This is a great recipe that is “somewhat” low fat… well, lower fat than a pepperoni pizza! I made this as the “adult” pizza and used the second crust to make a pepperoni pizza for the kids. This was a real winner and I will definitely be making this again.
I started with cubed chicken that I had on hand. You can stick a roaster in the Crock Pot and cook it for several hours. It results in a massive amount of chicken you can cube up and use later in recipes like this one. You can cube and freeze the cooked chicken as well. Very versatile and handy!
I tossed the cooked chicken with the spices in a bowl. You can also start with raw boneless breast as in the recipe below.
Here is a shot of the veggies cooking in my hot little orange skillet. We love red onions so we used those. You can use white or yellow too, depending on your preferences. And if red and yellow peppers weren’t so darned expensive right now, you would see some of those in there too.
Follow directions for pizza crust and then top with fixins as per recipe below.
We decided it was not as spicy as we would have liked. Next time I will try out more chili powder. Or I might try a whole different spice combo. This is a great basic recipe to experiment with.
Chicken Fajita Pizza
adapted from Recipezaar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 lb chicken breast, skinned, boned, cut into 2 x 1/2 inch strips(see notes above for starting off with cooked chicken)
- 1-2 teaspoon chili powder(we used 2 tsp)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup thinly sliced onion
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper, strips
- pizza dough, for 12 inch pizza (see My Pizza Dough recipe, makes two crusts)
- 1/2 cup mild salsa (I used a lot more)
- 2 cups monterey jack cheese, shredded (and low fat cheese works well)
Add chicken and cook, stirring frequently until lightly browned.
Stir in seasonings.
Roll and press dough into pan.
Pre-bake dough until it is a very light golden brown, about 6 minutes.
Remove from oven and scatter chicken over crust, spoon salsa over chicken, spread vegetable mixture over that, and finally, top with cheese.
Bake for another 15 minutes until crust is golden brown.
