Pizza, Pizza
 

Everyone loves pizza. Well, almost everyone. I have many different pizza recipes that have been inspired from other foods that I love. I thought I would share mine and see what other good pizza recipes I could get from the TFP cookers. :)

*Note: I don't measure things if I'm creating the recipe myself. I just season it to my taste and go from there. So unfortunately, if you are a measurement-must cooker I can't help you out with the seasonings.

Taco Pizza

Box of CornBread mix
1 lb of ground sirloin
Onion
Chili Powder
Bottle of Taco Sauce
Cheddar Cheese

Taco Topping
Brown the ground sirloin with the onion and chili powder. Drain off grease and dab off extra with a paper towel. Put back on stove over low-medium heat and add the taco sauce (enough to cover, but not too runny). Let simmer while getting the dough ready.

Crust

Make the cornbread according to the box. Grease a pizza pan and your fingers with butter. Spread the cornbread on the pizza sheet. Place in oven (temp is on box) for about 5 minutes or until it is solid, but not completely done. Take out of oven.

Put the taco meat mixture on the crust. Then cover with cheddar cheese and place back in oven until cheese melts. Then move to broiler until bubbly.
Top with sour cream, salsa, lettuce, tomatoes, whatever you like on tacos and enjoy!


Chicken Parm Pizza

Half of a boneless, skinless chicken breast
Oil
Oregano
Basil
Garlic
Pepper
Salt
15 oz can Diced Tomatoes (I used Heinz pre-flavored with Oregano, Basil, and Garlic)
8 oz can of Tomato Sauce
Pizza Dough (I use Jiffy mix...it's cheap, easy, and flaky)
Mozzerella cheese
Parmessian cheese

Chicken Topping

Dice chicken into about 1/2 in cubes. Heat about a tablespoon of oil in the skillet. Add chicken and sprinkle with some oregano, garlic, basil, salt, and pepper. Stir fry until cooked through. Break up any larger pieces.
Put diced tomatoes in a food processor and give a few pulses. Add to the chicken along with the tomato sauce. Let simmer while preparing the dough.

Crust
Prepare crust according to the box. Stretch out on pan. Poke with holes and drizzle oil on the top. Sprinkle with garilc, oregano, and garlic. Place in a 425 degree oven for about 5-7 minutes or until almost done, but not brown.

Top the crust with the chicken mixture. There may be left over sauce depending on how saucy you want it to be. Top with the cheese. Place back in oven until cheese is melted. Then broil it until the cheesy is bubbly and lightly brown.

Thanks for the Taco Pizza recipe, think I'll try it out soon.

We usually use defrosted bread dough. Works quite well.

We like to make margherita style pizza--fresh basil, garlic, fresh tomato--in the summer. In the winter it's usually garlic/onion/mushroom pizza. Mmmm.

Those are pretty easy and sound good!

I totally think that taco pizza sounds super tasty! I really like the idea of using cornbread as the "crust"... thanks for sharing!

:) here in NYC you can get those kinds of pizza from many pizza shops :)

BBQ chicken pizza rocks!

I sometimes use large flour tortillas as the crust. I've tried corn tortillas, but they get tough for some reason.

I use a pizza stone as well.

You can get those kinds of pizza out here in the boondocks of Oregon too ;)

One of my favorite pizzas at our local joint is: "A Fish Called Wanda"--artichoke hearts, fresh basil, and smoked salmon. Even better on pizza than BBQ chicken in my estimation is Jamaican jerk chicken. Mmm, spicy.

We have been buying frozen pizza crusts from a local grocery story, made by VICOLO(Veek.oh.lo)http://www.vicolopizza.com/vicolostory.htm

They are cornmeal thin crusts, have toped them with sausage, canned diced tomatoes, cheese, and seasonings. Turned out similar to Geno's East in Chicago, yum!

No problem Robodog and Sage. I really love the taco pizza, but the cornbread mixture can be tricky to spread out...just a warning.

Yes, we can get all types of pizza around here too. We are surrounded by pizza places in downtown Chicago. But I enjoy making them myself and they're cheaper. For example, I made the Chicken Parm Pizza this week and it cost me about $5 and it was dinner for 2 nights.

When we lived in Columbus, we had a take and bake pizza place down the street. They had fajita pizzas, garlic chicken, BBQ and many others.

Another recipe that I made inspired by a restaurant we used to go to was crustless pizza. Instead of dough, they used rotini. Boil the rotini, pour in a baking dish, then cover with pizza sauce, pepperoni, and cheese. It took me a couple tries to get it like the restaurant, but it was cheaper to make it at home than to order it at the restaurant.

The cheapness is one of the things I like best about homemade pizza, especially since at a pizza place they charge the same price for veggie toppings as for meat, when meat is actually much more expensive than the vegetables being used. So, since we only make veggie pizzas...we actually save a lot of money at home :)

I am *definitely* gonna try that chicken parm pizza, sounds great!

Although I'm sure it would taste better if shesus and JJ made it for me. :D

Yeah, I live just south of the city with the most pizza places per capita of anywhere in the world (Parma Ohio) and yet I still like to make my own at home. I can use way less grease and end up with a pizza that rivals all but the best joints. The one thing I can't make at home very well is Chicago style deepdish. A home oven just doesn't have enough BTU's to cook them correctly.

On the Taco pizza what kind of pan do you use? One with sides or similar to a flat cookie sheet? I can't see using my pizza stone working out well with that one. The Chicken Parm does sound delicious.

I used to work in a pizza joint where we made everything in-house...got all my old recipies in my head -and- written down! My old boss gets a kick out of the fact that I make myself miniature Tandoori pizzas to eat when a good football match is on.

I have a metal round pizza pan that I use. You could also use a cookie sheet and make it rectangular. Whichever you use, make sure it's greased well so the cornbread doesn't stick.

As for the chicken parm pizza, JJ was sad when it was all eaten. He said it was the best pizza I have ever made.

Sultana, if we ever make it to LA, I'll give you a cooking lesson and we'll make it. :)

Tandoori pizza? Give it up buddy! I want that recipie!

Dont make me pull this car over.

Shesus, I still have a dream in my head...:D
And I really want to go to Chicago too!