BBQ Chicken Pizza!

I'm starting to realize that I really can't cook with out certain foods: Bacon, BBQ sauce, Buffalo sauce and I'm sure some other things I am forgetting!

I knew I had a package of chicken breast that I was going to use for dinner... but I wanted to do something different with it. Then the idea of bbq chicken pizza popped in my head! It could not be easier...

You will need:

1 ball of pizza dough (get it from pizzeria!)

2 boneless skinless chicken breasts

1/2 red onion sliced

a good amount of BBQ sauce

shredded mozzarella

chunk of smoked gouda
handful of cilantro leaves, chopped

*Preheat oven to 475

Let the ball of dough rest in a bowl with a light coating of olive oil all over it while you prep everything else.

Slice the red onion on your trusty mandolin - make it a thin slice, but not too thin!

Chunk up the two pieces of chicken - about bit sized is good.

Season the chicken with some salt and pepper - then coat the chicken with a small amount of cooking spray. Brown the chicken slightly in a frying pan until it is fully cooked. Then set aside in a bowl with 1/4 cup BBQ sauce.

Deglaze the frying pan with some more BBQ sauce - about another 1/4 cup. Use a spoon to scrape all the brown bits off the pan. This will help for easier clean-up, and add more flavor to the BBQ sauce! Then put this sauce in the bowl with chicken.

On a floured surface, stretch out the dough. If you are smart... you'd have a pizza stone! But since I am not smart, I just used a cookie sheet. When the dough is the right size for your needs, spread a little cornmeal on the cooking surface (cookie sheet here). This adds some extra texture to the crust and helps in removal. Use a fork to prick the dough all over - this will eliminate huge bubbles in the dough as it cooks. We want a thin crust for this pizza.

Cover the dough in more BBQ sauce - a thin layer is good because the chicken already has a lot on it. Then spread the chunks of chicken all over and onion slices.