New Recipe--Buffalo Chicken Pizza

First note, whenever I say "chicken" I mean some sort of fake chicken, but of course, real chicken could be used as well.

I'd been craving that "Buffalo Wing" flavor for a couple of weeks, so last week I bought a bottle of Franks Buffalo Wing Sauce. Then I had to figure out what to do with it.

Partner this with the fact that one of my favorite cooking tricks is to highly supplement cheap frozen cheese pizzas, and my plan was almost set.

I interviewed a couple women I work with about what they might put with Buffalo chicken on a pizza and we decided that broccoli and sauteed onions would work.

It was really, really good. I make BBQ chicken pizza often--Buffalo is even better. This recipe is interesting enough to share with guests, yet just one step up from "bar food." The flavors go together perfectly.

I'm a weenie when it comes to spice, so this is a mild version. The sauce is not overly fiery and calms nicely when mixed with all these other ingredients.

Recipe
Buffalo Chicken Pizza

1 Frozen Cheese Pizza for 2 (Whatever brand you like)
The equivalent of one chicken breast--about 5 oz of fake chicken, cut into small chunks (cook first if real chicken)
Between 1/4 cup and 3/4 cup of Buffalo Wing sauce depending on your desired level of spice
1/2 cup of raw broccoli cut into very small florets
1 medium yellow onion, sliced thin and sauteed in oil until just cooked through
1 cup of shredded mozzarella
1/4 cup of blue cheese crumbles

Layer all of the ingredients, topping with the shredded cheese last, so it melts and holds all the ingredients down. Drizzle the final product with a little bit more of the Buffalo sauce before it goes in the oven.

Cook according to directions on the box, except:

1. I lower by 25 degrees and cook for 5 - 8 minutes longer to make sure it gets hot all the way through with the extra ingredients.
2. put a piece of foil on a lower rack in oven to catch any dripping cheese, then cook the pizza right on the next rack up.

For BBQ Chicken Pizza I use Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce, fake chicken, carmelized onions and pineapple chunks. Also, I mix some cheddar with the mozz that I put on top.

May you never look at a frozen cheese pizza the same way again.