Rachel Ray: Chicken Parm Pizza

I have discovered a new family favorite, it is a Rachel Ray recipe called Chicken Parm Pizza, if you want to print it out just click the link, but mine is better because I love to cook with pictures to assist and that's what I try to do when I post a recipe.

(Missing is the chicken, it was already in the pan when I remembered to take the photo.)

Ingredients
1 store bought pizza dough (best place to get it is at the publix bakery)
Cornmeal or flour, for dough
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil (2 turns of the pan plus a drizzle)
1 pound ground chicken (Yuck! I used regular chick breast and cut them up)
3 cloves garlic, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
Salt and pepper
Handful flat-leaf parsley, chopped
Couple pinches crushed red pepper flakes
Couple pinches dried oregano
1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
1 cup grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (They were out so I bought a cheese with an equally hard double-name and it was great)
1 1/2 cups shredded provolone (Not my fav so I meant to use mozzarella but picked up swiss by mistake and it was still good with swiss)
5 to 6 leaves basil, torn or shredded (HA! misread as "BAY LEAF" so that is what you see in the final picture but don't worry bc I took them off before we dug in, I was not about to eat a bay leaf.)

Step 1: roll out your pizza dough, using flour or cornmeal so help the stickiness. Roll to about a 14" circle, I just went for the size of my pizza stone.

Step 2: Drizzle with olive oil and poke holes in it randomly, then bake at 425 for 10 min.

Step 3: Sprinkle half of each cheese all over the pizza after it is done baking for the initial 10 minutes. I felt like half was too much so I just eyed it.

Step 4: In a deep pan combine the chicken pieces, olive oil, onion, garlic, season with salt and pepper. Cook on medium heat.

Step 5: Cook until it looks like you like it, and the chicken is fully cooked.

Step 6: Add tomato sauce, parsley, red pepper flakes, and oregano to the chicken mixture and cook together for 5 to 6 minutes. Heat the sauce through.

Step 7: Pour chicken mixture over the cheese covered dough, spread it around evenly, and add both of your cheeses evenly to the top.

Step 8: Return to oven and bake 10-12 minutes until bubbly and golden.

Step 9: Top the finished product with BASIL (NOT BAY LEAVES), cut and serve.

Stuart is quoted as saying "This puts anything Mellow Mushroom could make to shame." By the way Mellow Mushroom is his most favorite restraunt! So it was quite the complement. Also it combined 2 of his favorite foods, pizza and chicken parmesan.

It's all about presentation!!!