Thai Chicken Pizza

I love the Thai Won On at Barley's Brewhaus...unfortunately they do not have a restaurant in CO so I had to try to copy the pizza in my own kitchen. I have used a packaged dough but have never been satisfied. My mom makes the best homemade pizzas using California Pizza Kitchen's crust, so I figured it would be worth a try. This will be my pizza crust from now on!

Ingredients:
California Pizza Kitchen Crust:

• 1 teaspoon active dry yeast
• 1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon warm water (at about 110F)
• 1 1/2 cups bread flour(high gluten flours also work)
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil

Directions:
1. Dissolve the yeast in the water and let it proof for 5 to 10 minutes. The yeast should have a little island of fizz/bubbles before you start. (if you're using instant yeast dissolve it in the water and skip the proof).
2. In a separate bowl mix all of the dry ingredients and create a little well in the middle. Dump your yeast mixture and the olive oil into the well and stir with either your fingers or a wooden spoon.
3. Once a lumpy kind of dough forms lightly oil your hands and start to knead the ball. Knead it for at least 5 minutes, until the dough is smooth but slightly tacky.
4. Lightly coat the ball in olive oil and place in an airtight container, allow to rise at room temperature for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
5. You can use the dough at this point, but for a finer texture and a nice, mellow sort of tang do the following: Deflate the dough, bunch it back up into a ball, put it back into the container, and store it in your refrigerator overnight.
6. About 2 hours before you're going to make your pizza remove the dough from the refrigerator, deflate again, and split into 2 equal portions. Roll both portions into balls, sealing any cracks as tightly as possible. Place the new dough balls on opposite sides of a shallow dish and cover with plastic wrap. Let them sit at room temperature for the aforementioned 2 hours (they'll be much easier to shape).

*I followed the directions except I let the dough rise for an hour in a sealed bowl on my counter top, split in 1/2, knead, and rolled out and started my pizzas.

Thai Won On Ingredients:

• 2 skinless chicken breasts
• 1 clove garlic
  
• BBQ Sauce (recommend Sweet Baby Ray's)
• 1 8oz bag Italian Blend Cheese-if you like it cheesy, you may need another bag
  
• Red onion-diced
• Broccoli-cut in small pieces
  
• Crushed unsalted peanuts
• Peanut Sauce
• Peanut Butter (a couple spoonfuls warmed up)
  
• Red Pepper Flakes
  

Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 400 F.

Cut chicken breasts in small pieces and cook in olive oil and minced garlic. Add bbq sauce to chicken and set aside.

Split dough in 1/2 and roll out on corn meal dusted or flour dusted counter. It depends how thick you like your crust, I roll it out pretty thin. Spread a good amount of BBQ sauce on pizza dough, add chicken and some diced onion. Cover with cheese. Add additional toppings: broccoli, crushed peanuts, and onion. Use a fork to drizzle warm peanut butter, drizzle peanut sauce, and depending on how spicy you like, add red pepper flakes.

I hope you like it as much as we do!!