Butter Chicken Pizza

What happens when you bring classic Butter Chicken and Pizza together? The answer is: MAGIC. I don’t know why I hadn’t tried this fusion recipe earlier but it just works so well. I’ve tried delicious butter chicken pies growing up but store bought butter chicken pizza never hit the spot. I think I have to give credit to my much loved butter chicken recipe. We have homemade butter chicken at least once a fortnight because it’s a one-pan wonder and so effortless. If you aren’t keen on trying butter chicken pizza for starters, you can just give my classic butter chicken curry a go – Perfect with rice, roti, naan or paratha.

Ingredients:

For curry

3x boneless chicken breast, diced
Ready-made butter chicken paste, 420g
Thickened cream 300ml
1 large onion, sliced
1 bunch fresh coriander
3-4 tbsp. oil
2 tbsp. crushed garlic
1 tbsp. crushed ginger
1 tbsp. cumin powder
2 tsp. chilli flakes
2 tsp. cumin seeds
Salt to taste

For pizza

2x store bought pizza base (regular size)
1 large red onion, sliced
2x medium sized green capsicum, sliced
Shredded cheese for topping
Fresh coriander for topping

Method:

Heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add onions and cumin seeds. Sauté until onions are slightly translucent and add garlic, ginger and chilli flakes. Fry for a further 2 minutes.

Add chicken to the pan followed by salt, cumin powder and add 2 tbsp. of butter chicken paste. Mix well and cover pan. Let chicken sweat until all liquid has evaporated.

Add 1 cup of boiling water to the pan and chicken should be cooked at this stage. Add the remaining butter chicken paste followed by thickened cream. Turn heat to low and let simmer for a further 15 minutes.

Once the chicken has simmered for 15 minutes, the gravy will thicken slightly. Taste for salt and add coriander. Set aside.

Preheat oven to 180 C fan forced and grease 2x pizza pan with oil spray.

Place pizza base on the prepared pan and start to layer the butter chicken gravy on the base followed by red onion, green capsicum, butter chicken and shredded cheese. Repeat with remaining pizza bases.

Place in the oven for 40 minutes or until cheese has melted and base is golden brown. Top with fresh coriander and serve immediately.

Notes:

• Recipe is for 3x boneless chicken breast. You can use the same measurements for 2x chicken breast but you’ll have a lot more gravy to chicken ratio.

• Recipe makes 2x regular sized pizzas.

• You can make your own butter chicken paste and pizza bases from scratch but I use store bought for ease and convenience.

• Amount of pizza sauce will be adjusted based on how much gravy and chicken you add to the pizza. If you’d like a pizza which is on the dry side, make note to drain thegravy slightly when placing chicken on the base. Alternatively add more gravy if you’d like the pizza to be saucier.