Pesto Chicken Skillet Pizza
This Pesto Chicken Skillet Pizza is a great dinner recipe made in a cast iron skillet. Easy to make, and made with my favourite crust recipe.
I have been seeing so many delicious skillet pizza recipes out there in the blogosphere that I decided to buy my own cast iron skillet.
In the past few days, I have made both this pizza, and a ginormous chocolate chip cookie (look for it in the weeks to come!)
Whenever I go out and get pizza, I always get the pesto pizza. So this was seriously a no brainer. With all of this cheese on top, how can you go wrong?
Pesto Chicken Skillet Pizza
This Pesto Chicken Skillet Pizza is a great dinner recipe made in a cast iron skillet. Easy to make, and made with my favourite crust recipe.
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Ingredients
Crust
- 2 ¼ teaspoon active dry yeast
- ½ teaspoon brown sugar
- 1 ¼ cups warm water (110°F or 43°C)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ cup salted butter, softened
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
Topping
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 medium boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
- 1 teaspoon chicken seasoning
- ½ cup pesto
- 1 ⅓ cup jalapeno cheddar cheese, divided
Instructions
- Sprinkle the yeast and brown sugar over warm water in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook. Let stand 5 to 10 minutes until the yeast softens and begins to form a creamy foam.
- Turn mixer to the lowest setting and slowly add 2 cups flour ½ cup at a time. Add salt, onion powder and ¼ cup butter. Integrate the remaining 2 cups flour and knead until dough is smooth and elastic, around 5 to 7 minutes.
- Coat a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Shape the dough into a ball and place in the bowl, turning to coat all sides with oil. Cover the bowl with a towel and let rise in a warm area until dough has doubled in size, around 45 minutes. Punch down dough and allow to rest for 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat some oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the chicken until the insides are no longer pink, around 3-5 minutes. Season with chicken seasoning.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease a 12 inch cast iron skillet with oil.
- Press the dough into and up the sides of the skillet. Spread the pesto evenly over the dough, then sprinkle ⅓ cup of jalapeno cheddar cheese. Top with the chicken, then sprinkle the remaining 1 cup of cheese onto the pizza.
- Bake in the preheated oven on the bottom rack until the crust is golden brown, around 35 minutes. Remove and let sit for 3 to 5 minutes before slicing.
Notes
Total time includes letting dough rest.
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Looks amazing! I love my cast iron skillet but haven't tried to make pizza in it yet. I must correct that soon 🙂
I love the idea of a pizza in a cast iron skillet! Especially when it's topped with pesto!
Sues
DROOLING. Skillet pizzas really are the best!
Cast iron skillets are they best and your pizza looks delicious!
I got a cast iron skillet not too long ago and it's one of my FAVORITE purchases! This pizza looks amazing, I still haven't made pizza in mine so I need to try it. Love the pesto!
Holy smoke! It looks fantastic 😀 Way better than braving the cold for a slice of pizza. Home made is the shizzle 😀 x
Wow, your skillet pizza looks so good...I love that you use the cast iron skillet...I will definitely give this a try...
Hope you are enjoying your week Cathleen 🙂
Yum! Love the usage of the jalapeno cheddar 🙂 I've had a skillet for almost six months now and I have yet to make pizza, shame on me!
pass me the slice,yummy !!
Skillet pizzas are the best! Love the flavors here! Yummmm! 🙂
Damn deliicous pesto pizza!!!!
never try made it in the skillet, sounds a great idea....
I haven't tried a skillet pizza yet, but it looks like I need to make it soon! This looks incredible!
Your skillet pizza looks amazing with pesto and chicken!
Looks delicious Pizza