CHICKEN PESTO PIZZA

This post is really not a recipe, but more of a reminder to myself on how to create a most delightful gluten free pizza using simple leftover ingredients that are in your fridge and freezer.

On that note:  I have to comment here.  We love love Udi's brands of hamburger buns, pizza crust, their french bread is divine, dinner rolls, and the list goes on!  For whatever reason that we know nothing about, we can no longer get Udi's brand of gluten free products where I live in B.C. Canada.  I have tried researching, but come up empty handed.  This has led me to believe they no longer offer their gluten free products in Canada.  It has been about 2 years now at least, perhaps longer.

Where have you gone Udi's?  We love love you!

Luckily I still had a couple of packs of pizza's in the freezer, and 2 years later they were still delicious.  There are other GF brands out there that are great....we just love Udi's, sigh.

Then on another note:  Where has this been all of my life?

This hand held Oxo grater is heaven...and guess what?  I found it in a second hand store for $1.50, can you believe it???  This grater is so easy to use, makes no mess - amazing for grating small pieces of cheese.

So, now onto the method for this most delicious pizza.

We had 1 frozen, thawed rotisserie chicken breast, 12-14 Tblsp. marinara I doctored up with pizza seasonings, about 2 Tblsp. chopped fresh basil, one small yellow zucchini, (slightly wrinkled), and a few Tblsp. of jarred pesto sauce.

If you read my blog you will know, we do not waste food - ever.  So when we throw together a recipe with remaining ingredients that need to be used up we will always go that route.  And this was a very, very, delightful pizza indeed.

Method:

2 Gluten Free pizza crusts - 8-9 inch in size

1 leftover cooked chicken breast - cut into 1/2 inch pieces

12-14 Tblsp. basil marinara sauce - we sprinkled in garlic powder, Italian seasoning, and fennel powder

2-3 Tblsp. fresh chopped basil

4-5 Tblsp. basil pesto

1/4 cup chopped red onion

1/4 cup chopped green pepper

2 Tblsp. Extra Virgin Olive Oil

1 small yellow zucchini, sliced thin, sliced in half

2/3-3/4 cup grated feta cheese

sprinkling of fresh grated Parmesan cheese

Cut up your veggies, mix the chicken with pesto, mix any spices & chopped basil with the marinara, grate your cheeses and set aside.

Heat up a pan with the EVOO on low medium heat and saute the onion and green pepper until slightly soft - about 4 min.  Then add in the sliced zucchini, continue to saute another 3-4 min.  Turn off the heat, and toss the chicken bits in scattered throughout the pan lid on.  Let sit for about 5 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, place your pizza crust onto a pan and spread on your marinara sauce  followed by the veggie chicken mixture, then sprinkle on the feta and Parmesan cheeses.

Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes until the cheeses are melting and pizza is cooked.

While we may no longer be able to get Udi's pizza crusts, we will make this pizza again with another brand.  But dang! We miss Udi's!

 

 

Ina Gawne
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