Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Chicken Alfredo Pizza (like Olive Garden's)



Here's my first attempt at making a Chicken Alfredo Pizza like Olive Garden's. It was pretty good! I'd probably use plain chicken instead of rotisserie seasoned next time, but other than that, it's pretty close!


Dough: Use the California Pizza Kitchen Dough recipe below.
When mixing flour, sugar, and salt together, add 1/4 tsp dried rosemary and 1/4 tsp garlic powder

Sauce: I started by using "Better than Olive Gardens Alfredo Sauce" recipe I found on Recipezaar.com. It looked really good! But it had mozzarella cheese in it and it curdled the whole thing! So, I redid it and made it my own:

Alfredo Sauce

Ingredients:
1/2 cup salted butter
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 cups milk
1/4 cup flour
3 Tbsp cornstarch
1/4 tsp white pepper
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
3/4 cup grated mozzarella cheese

Directions:
1. Melt butter in medium saucepan over medium/low heat.
2. In a bowl, combine milk, cornstarch, and flour. Whisk until smooth. Add the milk, garlic, and white pepper to the melted butter and bring mixture to a simmer.
3. Stir often.
4. Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth.

Chicken:
Ingredients:
4 oz chicken from a rotisserie chicken
1/4 cup flour
olive oil
2-3 cloves of minced garlic

Directions:
1. Heat some olive oil up in a skillet and cook the chicken until done and browned on both sides. About 2 minutes before the chicken is done, add the garlic to the pan and cook along side with the chicken. Remove and shred or cut into small pieces. (I just cooked the pre-cooked chicken with the garlic for a minute or two).

Assembling the Pizza
Ingredients:
8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup chopped green onions
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Directions:
Spread the Alfredo sauce on the pizza crust. Top with the chicken, sprinkle with 2-3 cloves minced garlic, then top with mozzarella and Parmesan cheese. Sprinkle top with green onions.

Bake about 7 to 8 minutes or until cheese is melted and bubbly.

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