Roasted Garlic White Chicken Pizza (Recipe 121 of 150)

Pizza is a favorite. And only just recently have I learned the art of making my own. I made plenty of Boboli pizzas (already rounded dough baked). I've moved on to purchased pizza dough. I'll be it, Pillsbury, but hey, it works in a pinch. And I've never mastered the real dough pizza dough. 

What I liked about this was the making the white sauce from scratch. It's an easy white, Parmesan flavored sauce. I didn't read the instructions well enough to have purchased real garlic and then roast it. So instead I used a hefty tablespoon of the prechopped garlic. I let it swim around in the melted butter on low heat for a good 10 minutes. "Roasted" enough. 

I'd do this recipe again. I like the flavor combination enough it'd be worth a way to use leftover chicken for sure. I mean I always have Parmesan cheese on hand and mozzarella usually on hand. Maybe if I learn to make my own pizza dough I could really make this from scratch. 

Roasted Garlic White Chicken Pizza

Recipe from Dinners. Dishes and Desserts

Serves 6

• 1 pound pizza dough
• 1 T butter
• 8 cloves roasted garlic, minced
• 2 T all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1/2 c skim milk
• 1/4 c half and half
• 1/4 c Parmesan cheese
• 1 1/2 c boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked and shredded
• 1/4 c red onion, diced
• 3/4 c Mozzarella cheese
• 1 tsp fresh thyme, chopped
• 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 1 T fresh parsley, chopped

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Prepare a baking sheet with a siplat liner, or grease and sprinkle with cornmeal.

Melt butter in a small saucepan. Sauté roasted garlic for 1 minute.

Add flour, and mix until well blended. Cook for 1 minute.

Slowly whisk in the milk and half and half. Mix in the pepper.

Cook for about 3 minutes, or until it starts to thicken. Remove from heat, and stir in Parmesan cheese.

Spread dough into roughly a 12 inch circle on prepared baking sheet. Spread white sauce over the dough. Top with chicken, red onions and cheese.

Bake for 17 minutes, or until the crust is golden, and the cheese is melted.

Remove from the oven, sprinkle with herbs. Cut and serve immediately.