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[print_this]Recipe: No Knead Buttermilk Chicken Pizza
Summary: Great thin crisp crust, beautiful blend of flavours, delicious subtle chicken... a wonderful light picnic pizza for spring/summer!
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour plus resting time
Ingredients:
- Dough Adapted from Jim Lahey’s No-Knead Pizza Dough {yields 4 X 10-inch crusts}
- 4 cups all-purpose flour, more for dusting
- 1/4 cup gluten
- 3/4 tsp. instant yeast
- 2 tsp. salt
- 11/4 cups + 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Topping
- Buttermilk Chicken {Buttermilk Chicken from What Katie Ate}
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Juice of small half a lemon
- 2 x 200g (average sized) chicken breasts
- Bell peppers, onions, preserved chili peppers, fresh basil
- Pizza Sauce
- 3-4 medium tomatoes
- 100ml tomato puree
- 3-4 cloves of garlic
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 tbsp dried herbs
- Red chili flakes
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Pinch of sugar
- Handful of fresh basil
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Olive Oil
Method:
- Dough
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, yeast, and salt. Add water and stir until blended (the dough will be very sticky). Cover with plastic wrap and let rest for 12 to 24 hours in a warm spot, about 70 F /21C.
- Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and sprinkle the top with flour. Fold the dough over on itself once or twice, cover loosely with plastic wrap, and let rest for 15 minutes.
- Shape the dough into 3 or 4 balls, depending on how thick you want the crust. Generously sprinkle a clean cotton towel with flour and cover the dough with it. Let the dough rise for 2 hours then use as required.
- Buttermilk Chicken:
- To make the marinade, add buttermilk, Dijon mustard and lemon juice into a medium-sized bowl, season with salt and pepper whisk together to combine. Remove excess fat from the chicken breasts and cut the chicken crossway into ½ cm thick strips. Add the chicken to the marinade, cover with cling film and leave in the fridge for 3 hours or overnight
- After chilling, cook chicken pieces on a hot griddle pan until almost cooked through. Keep warm.
- Pizza Sauce
- Saute onions, garlic, fried herbs and red chili flakes in olive oil till fragrant.
- Blend the tomatoes and tomato puree together to a smooth sauce and add to above
- Add the balsamic vinegar and pinch of sugar, season with salt and pepper and simmer covered for about 15-20 minutes till most of the liquid has evaporated and it yields a thick sauce.
- Cool and blend to a smooth puree. Adjust seasoning if required, add fresh basil and reserve until required . {Can be made a day or two ahead}
- Pre heat oven to 250C
- To assemble the pizzas
- Roll out dough to your desired thickness and place on pizza stone or baking tray
- Brush the bases with extra virgin olive oil and divide sauce evenly over both pizza bases and spread out leaving a 2cm border around the pizza edge {I like keeping the sauce to a bare minimum in summer}
- Top pizzas with pre-cooked chicken strips, bell peppers, onions, preserved chillies, fresh basil. Top with grated mozzarella.
- Bake until base is cooked through {20-25 minutes in my oven}.
- Note: You can skip the chicken for a vegetarian version of the pizza. Mushrooms, sweet corn, cottage cheese cubes would work well.
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Love this vibrant post with colorful photos! Beautiful beautiful pizza… I can never get enough of homemade pizzas 🙂
A fantastic pizza! Beautiful looking and so mouthwatering.
Cheers,
Rosa
what katie ate is one of the most beautiful blogs!! love love home made pizzas.. just one question.. in the dough you’ve used 1/4 cup gluten… what exactly is that??? beautiful clicks as usual!!
Hi Sarvani. ‘Gluten is the natural protein found in wheat. It contains 75% protein. A small amount added to yeast bread recipes improves the texture and elasticity of the dough’. We don’t get bread flour here, which is why I add it. You can make dough even sans gluten.
Deeba,
Where does one find Gluten in India? I haven’t found stores that stock them in my city? Is there an online resource that I can tap into ?
Loving the pizza and the jar of chillies is ACE!
Incredibly delicious! I really like Jim Lahey recipes.
I wont mind having few slices rite now.
This is like the one my husband is looking for.. I just hope I can make this on my own.. Anyway, thank you for the big help here..
I’m sure its a delicious kind of food..I really want to try it thanks for sharing..
Of Course, the pizza looks the best. The sauce is even more enticing.
The pizza sounds and looks so good. The base is so easy to create! Definitely must try out….
fantastic pizza!..great combination….i love the pickled chillis too….so nice!
Looks Pretty and Absolutely Appetizing!
What a beautiful pizza! And the shots are so colorful and vibrant. You are brilliant, Deeba!
OMG, mindblowing Pizaaa, lovely clicks and Happy Toppings….
-Mythreyi
Yum! Yum! Yum!
That pizza looks so delicious! would want to try it soon! thanks for sharing! 🙂
Lovely pizza..looks so colourful and full of flavours. It is always a treat visiting your blog..interesting read, a visual delight and such great recipes one after the other.
Your Chicken Pizza looks delicious and it makes me want to dive in for a bite. I will surely try this. Thanks for sharing your recipe!
LOVE this pizza- looks SO good! The preserved chilis sound like an especially awesome topping!
Pizza is always a hit in our household…Chicken pizza is a delight for everyone. I am sure my little girl will love this, minus the chilis for the little girl. Thanks!
hello mam, i follow your blog regularly and have baked some of your delicious recpies. i have read in some of the posted comments ,some of your fans asking for from where to get instant yeast and gluten in delhi, recently i have found a shop in pahar ganj from where i have purchased mauripan instant yeast and gluten . the address of this shop is 3496, dariba pan,pahar ganj, near grand plaza hotel . phone no. 9310008680.. it is on main road opposite to shiela picture hall. they are supplying all baking mixes , icecream mixes, all kind of yeasts ,glutens. i hope my little contribution through your blog will help others.
thanks
thanks for publishing my comment . three question to ask regarding this recpie – first ,when to add gluten and olive oil, second should the water at room temperature or lukewarmand third on which rack of the oven should it be bake?
I made this pizza , it was delicious but the border was very hard and crunchy , what could be he reason please advice on this. One request ,do you know how to make Chicago style pizza( soft crust) which we get here in India. if you know please teach us that recpie also.
Hope for the earliest reply.
Thanks.
Can you sub in 1/4 bread flour then? Instead of gluten?
Oh yes, I think you certainly can.
wonderful pizza! Amazing photos! Greetings from my kitchen!
It can be a pizza for any occasion. I would like to bake my own pizza for our family picnic. I will try your recipe because your recipe looks scrumptious.