Name: Chicken Pesto Pizza
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: Italian Stromboli Dough; 1 lb. chicken tenders; 3/4 cup Italian dressing; salt; 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded; corn meal; Pesto:; 1 cup basil leaves; 1/2 tsp garlic; 1/4 cup parmesan cheese; 1/8 tsp pepper; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 Tbsp pine nuts; 1/2 cup olive oil

1
Preheat pizza stone in 475 degree oven. (Pizza stone was placed on the bottom baking rack.)
2
Put the chicken into a medium size bowl and cover it with the Italian dressing. Refrigerate for an hour.
3
Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the chicken to the pan and sprinkle with salt. Cook until no longer pink and then remove and slice into small chunks.
4
In a food processor combine all of the pesto ingredients and blend until it is well mixed.
5
Sprinkle a pizza paddle with corn meal and stretch the dough out into a circle. Using a brush spread out the pesto onto the dough leaving about a 1/2 inch from the side untouched.
6
Place the chicken pieces all over the pizza followed by the mozzarella cheese.
7
Slide the pizza from the paddle onto the stone and cook for 13-15 minutes and then broil for 1 minute.

Chicken Pesto Pizza

How did you like this recipe?