BBQ Chicken Pizza

So I'm still waiting for Darrell to edit our photos from our Labor Day Camping trip (I'll cut him some slack though... He has been going into work early all week and picking up my slack around the house since like I'm always gone at either soccer or Excel. Although he has been spending his free time watching (and re-watching) GT's football season opener from Monday night. But I suppose that is permissible). And I figure it's bad form to totally neglect my blog while waiting for those photos, so in the meantime I'll post a food recipe that's been sitting around for months.

This is actually probably one of the first homemade pizzas we ever made (aside from a basic "pepperoni and cheese" pizza), and it's one we've gone back to quite a few times. I don't think we ever make it quite the same way, though, which is why the "recipe" is more of a vague ingredient list for you to modify and adjust as you like. Because that's what we constantly do.

We've also been sticking with the crusty pizza dough recipe, although this time we had the forethought to pre-bake the crust for a few minutes before arranging the toppings. This way the crust was cooked through while the cheese was still a golden brown (and not as black as it has been on some of the past pizzas). Not that the blackened cheese really affected the taste of the pizza that much; golden-brown cheese just makes the whole thing look a little bit more palatable.

Anyway, enough novel-writing and on with the pizza.

BBQ Chicken Pizza

1 pizza crust (we used to make this on the store-bought crusts before we started making our own and it always came out just fine)
BBQ sauce
Tomato sauce and/or ranch dressing (I believe the "original" recipe called for just tomato sauce, but we've gradually been replacing the tomato sauce with ranch because I heart ranch)
1 small red onion, diced
1 chicken breast, cut into pieces
Mozzarella cheese
Parsley and/or cilantro
(I warned you that it wasn't going to be very exact; like I said, we change something up just about every time we cook it)

To prepare the chicken, cook it in a small amount of BBQ sauce. Season as desired. For the sauce, combine equal parts of BBQ sauce with the tomato sauce/ranch dressing. Spread over the crust. Top with cooked chicken and diced red onion. Cover with cheese (I'm always of the opinion the more the better), and sprinkle with chopped parsley or cilantro. Bake until crust has started to brown and cheese is golden (we usually bake our pizzas in a 400* to 425* oven for 12-15 minutes, or 15-20 minutes if you don't pre-bake the crust).

I hope the ambiguity of that recipe isn't too overwhelming or disconcerting for any of you--I'm of the mentality that as long as you have some sort of sauce, protein, and cheese, it's pretty hard to mess up a homemade pizza. So think of this as just another suggestion for a new way to dress up your next pizza--but feel free to adapt it and make it your own!