Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken Pizza.. mmm. :)
So, all summer, I’ve been racking up a bunch of different recipes I want to try. To be honest, I’m getting a little tired of baking desserts (this is only temporary, I promise). I decided to finally stray a little, and do some savory baking. My first experiment? Pizza, from complete scratch!
I got the recipe for super easy pizza dough from Smitten Kitchen (of course). This is an amazing recipe that I think is a must-keep-for-the-rest-of-my-life.
My favorite thing about making pizza is that once you’ve got the dough down, you can do whatever you’d like. So, I did.
Last summer, I fell in love with a Papa John’s “signature” pizza: Hawaiian Barbecue Chicken. This became my inspiration for my first homemade pizza.
I made two 9” diameter pizzas packed with green bell peppers, red onions, marinated chicken, fresh pineapple, and pepperjack cheese. The crust was perfectly delicious; it wasn’t too thick, too thin, too chewy, or too crunchy.
Another thing I love about making homemade pizza is that it’s so much less oily than pizzas you buy (frozen, ready-to-bake, or made-to-order). Actually, I’m not even sure why they add so much oil. Another great thing about homemade pizza? How absolutely fresh everything tastes. Yum. :)
The pizza ended up being a hearty and delicious success. I’ll definitely be keeping this recipe!
Btw, this picture doesn’t really do the pizza any justice. We were so busy devouring every last bit of it that we forgot to take some decent pictures. Haha.
