suemunzlinger's Recipe

Chicken Alfredo Pizza with Spinach and Red Onions

Category: Main Dish

recipe yields enough for 1 medium pizza

For the Garlic Alfredo Sauce:

4 tbsp unsalted butter
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
1/2 package cream cheese, softened and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
1 cup milk
3 oz. parmesan cheese, grated
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
kosher salt, to taste

Melt butter in a medium, non-stick saucepan over medium heat.
Add garlic and cook for 2 minutes.
Add cream cheese, stirring with whisk until smooth.
Add milk, a little at a time, whisking until smooth.
Stir in parmesan and pepper. Season with salt, if needed.
Remove from heat when sauce reaches desired consistency.
Sauce will thicken quickly.

For the Pizza:

1 Pizza crust


1 tbsp. olive oil

1/4 tsp. dried oregano
1/4 tsp. dried thyme
1/4 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. salt plus extra to season chicken
1/2 tsp. ground black pepper plus extra to season chicken
1 cup baby spinach leaves, whole
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
1 chicken breast, boneless and skinless
6 oz. fresh mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
fresh basil leaves, julienned, for garnish

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Heat 1 tbsp. olive oil in a non-stick skillet to medium-high heat.
Sprinkle chicken breast generously with salt and pepper.
Cook chicken breast in skillet until no longer pink in the middle, about 8-10 minutes.
Once cooked, allow to cool and then slice into bite-size pieces. Set aside for later.

Spread the Alfredo sauce (see recipe above) over the pizza dough, leaving about 1/2 inch around the outside edge for the crust. Sprinkle sauce with oregano, basil, thyme, salt and pepper.

Spread the baby spinach leaves evenly across the pizza.
Arrange the onion slices and sliced chicken over the spinach.
Top with mozzarella slices.

Place the pizza into the oven and bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until the crust edges are golden and the cheese is melted.
After taking the pizza out of the oven, allow it to cool for a few minutes so that the cheese has time to set.
Garnish with fresh, julienned basil leaves if desired. Slice pizza and serve.