added onion powder and black pepper. Was still pretty good.

Has some potential, but as the recipe stands it was bland. Needs more sauce for sure and then it could stand some addition flavors, possibly from some veggies. Husband and I bith thought it was only OK.

If you found yourself reading this recipe and thinking, hmmm, sounds pretty bland, but all these 5-star ratings, I must be missing something...you're not. It's pretty bland. But, still gets 3 stars, because it's a good template for a better calzone - next time I will substitute 3/4# chicken italian sausage for the 1# ground chicken (there was too much meat), increase the sauce to 1 cup and the cheese to 3 oz, and I think we'll have a winner! If you do go with ground meat instead of sausage, definitely double the garlic, add some onion, salt (depending on how much is in the sauce you're using), pepper and italian seasoning to the browning meat.

Very delicious! I used ground turkey and added a dash more red pepper than the recipe called for. These don't taste light at all. They were gobbled up in minutes. Just don't form your calzones on your preheated oven or the dough will melt! Step-by-step photos on my blog: http://me-myself-and-pie.blogspot.com/2010/02/turkey-basil-calzones.html