Growing up, my mother always prepared chourico-topped pizza, which I adored. I revamped it and added chicken for additional protein! I enjoy making my own pizza.
| Prep Time: | 25 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 55 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 1 large pizza |
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves – cut into small chunks
- flour for dusting
- 1 (13.4 ounce) package room-temperature fresh pizza dough
- 1 cup tomato sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ tablespoons Italian seasoning
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ½ link Portuguese hot chourico sausage – halved lengthwise and sliced into thin half moons
- ¼ red onion, sliced thin
- ¼ cup banana pepper rings
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella & cheddar pizza cheese
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Prepare a pizza pan with olive oil and flour.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 323 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 30 g |
| Cholesterol | 41 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 19 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 745 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
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Used tofu instead of chicken and italian sausage, hate me for doing it but I only write cause it my help a vegetarian reading out there :-). Anyway, the pizza was delicious!
Great pizza, our only change was to use canned chicken to save time. We will definitely make this again!
This was delicious! I used my own whole wheat crust and omitted the banana peppers because I had none – added a little chopped red bell pepper and a few mushrooms I needed to use up. The addition of chicken makes this a very hearty, meaty pizza, and I love that unmistakeable chourico flavor and the garlicky sauce. Thanks, Raquel!
Hey Raquel. It is a great recipe, and I wanted the opportunity to explain myself. I just realized you saw the website, and haven’t heard what I do on the radio. You know my email, so feel free to email me as soon as possible to we can rectify this situation. Scott