Saturday, February 12, 2011

Garlic Chicken Pizza

Crust:
1 Tbsp Active Dry Yeast
1/2 C Warm water
2 to 2 1/4 cups flour
1 tsp sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp oil

Stir yeast into water until dissolved. Stir in 1 cup flour, sugar, and salt. Add egg and oil: stir until smooth. Add remaining flour to keep dough from sticking. Knead dough about 10 minutes. Return to bowl and grease top.  Cover and let rise in warm place til doubled about 1 hour. Punch down, then spread into one 16 inch or 2 twelve inch pizza pans. Bake 350 for 15 minutes after putting on toppings.

Garlic Sauce
2 Tbl butter
2 Tbl flour
1 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder or 1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 tsp pepper

Heat butter in saucepan over medium heat. If using clove of garlic saute in butter. If not using the clove of garlic, add flour to make roux. Keep stirring so it does not burn. Add milk, salt, pepper, and garlic powder (if that is what your using). Continually stir and heat for 5 minutes. Let cool down for a bit before putting on pizza.

Toppings:
Cooked chicken diced
Tomatoes
Green Onions
Mozzarella Cheese