Jerk Chicken Pizza
This Jerk Chicken Pizza is bursting with bold flavors. It's sweet, spicy and the perfect way to elevate pizza at home!
Equipment
- Pizza oven or regular oven with pizza stone
- Pizza stone
Ingredients
- 3 cups Bread flour
- 1 1/4 cups warm water
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 pack Instant Dry yeast
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp olive oil
For the chicken
- 2-3 chicken thighs
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp jerk seasoning
- 1 tsp green seasoning optional
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp Badia Complete seasoning
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika
For the sauce
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup Honey BBQ sauce
- 1 tsp Jerk seasoning
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp garlic paste or minced garlic
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/4 tsp fresh thyme
For the pizza
- 4 oz sliced mozzarella
- 1/2 cup thick shredded mozzarella
- 1/2 cup thick shredded Colby Jack
- 2 strips turkey bacon
- 1/2 shallot thinly sliced
- 3 sweet peppers red, orange and yellow
- 2 sprigs green onions diced
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine Instant yeast, 21/2 cups of flour, sugar and salt.
- Pour in the warm water and olive oil, then knead the dough in a stand mixer for 7 minutes. Add up to 1/2 cup of flour gradually, as needed, until the dough no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl.
- Transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface and hand knead it into a smooth ball.
- Place in a well oiled bowl, cover with a damp cloth and set in a warm place to rise, about 90 minutes or until the dough doubles in size.
- In a bowl season chicken thighs with jerk seasoning, onion powder, garlic powder, smoked paprika, Badia complete seasoning and a drizzle of olive oil. Set aside and marinate for at least 20 minutes.
- For the sauce, in a saucepan over medium heat melt 2 tbsp of butter. Once it begins to bubble, add BBQ sauce, brown sugar, jerk seasoning, garlic paste, red pepper flakes and fresh thyme.
- Simmer for about 5-7 minutes mixing occasionally.
- After an hour, punch the dough to release the gas and transfer the dough to a lightly floured surface. Cut the dough into 2 or 4 even sections.
- Lightly flour a dough ball and begin to stretch the dough into your desired sized pizza.
- In a skillet, sear bacon until cooked then set aside to cool.
- In the same pan, add 1 tsp of olive oil and cook the chicken, 6 minutes on both sides. Once cooked, remove from the pan, allow it to cool before chopping into pieces.
- Preheat oven to 500°F.
- To assemble the pizza, spread the sauce from the center of the stretched pizza dough outward. Add a layer of sliced mozzarella cheese, chopped jerk chicken, bacon, sweet peppers, sliced shallots, and green onions. Top with Colby jack cheese and more mozzarella.
- Add pizza into preheated oven and bake for 11-12 minutes until the crust is golden and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
- Top with red pepper flakes if desired and enjoy!
Notes
Tips: Feel free to use your favorite store bought pizza dough or flat bread.
This recipe can make 4 6" pizzas or 2 12" pizzas
If using naan bread or flat bread preheat oven to 400°F