California Pizza Kitchen Thai Chicken Pizza - Copycat
Chelsea Mills • March 22, 2020
An excellent take on the CPK Thai Chicken Pizza.
I absolutely love the flavors that come together to create this Thai Chicken Pizza! This recipe is modified from food.com. Definitely worth the time investment and is an impressive pizza dish to serve at a party.
INGREDIENTS
SPICY PEANUT SAUCE
- 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
- 1⁄2 cup hoisin sauce
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons red wine vinegar
- 2 teaspoons minced ginger (or more if you wish)
- 2 minced garlic cloves
- 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
- 2 teaspoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon vietnamese chili sauce (or dried chili flakes)
- 2 tablespoons water
THAI CHICKEN PIECES
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 10 ounces boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
FOR THE PIZZA
- 1 pizza dough
- cornmeal or flour, for handling
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 4 scallions, slivered diagonally
- 1⁄2 cup white bean sprouts
- 1⁄4 cup shredded carrot
- 2 tablespoons chopped roasted peanuts
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
DIRECTIONS
- Combine sauce ingredients in a small pan over medium heat.
- Bring the sauce to a boil; boil gently for one minute.
- Divide into 2 portions for use on chicken and pizza; set aside.
- To make Thai chicken: Cook the chicken in olive oil over med-high heat, stirring, until just cooked; 5 to 6 minutes do not overcook.
- Set aside in refrigerator until chilled through.
- Once chilled, coat the chicken with 1/4 cup sauce.
- Set aside in refrigerator.
- To make the pizza: Use a large spoon to spread 1/4 cup sauce evenly over pizza dough within the rim.
- Cover sauce with 3/4 cup cheese.
- Distribute half the chicken pieces over the cheese followed by half the green onions, bean sprouts, and carrots, respectively.
- Sprinkle an additional 1/4cup cheese over the toppings and top the pizza with 1 TBSP chopped peanuts.
- Transfer the pizza to oven; bake until crisp and golden and the cheese is bubbly, 9 to 10 minute.
- When cooked through, remove pizza from oven.
- Sprinkle 1TBSP chopped cilantro over the hot cheesy surface.
- Repeat with remaining ingredients for a second pizza.