On Pizza?!

I happened to be watching 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray one day when she was making a Thai Chicken Pizza. The things she was putting on the pizza intrigued me because I'm used to cheese and pepperoni on my pizza, not plum sauce and bean sprouts. So I just had to try it. And believe me, the ingredients don't seem to go together but when you take your first bite you'll be so glad you gave this pizza a try!

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Thai Chicken Pizza:

• 1 refrigerated pizza dough,any brand
  • 1/2 cup duck sauce or plum sauce (I used plum sauce)
  • 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
  • 1 package (2 cups) shredded Montery Jack cheese
  • 1/2 red bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 rounded tablespoonful peanut butter
  • 2 teaspoons hot sauce
  • 2 teaspoons grill seasoning (recommended: Montreal Steak Seasoning) eyeball it
  • 4 chicken breast cutlets, 1/2 pound (I use 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts cut in half, like you're cutting a bagel to make 2 thin pieces from each breast.)
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar or cider vinegar
  • 1/4 seedless cucumber, peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 4 scallions, chopped
  • 1 cup bean spouts, a couple of handfuls
  • Palm full cilantro leaves, chopped
  • 1/4 cup chopped peanuts, 2 ounces

Directions: Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Form pizza crust on pizza pan or cookie sheet. Top with duck or plum sauce - spread it around like you would pizza sauce. Sprinkle the pizza with some crushed red pepper flakes then top with cheese and peppers. Bake until golden and bubbly, 15 to 17 minutes. Combine vegetable oil, soy sauce and peanut butter with hot sauce and grill seasoning. Use the microwave to loosen up peanut butter if it is too cold to blend into sauce, 10 seconds ought to do it. Add chicken and coat evenly with mixture. Let stand 10 minutes then cook chicken cutlets in a medium-high skillet 2 to 3 minutes on each side, until firm. Slice chicken into very thin strips.While chicken cooks, mix honey and vinegar and add the cucumber. Turn to coat evenly.Top the hot, cooked pizza with chicken, scallions, sprouts and cilantro. Drain cucumbers and scatter over the pizza. Garnish pizza with peanuts, cut into 8 wedges and serve.

HR = 9.5 We both absolutely loved this pizza and my husband told me I needed to make it for family that we had coming to visit. I made it for them and they loved it too!