Barbecue Chicken Pizza Braid
Servings 4
Equipment
- Large Baking Sheet
Ingredients
- Pizza dough at room temperature for 20 minutes
- Cornmeal
- Barbecue Sauce
- Mozzarella cheese shredded
- Roasted chicken chopped
- Red onion sliced thinly
- Fresh cilantro chopped
Instructions
- Place the pizza dough onto a floured surface and let it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Coat a Silpat mat with olive oil cooking spray and sprinkle the top with a bit of cornmeal.
- Roll (or spread) the dough on the Silpat mat into a rectangle.
- Drizzle a bit of sauce over the chicken and mix until evenly coated.
- Spoon some of the barbecue sauce down the center of the pizza dough, add slices of chopped mozzarella to the sauce, followed by the chicken, cilantro, and red onion. Side Note: Don't use too much sauce, or your pizza braid will be a bit soggy.
- Cut even slits on both sides of the filling with a pizza cutter.
- Starting at one end, fold alternating strips at an angle across the filling.
- Once you have completed the braid, carefully place the Silpat mat onto the baking sheet.
- Place into the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for a few minutes before slicing and serving. Enjoy