Thai Chicken Pizza
 
 
Makes 2 pizzas
Ingredients
Pizza dough:
  • 3¾ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons sea salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon active dry yeast
  • 1½ cups water
Peanut sauce:
  • ½ cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice (see notes*)
  • 1 teaspoon light brown sugar
  • 1" piece fresh ginger, peeled and minced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • ½ teaspoon dried chili flakes
Topping:
  • 2 cups diced cooked chicken
  • 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • shredded carrots
  • thinly sliced green onions
  • fresh cilantro
  • roasted peanuts
  • lime zest (optional)
Instructions
Make the pizza dough:
  1. In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt and yeast.
  2. Add water to the flour mixture, stirring everything until it comes together to form a shaggy ball. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and allow it to rise at room temperature for 18-20 hours.
  3. Flour a work surface and scrape out the dough. Divide it into 2 equal parts. Gently and quickly shape each piece into a ball by taking the ends of the dough and folding them into the middle; place seam side down on your work surface. If you don't plan to use the dough right away, wrap the balls individually in plastic wrap and refrigerate for up to 3 days. When ready to use, remove the dough from the refrigerator and let sit at room temperature, covered with a damp cloth, for 2-3 hours before shaping.
Prepare the peanut sauce:
  1. In a small bowl, combine all the sauce ingredients; whisk until smooth. Add water, if necessary, to thin out sauce.
Make and bake the pizzas:
  1. Adjust oven rack to the second-highest position and place Baking Steel on rack. Preheat oven to 500 degrees for approximately 45 minutes. (See notes**)
  2. Stretch out one ball of dough to the desired shape and thickness and place on a floured pizza peel (or inverted baking sheet). If the dough is resisting, let it sit for about 5 minutes.
  3. Spread half of peanut sauce over the dough in an even layer all the way to the edges.
  4. Top with 1 cup chicken and 1 cup mozzarella cheese.
  5. Slide the pizza onto the Baking Steel and bake for 8-9 minutes or until crust is golden and cheese is melted. Broil for 1-2 minutes to brown top, if desired.
  6. Remove from the oven and top with carrots, green onions, cilantro, peanuts and lime zest, if using.
  7. Repeat with second ball of dough.
Notes
*For extra flavor, use a microplane or fine grater to remove the zest from the lime before you juice it. Set aside until ready to garnish baked pizzas.
**If you don't have a Baking Steel, you can prepare and cook the pizzas on a baking sheet. Preheat oven to 450 degrees and bake pizzas for about 18 minutes or until crust is golden.
Recipe by Two of a Kind at http://www.twoofakindcooks.com/thai-chicken-pizza/