Homemade Pizza Dinner

BBQ Chicken Pizza

Last nights yummy dinner. BBQ Chicken pizza for parents and pepperoni for the kids.
Everyone's happy!

BBQ Chicken Pizza

1 loaf Frozen bread dough or pizza crust mix

1/2 cup bbq sauce

3 cooked chicken breasts, cubed or shredded

3 garlic cloves, minced
red onion, sliced
red and/or green peppers, sliced
Jack and Cheddar cheese, shredded
cilantro, chopped

Place frozen loaf of bread dough in a large resealable bag sprayed with non-stick cooking spray. Allow to thaw to room temperature and rise. Preheat oven to 400°. Roll out dough on baking stone. Snip edges of dough with scissors to form scalloped edge. Spread a thin layer of bbq sauce over dough. Mix cooked chicken with bbq sauce and garlic; sprinkle chicken mixture over dough. Top with  peppers, onions, cheese and parsley. Bake for 20 minutes or until edges are golden brown. Serves 6.

Pepperoni Pizza

Traditional Pizza Sauce

4 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

4 fresh garlic cloves, minced

1/2 cup onion, grated with box grater

1 can tomato sauce (15 oz.)

2 tsp oregano, dried

2 tsp basil, dried

1/2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

4 Tbsp tomato paste

In a medium saucepan, sauté garlic and onions in olive oil until tender. Add seasonings and continue cooking a few more minutes. Stir in tomato sauce, and then tomato paste. Simmer on low for about 10 minutes. Yields about 2 cups of sauce, enough for about 4 pizzas. Freeze leftover sauce in ½ cup servings for future use.

To make pizza, follow steps above using Traditional Pizza Sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella cheese.

Shoyu Chicken

A delicious recipe a good friend passed along to me loaded with flavor.
I think it's a Hawaiian dish or maybe Philippino.

Shoyu Chicken

1 - 1½ lb. chicken, bone in (thighs work well, skinless is fine, but boneless breasts don’t do well in this recipe)

1 cup shoyu (soy sauce)

1 cup sugar (for thicker sauce use ½ c sugar & ½ c brown sugar)

3/4 cup water

garlic, at least 2 cloves minced (jar is ok too)

ginger, to taste 1-2 cloves (or use ground, generous dashes)

chopped green onion

toasted Sesame seeds

Rinse/clean chicken & place in a large pot or pan. Add shoyu, sugar, water, garlic, ginger, & green onion. Bring to a boil. Lower heat & simmer about 45 minutes to an hour. Sprinkle w/ sesame seeds. Serve over steamed rice.

I cheated a little on this one. I only had boneless breasts so I cooked them in the sauce for about 20 minutes and realized that wasn't enough time for the sauce to thicken. I removed the breasts and kept them warm then added a little cornstarch and water mixed together, turned the temperature up and let it reduce and thicken. I thought it was very good with little effort. Enjoy!