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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Cholula Chicken Pizza

You might remember me telling you about receiving some Cholula hot sauce samples(**) recently - or you might not - either way, this week I will be featuring a couple recipes that use this delicious hot sauce.  The first one being this simple little beauty:  Cholula Chicken Pizza.  It's simple.. it's spicy... it's perfect for a weeknight meal.  And no worries if you don't want to grill this, you can easily throw it in the oven, it's completely up to you.  I also simplified this by using naan again, but feel free to use actual pizza dough.

Cholula Chicken Pizza
Created by Jenn's Food Journey
- Serves 2 -
Printable Recipe 
Ingredients:
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
1 Tablespoon plain Green yogurt
1 Tablespoon original Cholula hot sauce
3 naan flatbreads
1 yellow sweet pepper, chopped
12 cherry tomatoes, quartered
shredded mozzarella cheese (however much you want to us..I used between 1-2 cups)
For the pizza sauce -
1 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 Tablespoon tomato paste
1 garlic clove, finely minced
1/4 teaspoon each:  basil, fennel, and oregano
1/8 teaspoon each:  salt, cayenne pepper, granulated sugar, and allspice
1 Tablespoon original Cholula hot sauce

Directions:
Mix together 1 tablespoon yogurt and 1 tablespoon Cholula until well combined.  Spread over both sides of the chicken.  Wrap in plastic and place in refrigerator for 2 hours.  Cook chicken in pan or on grill.  Cut or shred into small pieces; set aside.

Meanwhile, in a saucepan over medium heat, add all the ingredients for the pizza sauce.  Bring to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for 8 minutes; stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat and allow to cool.

Preheat grill to 375 degrees.  Place the naan over the fire and grill until golden brown on one side - about 3-5 minutes.  Carefully remove from grill.  Spread the sauce over the already grilled side of the naan.  Top with chicken, peppers, tomatoes, and finally the cheese (you can drizzle some more Cholula over the pizzas if you want at this time).  Place pizzas back on the grill and make sure to close the lid.  Grill another 4-5 minutes or until the cheese has melted.  If it's not yet melted and your naan is done, move the pizzas to indirect heat, shut the lid and continue to grill until cheese melts.  Carefully remove from grill.  Slice and enjoy!

One Year Ago:  Grilled Chicken with Mustard Tarragon Sauce
(**The opinions and thoughts on the Cholula products are that of Jenn's Food Journey.  I was not compensated at all for these reviews/recipes**)

10 comments:

Big Dude said...

Very nice - I like the hot sauce/yogurt marinade.

StephenC said...

Where has the tilapia tootsie gone? LOL Nice pizza idea. We could certainly do something like this in our oven.

Cranberry Morning said...

I've never heard of this hot sauce before, but then I hadn't heard of Sriracha before reading your blog.lol
We're having chicken pizza tonight. Guess ours will have to be without the cholula sauce. :-((

Mary said...

Oh. My. Cholula Chicken Pizza? Wow. This sounds awesome. My tastebuds might not survive it, but my oldest son would probably think it was the coolest thing ever.

Pam said...

I really need to try grilling pizza. This one looks tasty and spicy - yum!

Meg Luby said...

wow, grilled pizza! how fun! and how great a concept... this looks WONDERFUL!
thanks so much for sharing :)
love you and your blog!
-meg
@ http://clutzycooking.blogspot.com

Unknown said...

what a lovely meal. I heard and seen many of these grilled pizzas. I must give it a go sometime. yum.

Yenta Mary said...

OMG, it's almost 11 o'clock, the Tigers just lost AGAIN, and this looks like the perfect - absolute PERFECT! - almost midnight snack ... :)

Chris said...

Trevor would love this...since I got our Cholula 4 pack he has been loving hot sauce. Spaghetti, tacos, eggs...you name it.

Candace said...

Cholula would be good on anything, I think! I love that you've used it on Pizza. I've got to try that!