Buffalo Chicken and Mozzarella Pizza
Hand kneaded pizza dough topped with saucy Buffalo chicken, onions, mushrooms, green pepper, mozzarella, and blue cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 recipe Hand Kneaded Pizza Dough (recipe below)
- 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
- 1 tbsp. unsalted butter
- 2 whole garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ tsp. each kosher salt and pepper
- ¼ cup hot sauce
- ½ cup ketchup
- 2 tbsp. honey
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup thinly sliced red and green peppers
- ½ cup thinly sliced onions
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- ½ cup blue cheese, crumbled
- ¼ cup basil leaves
Instructions
- Begin by baking the chicken: Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Place the chicken on a foil lined sheet pan. Top with two tablespoons of the butter, the oil, the garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Bake for twenty minutes or until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Let sit for ten minutes and then shred with two forks.
- In a small saucepan, on low heat, melt together the butter, hot sauce, ketchup, and honey. Add the chicken to this and set aside in the refrigerator.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Prick the prepared pizza dough all over with a fork. Bake for ten minutes or until it's light brown. Remove the pizza and spread it with the Buffalo chicken and sauce. Top that with the mozzarella cheese, peppers, onions, and mushrooms. Bake for 17 and remove from the oven, and top with the blue cheese and basil leaves.
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