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- From: bsc835!ehunt@uunet.uu.net (Eric Hunt)
- Subject: Pesto Chicken Pizza
- Message-ID: <QQwwcy19964.199406271700@relay3.UU.NET>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jul 1994 03:03:35 GMT
-
- A friend and I made this last night, from his memory, and it was simply
- fabulous.
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- Pesto Chicken Pizza
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- 2 md chicken breasts, skinned and boned
- 1/2 c zesty italian salad dressing
- 1/4 c fresh pesto sauce
- 1 md pizza dough round
- 3/4 c sundried tomatoes, not in oil
- 1 c boiling water
- 1/2 c fresh sliced mushrooms (not from a can!)
- enough mozzarella cheese to cover a pizza, about 1 cup
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- Start by combining chicken and zesty italian dressing in a medium bowl.
- Cover and let sit for about 2 hours.
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- Add sundried tomatoes and water, let sit.
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- Grill chicken on broiler in oven, on coals outside, or however you want,
- until the chicken is barely done.
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- When chicken is done, chop into 1-inch by 1/2-inch bite-sized pieces.
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- Roll out pizza dough on a pan that has been dashed with cornmeal.
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- Lightly spoon pesto sauce on top of dough, leaving an edge.
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- Place chicken pieces strategically on the pesto'd pizza dough.
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- Drain sundried tomatoes. Place tomatoes strategically on dough as well.
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- Sprinkle sliced mushrooms over entire pizza.
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- Sprinkle pizza with shredded mozzarella to taste.
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- Bake at 400 until crust is brown and cheese is beginning to turn brown and
- is bubbly.
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- Notes: Kraft Zesty Italian salad dressing used in our preparation. Pillsbury
- refrigerated pizza dough (which makes a rectangular pizza) was used with much
- success. Masochists may make their own. Fresh pesto was prepared, as cook
- is up to his ears in basil from a windowbox herb garden. Mozzarella content
- varies depending on how stringy you like your pizza. Cook claims the pizza
- is a minimalist pizza and that I was stretching things by requesting
- mushrooms. To each his own. I wanted bell peppers and onions, too, but didn't
- bother with them!
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- This is an excellent pizza for those people who love regular pizza but regret
- eating the tomato sauce hours later.
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- Eric Hunt __ ehunt@bsc.edu
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