Description
Make pizza night your favorite night of the week with this fancy pizza combo full of big flavor! This unique pizza combines spicy bold Asian flavors with chicken and fresh vegetables for a whole new take on homemade pizza. Spicy kung pao chicken pizza is the ultimate combination of Italian Asian fusion that your taste buds will love! If you like being adventurous with pizza toppings and you love takeout kung pao chicken, you have to try this fun new pizza combo!
Ingredients
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Kung Pao Sauce
- 1/2 cup Low Sodium Soy Sauce
- 2 tbsp Peanut Butter
- 2 tbsp Rice Wine Vinegar
- 1 1/2 tbsp Sesame Oil
- 2 tbsp Gochujang
- 2 tbsp Dark Brown Sugar
- 1 tsp Grated Fresh Ginger
- 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
Kung Pao Pizza
- Pizza Dough (homemade or pre-made dough)
- 6 oz Chicken Breast cooked and shredded
- 1/2 Onion sliced
- 1/4 cup Shredded Carrots
- 1/2 Red Bell Pepper diced
- 4 Green Onions chopped
- 3 tbsp Dry Roasted Peanuts chopped
- 1 1/2 cup Mozzarella Cheese
Instructions
Kung Pao Sauce Instructions
- In a medium size bowl, blend all the ingredients with an immersion blender until fully combined. Set aside.
- Makes 1 1/4 cups. You may have extra sauce.
Kung Pao Pizza Instructions
- Pre-heat oven according to pizza dough instructions.
- Cook chicken and shred with a fork once cooked.
- In a small bowl toss cooked chicken with 1/4 cup of the kung pao sauce.
- Slice onions and chop the red pepper and set aside.
- On a lightly floured surface, stretch out pizza dough into a circular shape.
- Spoon the kung pao sauce onto the top of the dough and use the back of the spoon to spread it evenly across the whole thing leaving about an inch of dough exposed along the edges. I usually use 3-4 tablespoons per pizza.
- Add the coated chicken pieces to the top of the kung pao sauce.
- Add onion slices, carrots, red pepper, and peanuts to the top of the pizza.
- Sprinkle shredded mozzarella cheese on top.
- Bake pizza in the preheated oven according to pizza dough instructions or until golden brown and cheese is melted.
- Top with additional green onion and peanuts.
Notes
This is enough to make three 10 inch pizzas. Cooking time will vary based on what type of pizza dough you use and what type of oven you bake it in.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Pizza
- Method: Pizza Oven
- Cuisine: American, Chinese
