Chicken Pizza

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Photo: Johnny Autry; Styling: Mary Clayton Carl
Hands-on Time
40 Mins
Total Time
1 Hour
Yield
Serves 6 (serving size: 2 slices)
By Julianna Grimes
January 2012
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

Forget delivery! Serve homemade Chicken Pizza instead. Chicken, sweet Italian sausage, cremini mushrooms, fontina cheese, and sliced red bell pepper are just a few of the ingredients we used to dress this dish up.

Ingredients

  • 1 (12-ounce) portion fresh pizza dough
  • 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 2 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cubed
  • 1 (4-ounce) link sweet Italian sausage, casing removed
  • 1/4 cup vertically sliced onion
  • 4 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh garlic
  • 2 teaspoons cornmeal
  • 4 ounces fontina cheese, shredded
  • 1 red bell pepper, seeded and sliced
  • 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
  • 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 414
  • Fat 19.4g
  • Satfat 5.8g
  • Monofat 7g
  • Polyfat 2.6g
  • Protein 25.9g
  • Carbohydrate 33.9g
  • Fiber 1.9g
  • Cholesterol 64mg
  • Iron 2.9mg
  • Sodium 641mg
  • Calcium 154mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Let dough rest, covered, at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 450°.

Step 3

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 1/2 teaspoons oil, chicken, and sausage; sauté 5 minutes. Remove mixture from pan. Add 1 tablespoon oil to pan; swirl. Add onion, mushrooms, and garlic; sauté 5 minutes, stirring constantly.

Step 4

Punch dough down. Sprinkle a baking sheet with cornmeal. Roll dough out to a 14-inch circle on baking sheet. Brush dough with 1 tablespoon oil; sprinkle with 2 ounces cheese. Arrange chicken mixture, vegetable mixture, and bell pepper over cheese, leaving a 1/4-inch border. Top with remaining cheese and crushed red pepper. Bake at 450° for 20 minutes or until golden. Sprinkle with herbs. Cut into slices.

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Ratings & Reviews

Diva54's Review

Diva54
February 24, 2014
Not a review but a comment. Cooking Light, please provide nutritional data (calories) for your recipes. Sometimes, they do not seem so "light". Thanks

twiggyann's Review

lynnjr
April 16, 2013
I really enjoyed this pizza from the January 2012 issue of Cooking Light. I made it just as the recipe said even though I wasn't at all sure that there would be enough cheese. Happily, that fear was unfounded. I will definitely make this again. The only thing I will do differently in the future is to spice the chicken more when I cook it, probably with cumin and chili powder, because the chicken it rather bland.

ktleyed's Review

ktleyed
January 19, 2013
This was an amazing pizza, the name doesn't do it justice! Everyone loved it!

NattiCee's Review

kdoggg
December 17, 2012
N/A

lynnjr's Review

twiggyann
August 08, 2012
I agree with the previous reviewer. This was an outstanding pizza but I added sauce as well. I also skipped the chicken and added extra turkey sausage. Delish!

kdoggg's Review

NattiCee
January 15, 2012
Really loved this chicken pizza recipe! A great combination of ingredients. I tweaked it by adding some homemade tomato sauce because I don't really believe in pizza without sauce.