Many of us love flavored juicy pizza. For lovers of traditional Italian cuisine, we offer to complement your cookbook with a delicious and uncomplicated recipe. In this article, you will learn the barbecue pizza recipe.
Essential Products
For the test:
- 1 teaspoon of dry yeast.
- 2 cups of flour.
- 1 cup of water.
- 1.5-2 tablespoons of olive oil.
- Half a tablespoon of salt.
For filling:
- 2 chilled chicken breasts.
- 165 ml of barbecue sauce (the method of cooking at home is below in the article).
- 350 grams of hard cheese (mozzarella or parmesan).
- 2 red onions.
- A bunch of fresh cilantro.
Make the dough
Of course, you can buy ready-made dough - the recipe for homemade pizza "Barbecue" does not give restrictions, but no one will cook it better than you yourself. Moreover, the cooking process will take no more than two hours.
Dissolve the yeast in 1/2 cup of warm water, add 1 teaspoon of flour and let stand for a couple of minutes.
In a deep bowl, mix the flour with salt, gradually add the remaining half a glass of water and beat with a mixer for several minutes.
Pour olive oil slowly into the dough, mix at a low speed with a mixer.
Pour in the yeast and remove with your hands or a special nozzle until a uniform sticky mass is formed.
Cover the finished dough with a plastic cover or a thick towel and set aside for 60-120 minutes.
Main part
The main time when cooking pizza "BBQ Chicken" according to the recipe takes the thermal processing of meat. To start, heat the oven to 200 degrees. Grate chicken breasts with salt, add barbecue sauce and put in the oven for half an hour in a heat-resistant dish.
After this, get the chicken, lightly pour the sauce and let it brew for 15 minutes. At this time, you can chop the other ingredients of the filling. Halve the onions into thin half rings, grate the cheese or cut into thin slices. Cut chicken into small cubes.
Grease a baking sheet with butter and roll a dough on it with a thin layer. Salt the dough and sprinkle with olive oil, sprinkle with cheese, put chopped chicken cubes and onion half rings. Sprinkle a little sauce on top and sprinkle with plenty of cheese.
Put in the oven, preheated to 250 degrees, and cook for a quarter of an hour. As soon as the golden crust appears - the pizza is ready. Transfer the hot dish to a plate and sprinkle with crushed greens to taste. Enjoy your meal!
Cooking barbecue sauce at home
The sauce is traditionally used in America for cooking meat and grilled sausages. In Russia, ketchup is an analogue of hot sauce. If you have enough free time, then you can make the sauce yourself for the BBQ pizza recipe. The taste of Italian dishes will become more refined and piquant.
To make the sauce you will need:
- 0.5 kg of tomatoes;
- 0.4 kg of bell pepper;
- 4 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tablespoons of soy sauce;
- 3 teaspoons of honey;
- 1/2 lemon
- 1 teaspoon of hot tomato sauce;
- 0.5 teaspoon black pepper;
- 0.5 teaspoon nutmeg;
- 0.5 teaspoon cardamom;
- 0.5 teaspoon of cloves;
- 0.5 teaspoon of salt;
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon.
How to make a recipe for barbecue pizza sauce:
- Bake tomatoes and peppers in the oven for 40 minutes at 180 degrees.
- Peel the cooled vegetables and send to the blender along with garlic.
- Add lemon juice, honey, soy and spicy sauces. Beat, add the remaining spices, mix thoroughly again until smooth.
- Pour the finished mass into clean jars and put in the refrigerator for 6 hours.
A rich aromatic barbecue sauce can be added not only to pizza: meat in the oven, barbecue and chicken wings will gain a new taste.
Now you know how to make a barbecue pizza recipe at home and how to make a sauce for a classic Italian dish. Enjoy your meal!