Malaysian Pizza

I love this time of night in our house.  Any other mommas out there love it too?  It's about 11:30.  It's quiet. HGTV is on and chamomile tea is in my cup.  I am thinking back about our birthday week last week and how much fantastic time we got to spend with family and friends in the days surrounding our birthdays.  It's always fun with my birthday and Peter's birthday one day apart.  We honestly love that we get to celebrate together!  On my birthday, Peter grilled steaks and shrimp - my birthday meal request just about every year. I'm definitely a meat eater and definitely predictable.  Peter changes his request up each year.  This year, he asked for this pizza.  I found this recipe probably 10 years ago in a magazine.  (I think it was Cooking Light.) We've cooked it no less than 30 times - enough times that the pages of my cooking notebook where this recipe is kept, stick together from the peanuty, sticky, syrupy sauce splashing out of the pot.  It's not complicated and it's really delicious!

Malaysian Chicken Pizza

1/4 cup rice vinegar

1/4 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 cup low sodium soy sauce

3 tbsp. water

1 tbsp. fresh minced & peeled ginger

2 tbsp. chunky peanut butter (or I usually only have smooth, so I add some chopped peanuts to it)

4 garlic cloves, minced

Cooking Spray

1 lg. can chunk chicken breast packed in water 

(You can use 1/2 lb. fresh chicken breast baked and then chopped, but I love how the canned chicken shreds in the sauce and makes this SO easy.)

1 cup mozzarella cheese

5-6 chopped green onions

1/2 bunch chopped fresh cilantro

1/2 cup chopped peanuts

1 can thin crust Pillsbury pizza dough or your favorite pizza dough

Preheat the oven according to the dough instructions.  I prebake the crust for 3-5 minutes, until it just starts to bake.  

Combine the first 8 ingredients in a sauce pan over medium-high heat and bring to a boil.  As the liquid starts to boil, add in the drained, canned chicken and whisk consistently.  Be patient as the mixture gently boils and continue whisking as it thickens.  It will take several minutes for it to thicken.  You want to look for it to boil down to the consistency of a thick syrup.  

Like this:

Take the mixture off the heat and spoon over the crust.  Top with cheese and bake according to your crust instructions.

After baking, top the pizza with the chopped green onion, cilantro, and peanuts to your liking - we like a lot!  Slice it up and eat it up!

Malaysian Pizza - One Big Circus