Thai chicken pizza

Thai chicken pizza – flat bread, loaded with crunchy toppings, fresh herbs, and bursting with vibrant Thai flavors.

Italian food concept + Thai flavors = Thai chicken pizza! As the saying goes, this can only happen in America! 🙂  I love the cosmopolitan spirit in the US culinary world – who cares if we mix and match flavors from different cultures, without rules, but simply following our creative foodie urges?!  If it tastes good, by all means make it – no matter what cultural mish-mash it is! And if it tastes amazing – it surely finds its place here on the blog.  As does this Thai chicken pizza inspired by California Pizza Kitchen.

After we had it for my daughter’s birthday a few months ago, I’ve attempted to recreate it at home.  This is the version we all love, and I am so happy to share the love with you today.

It’s a quick pizza, since I’m using lavash bread instead of making a real pizza dough. You can substitute with naan bread, or flour tortilla, or any other flat bread you like. This hack saves time, and if you love thin-crust pizza, you will appreciate the quick and easy alternative. And in this particular recipe, it’s really all about the toppings anyways, so no need to sweat about the dough. The pizza is bursting with vibrant spicy Thai flavors, crunchy veggies, fresh herbs and nuts.

The key flavor comes from the peanut sauce. It’s sweet, spicy, a little tangy, with flavors of garlic, hot pepper, ginger, sesame, coconut and mostly peanuts of course.  I like to make the sauce in advance, and use leftover grilled chicken, so on the day I make the pizza it all comes together in 15-20 minutes.

Even if you don’t have some of the ingredients prepped up in advance, it will still be a quick meal to make, and one that kids will request time and again!  If you have leftover sauce, and chicken, you can make a Thai wrap the next day using the same ingredients, plus shredded cabbage, and minus the cheese.  Or, throw them into a Thai salad.  All winning recipes.

For another quick, Asian-inspired recipe, check out these spiced ground turkey lettuce wraps.

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Thai chicken pizza

Prep Time

25 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

35 mins

 

This Thai chicken pizza is loaded with crunchy toppings, fresh herbs, and bursting with vibrant Thai flavors.

Course: Main Dish

Servings: 18 pieces

Calories: 218 kcal

Author: Viktoria

Ingredients

For the peanut sauce:

• 1 cup dry roasted peanuts
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup coconut milk
• 3 Tbs soy sauce
• 2 Tbs sesame oil
• 2 Tbs rice vinegar
• 1 1/2 Tbs coconut sugar
• 3 garlic cloves, smashed
• 1-inch piece ginger, grated
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper

For the pizza:

• 3 pieces of Lavash flat bread (12 x 9", or substitute with naan bread, flour tortillas,or other flat bread of choice)
• 3 cups shredded Mozarella cheese
• 2 chicken breasts (or 3-4 cups of pre-cooked chicken, cut into small pieces)
• 1 1/2 cup peanut sauce (1/2 cup per pizza)
• 1 red pepper, sliced thinly
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 1/4 cup red onion, sliced thinly
• a handful of chopped scallions
• a handful of bean sprouts
• chopped fresh cilantro and Thai basil
• roasted, salted peanuts
• crushed red pepper flakes (optional)

Instructions

To make the peanut sauce:

1. Place all ingredients in a food processor, and blend until smooth. Taste, and adjust the

   spices to your liking. Alternatively, replace dry peanuts with 1/2 cup of peanut butter,

   and mix by hand.

To prepare the chicken:

1. Cut 2 chicken breasts into small pieces, and quickly saute them in olive oil, salt and pepper (3-4 minutes). If you have left over grilled/cooked chicken, use 3-4 cups of that in place.

2. Mix the cooked chicken with 3/4 cup of the peanut sauce, and set aside.

Assemble the pizza:

1. Preheat oven to 400° F.

2. Spread about 1/4 cup of peanut sauce on each piece of Lavash bread.

3. Top with 1 cup of shredded cheese, and 1 cup of the chicken.

4. Arrange the chopped red pepper, onions, bean sprouts and carrots on top.

5. Add crushed red pepper flakes for more heat (optional).

6. Bake for 10-15 minutes.

7. Serve topped with lots of chopped cilantro, and Thai basil, more fresh chopped scallions, and roasted peanuts.