18 Apr Roasted Garlic, Chicken and Spinach Pizza
An easy pizza recipes that includes shredded chicken from a roasted whole bird.
Shredded chicken is a perhaps the most used ingredient in our kitchen. Maybe only rivaled by garlic.
We roast a chicken once a week and after the first meal from the roasted bird, we pick the left over meat off the frame of the bird and keep the pieces for salads, stir fry’s, pasta and more.
Garlic is also an awesome thing to roast. It smells amazing, for one. And, it makes for a fantastic flavor boost.
Capitalizing on both the roasted, shredded chicken and roasted garlic we made this great white pizza.
It’s so perfect for a weekend night and easy too. Make it a great meal with a simple kale or arugula salad… and maybe some rose too, because warm weather is finally here!
- 2 heads of garlic
- 4 tablespoons of olive oil
- Pizza Dough
- 8 ounces mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces ricotta cheese
- 1 cup shredded chicken
- ¼ red onion, thinly sliced
- 8 ounces frozen spinach or lightly sautéed fresh spinach
- Crushed Red Pepper Flakes, optional
- Make Pizza Dough. One of our favorite recipes is here:https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bobby-flay/pizza-dough-recipe-1921714
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Roast Garlic: Peel away loose layers around the head of garlic. Cut off the top of the head by cutting about ¼ inch from the top to expose the cloves. Drizzle olive oil all over the exposed surface of the garlic head, wrap in aluminum foil and roast for 30-40 minutes. It is done with the center clove is completely soft.
- Let the garlic cool slightly and then press the cloves out of their paper gently. Place roasted cloves in a bowl and mash with a fork. Combine with ricotta cheese and set aside.
- Roll out the pizza dough to a clean, slightly floured surface to prevent the dough from sticking. Place the dough on a pizza stone or baking sheet.
- Spread the ricotta cheese mixture on the pizza dough. Add the chicken, mozzarella cheese, red onion and spinach. Bake for 18-20 minutes or until crust is golden brown. When done, top with crushed red pepper, if desired.
Memberships for our annual Chicken CSA are still available! This year, each member will receive a whole chicken guide book with a whole section dedicated to all the things you could create with shredded chicken from a whole bird… just like this pizza!
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