Chinese Style Chicken Pizza Appetizer Food

CHINESE-STYLE CHICKEN PIZZA APPETIZER

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375-degrees. Unroll crescent rolls and piece together on a jelly roll baking sheet. Pinch seams together and season with salt, pepper, garlic powder and sesame seeds. Bake crust for 12-14 minutes, or until crust is lightly browned. Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes while you mix the topping.
• 2. In food processor fitted with blade, process green onions until finely minced. Add chicken and pulse until chicken is finely diced. Add cream cheese, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic powder and hot sauce. Process until mixture is smooth and creamy. Spread cream cheese mixture on prepared crust. Top with spinach, carrots, red pepper, peanuts and sesame seeds. Drizzle with sweet and sour sauce. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least two hours. Cut into squares to serve.

SPICY CHINESE PIZZA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Heat wok or 10-inch skillet over high heat. Add oil; rotate wok to coat side. Add chicken and gingerroot; stir-fry 2 to 3 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink in center. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in tomato sauce, chili puree and soy sauce.
• Spoon chicken mixture onto pizza crust to within 1/2 inch of edge. Top with water chestnuts, pea pods and onion. Sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until pizza is hot and cheese is melted. Sprinkle with cilantro.

CHINESE CHICKEN PIZZA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees.
• In nonstick pan sprayed with cooking spray, cook chicken just until cooked through and no longer pink; remove from pan.
• Whisk together next 9 ingredients, and add to pan.
• Cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly.
• When sauce is bubbly and starts to thicken, return chicken to pan.
• Cook 3-5 minutes, until sauce becomes almost like a syrup.
• Sprinkle cheese over prepared pizza crust in pizza pan.
• Spread chicken mixture on top of cheese.
• Add veggies (if using).
• Bake at 400 degrees about 15 minites, until crust browns and cheese is melted.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

CHINESE CHICKEN PIZZA WITH HOISIN SAUCE

Steps:

• Sprinkle your rolling surface with a handful of flour or cornmeal. Place dough directly in the middle of the surface. Roll dough out gently 1/4-inch thick, into either a 12-inch rectangle or circle. Brush both sides with olive oil and set aside until ready to grill.
• Place dough in the center of the cooking grate, directly over the heat for one to three minutes, until the crust is well marked and browned. Flip dough and spread hoisin sauce evenly over cooked side of crust. Spread chicken, scallions, cilantro, and bell pepper evenly over crust. Sprinkle cheese over the top. Move to Indirect heat (for charcoal: the side of charcoal grill that has no coals. For gas: turn off burner directly under pizza). Cover grill and cook for 5 to 10 minutes, or until bottom is well browned, and cheese is fully melted.
• Remove from grill, season with salt and pepper, and slice. Serve immediately.

APPETIZER PIZZAS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Press pizza dough evenly into the bottom of the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crust is firm on top, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove crust from the oven and let cool thoroughly, 15 to 30 minutes.
• Spread cream cheese evenly over cooled crust. Top with tomatoes, artichokes, olives, basil, and garlic. Cut into 12 squares; chill until served.