Pizzaria Style Pizza - Chicken Alfredo

Dough

(makes enough for 1- 16” pizza, although I did mine on a smaller pan and it just had a thicker crust.)

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½ cup warm water

½ tsp yeast

1 ¼ tsp sugar

¾ cup cool water

1 ¼ tsp salt

1 ¼ tsp olive oil (or veggie or canola oil)

3-4 cups flour

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Dissolve yeast in ½ cup warm water. Mix in sugar to dissolve. Add ¾ cup cool water. Add about 1 ½ cups flour. Mix in the salt and olive oil. Work in the rest of the flour to make a stiff dough. Knead in by hand the last ½ cup or so of flour. Dough should be very firm, it should relax but not lose shape.

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Oil and cover dough and let it rise until double (2 hours or so).

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I also help it rise more quickly by turning my oven to 150, once it heats up I turn it off, then I put the dough in there to rise. Just make sure the oven is off before you put it in there and also oil it and cover it with plastic wrap so it doesn't get a thin crust on it.
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Sauce
(makes enough to cover 2 pizzas)

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½ cup Parmesan cheese (and extra for sprinkling on top)
½ cup butter
1 cup milk
¼ tsp pepper
1/8 tsp garlic powder
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In a small pan heat milk and butter on low heat. Do not boil. Add spices and cheese. Heat through.

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Toppings
1 boneless skinless chicken breast
about ½ cup grated mozzarella cheese
1/8 cup fresh parsley, chopped (optional)
¼ cup fresh tomatoes, diced (optional)
green onions, chopped (optional)
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Boil chicken. Once it is done shred it into small pieces.

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Assemble
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Spread dough into circle on lightly oiled cookie sheet. Pour half of the sauce on the dough and spread to about ½ inch from edge (will be thin sauce). Place mozzarella cheese, shredded chicken, tomatoes, onions, and parsley on pizza. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
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Place pizza in oven and bake for 3-4 minutes. If you get air bubbles, prick them with a fork and push toppings back into place. Rotate the pizza and check the bottom for browning. Bake for another 3-4 minutes and check the bottom for browning again. Depending on the thickness the total cooking time should be 7-12 minutes.