Chicken and Chourico Pizza
My mom always made pizza with chourico growing up and I loved it. I have redone it and added more protein - chicken! I love homemade pizza.
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- Serves: 1 person
Ingredients
- 2teaspoons olive oil
- 2skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into small chunks
- flour for dusting
- 1(13.4 ounce) package room-temperature fresh pizza dough
- 1cup tomato sauce
- 1tablespoon olive oil
- 5cloves garlic, minced
- 1½ tablespoons Italian seasoning
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ½link Portuguese hot chourico sausage - halved lengthwise and sliced into thin half moons
- ¼red onion, sliced thin
- ¼cup banana pepper rings
- 1(8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella & cheddar pizza cheese
- 2tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
Step 1
Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Prepare a pizza pan with olive oil and flour.Step 2
Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the chicken in the hot oil until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside.Step 3
Dust a flat working surface with flour. Roll the pizza dough out to the size of your pizza pan. Place dough on the prepared pan.Step 4
Stir the tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl; spread evenly over the surface of the dough. Scatter, in order, the chicken, chourico, red onion, banana peppers, pizza cheese, and Parmesan over the tomato sauce mixture.Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack until the cheese is lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Switch the oven setting to broil and cook another 5 minutes.