Thai Peanut Pizza

I have had this pizza at many a restaurant with a few variations, so naturally I wanted to try and make it myself.

Pitas:

Here is a great tutorial on Pita Bread. Or you can use store bought, if you make your own you can make them any size you wish.

This is my modified recipe:

3 cups flour
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Drizzling of honey
1 packet yeast or 2 tsp.
1 1/2 cups warm water
Drizzling of oil

Preheat oven to 400. Mix water, yeast and honey. Let sit about 5 mins. Add flour salt and oil. Mix together, if dough is sticky add more flour. Knead on a floured surface until dough is smooth and elastic. Tear off chunks and form into balls, the amount of balls depends on the size of your pitas. Flatten with hands and roll out to desired size. Bake until pitas puff up or get a bit golden in spots, about 10 mins.

Peanut Sauce:Peanut sauce is another thing that you can buy or make. When it comes to sauces I don’t like to measure. Everyone likes something a little different. A little sweeter, and little thicker, a little spicier so play with your sauce and add your own ingredients. I used this recipe for Peanut Sauce because it was only 5 ingredients that I already had. I tasted it along the way, added spices and thickened with either peanut butter or honey:

My modified recipe:

1/4 Cup honey

1/4 Cup soy sauce

1/4 Cup peanut butter, or more to taste (I used chunky)

Curry chili paste to taste

Sprinkling crushed red pepper

Sprinkling ground ginger

Sprinkling ground black pepper

Sprinkling cayenne pepper

Toppings:Quantities depend on the size or quantity of pizzas you are making so these are rough estimates, also I always seem to put too much on my pizzas, I've never made a pizza I could eat without a fork. If you like yours thinner you can chop up the ingredients finer or use less.

Chicken, cut up into small chunks and sautéed in oil (canned works fine too)

1 can baby corn, chopped

1 can water chestnuts, sliced

A few baby carrots, chopped

A few green onions, sliced

Handful of Peanuts

Mozzarella cheese, shredded, fresh or pearls

Assembly:Start with a happy pita! Since the crust is already baked by the time you put your toppings on the pizza only has to bake until the cheese is melted. I baked my pita right in the pan the pizza was assembled in.

While the pita is getting happy in the oven (or your store bought one is waiting patiently in a pan) sauté chicken in sesame oil (or any oil you like). Spread peanut sauce evenly over pita leaving about ¼ to ½ inch bare around the edges. Add chicken. I mixed all my sliced and chopped veggies together and then just toss them all on at once. Cover with cheese and bake until cheese is melted, and maybe a little brown on top.