Thai Pizza

Ingredients

Peanut Sauce

  • 1 (13.5 ounce) can coconut milk, light or regular
  • 3-4 tablespoons red curry paste (see note)
  • 1 cup natural unsweetened creamy peanut butter (see note)
  • 3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
  • ¼ cup sugar or honey
  • 2 tablespoons white vinegar or rice vinegar
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ teaspoon sesame oil

For the Pizza

  • 2 chicken breasts cut into cubes (or sub chick’n)
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 4 green onions, slivered diagonally
  • 1/2 cup bean sprouts
  • 1/3 cup match-stick cut carrots
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

  1. Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat to 500 degrees (or as high as your oven will go).
  2. To make Peanut Sauce, whisk together all the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring often so it doesn’t scorch, for 2-3 minutes.
  3. Let the sauce cool slightly. Transfer it to a container or jar, cover, and keep in the refrigerator for several weeks.
  4. Heat olive oil in a nonstick pan and cook chicken until no longer pink, about 5 minutes. Place chicken in a bowl and toss with half of the peanut sauce.
  5. Make pizza dough. Divide dough in half and shape each into a 9-inch round.
  6. Coat a pizza peel lightly with cornmeal and place one pizza dough round on top. Spread 1/4 cup of sauce evenly on dough.
  7. Cover sauce with 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese.
  8. Place half the chicken on top of the cheese followed by half the green onions, carrots, and bean sprouts.
  9. Top with 1/4 cup mozzarella and half of the peanuts.
  10. Transfer pizza to pizza stone and bake 8 to 10 minutes, until crust is golden.
  11. Sprinkle with cilantro and serve. Repeat for second pizza.