Chicken And Spinach Turkish Style Pizza Recipes

Steps:

• Dough: In a bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, oil, salt and sugar.
• Add in yeast water and mix together, making a ball.
• Knead by hand 5-10 minutes, until when you press your thumb down the indention stays. *You could also use your hand/stand mixer if it has a kneading attachment for about 2-3 minutes or you could use your bread machine.*.
• Rub small amount of olive oil around dough, to keep it from sticking, and place in a large bowl, covering with plastic wrap.
• Place in a warm area to rise at least 30 minutes.
• Sauce: In a large skillet, melt 8 Tbs (1/2 cup or one stick) butter.
• Add garlic and saute' until garlic is fragrant, about 1-2 minutes, over medium heat.
• Add flour and stir until it make a thick paste.
• Add wine.
• Whisk in half and half and cook over medium heat until sauce has thickened.
• Add in parmesan cheese, and remaining 2 tbs butter and stir until melted.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Add in spinach and stir until evenly distributed and heated through.
• Set to the side.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Roll out dough to fit either your pizza stone or out on a baking sheet, curling edges, if you like, to make the crust.
• With a spoon, add a very thin layer of sauce on the dough and put in the oven to bake for 15 minutes or until dough is almost fully cooked.
• Remove from oven, place chicken pieces and tomatoes and cover with more sauce. (There will be extra sauce left).
• Return to oven for another 10 minutes or until dough is fully cooked.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Combine chicken with lemon juice, oil, garlic and half the mint in a bowl.
• Marinate chicken for at least 3 hours.
• Remove chicken from the marinade and keep the marinade.
• Cook chicken in a non-stick pan until browned on both sides.
• Do not overcook, it can still be a bit pink in the middle.
• Remove the breasts and cut into 1cm slices.
• Heat reserved marinade in same pan.
• Add the onion and cook until soft.
• Add undrained tomatoes and simmer uncovered for 10 minutes until thickened and saucy.
• Boil, steam or microwave the spinach until wilted and squeeze out excess liquid.
• Top the turkish breads evenly with tomato sauce mixture, spinach, chicken, crumbled feta and remaining mint.
• Bake in hot oven about 20 minutes until lightly browned and hot.
• Cut each bread into 3 pieces to serve 6 or into small squares or slices to make fingerfood.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a skillet over high heat. Saute chicken pieces in hot oil for 6 to 7 minutes. Do not overcook!
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• To Assemble Pizza: Spoon 1/4 of peanut sauce onto each pita. Sprinkle 1/4 of the browned chicken and 1/4 of the scallions on top of each. Top each 'pizza' with 1 slice cheese. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until the cheese is melted and bubbly. Let stand for 1 to 2 minutes outside of oven before you cut with a pizza cutter.