Chicken and Chourico Pizza

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

This recipe for a pizza topped with Portuguese hot chourico sausage, chicken, red onion, and banana peppers uses a pre-made pizza dough.

Ingredients

2 teaspoons olive oil
2 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves - cut into small chunks
flour for dusting
1 (13 2/5 ounce) package room-temperature fresh pizza dough
1 cup tomato sauce
1 tablespoon olive oil
5 cloves garlic, minced
1 1/2 tablespoons Italian seasoning
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1/2 link Portuguese hot chourico sausage - halved lengthwise and sliced into thin half moons
1/4 red onion, sliced thin
1/4 cup banana pepper rings
1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella & cheddar pizza cheese
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese

Directions

1 Preheat an oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Prepare a pizza pan with olive oil and flour.
2 Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook the chicken in the hot oil until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 5 to 10 minutes. Set aside.
3 Dust a flat working surface with flour. Roll the pizza dough out to the size of your pizza pan. Place dough on the prepared pan.
4 Stir the tomato sauce, 1 tablespoon olive oil, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl; spread evenly over the surface of the dough. Scatter, in order, the chicken, chourico, red onion, banana peppers, pizza cheese, and Parmesan over the tomato sauce mixture.
5 Bake in the preheated oven on the middle rack until the cheese is lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Switch the oven setting to broil and cook another 5 minutes.