Whole Wheat Chicken Pizza

Whole Wheat Chicken Pizza is a healthy pizza recipe as the base is made of whole wheat flour. This is a recipe for pizza made from the scratch i.e including the pizza base, pizza sauce and the delicious chicken topping. And the best part about this Pizza is that it is made with whole wheat flour pizza base.

I had made a whole wheat paneer tikka pizza a few months back. This time I thought of trying out a chicken version of it. I kept the pizza sauce the same and made a delicious chicken topping for the pizza. The result was awesome! Everyone at home loved it.

If you want to try out a regular maida base pizza, you can find the recipe here: Veg Pizza. For a vegetarian whole wheat pizza, you might want to check: Whole Wheat Paneer Tikka Pizza

Here is the whole wheat chicken pizza recipe:

Makes: 3 medium sized pizzas
Preparation Time: 2 hours 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 20 minutes per pizza

Ingredients:

To make dough:
Whole Wheat Flour: 3  cups
Active dry yeast: 3/4 tbsp
Olive Oil: 2 tbsp
Sugar:  1 tsp
Warm Water: 1 and 1/4 cup
Salt: 1 tsp

To make pizza sauce:
Onion: 1 medium sliced
Capsicum: 1 medium sliced
Corn: 1/2 cup boiled
Tomato: 1 pureed
Tomato Ketchup: 2 tbsp
Dry Oregano: 1/4 tsp
Dry Basil: 1/4 tsp
Red Chili Flakes: 1/4 tsp
Salt: to taste

For Chicken Topping:
Boneless Chicken : 250 gm
Salt: to taste
Tandoori Masala: 2 tsp
Curd: 2 tbsp
Mozzarella Cheese: As required

Method of Preparation:

To make pizza base

1. Add sugar and yeast to the warm water and let it sit for 15-30 minutes till it becomes frothy.
2. Add 3 cups of flour, oil and salt to the frothy yeast mixture.
3. Knead the dough into a smooth ball. It is very important to knead well for gluten formation.
4. Apply oil all over the dough. Cover  with moist cloth and keep in warm place for around 1 hour.
5. The dough will double up. (You may need to keep it for more time based on the temperature outside)

To make pizza sauce

1. Heat olive oil in a pan. Add onion, capsicum and corn and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the pureed tomato, tomato ketchup, salt, dry oregano, dry basil and dry chili flakes and mix well.

To make toppings

1. Marinate the Chicken with curd, tandoori masala and salt. Keep aside.
2. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a flat frying pan and shallow fry the chicken till golden brown. Shred into small pieces.

The Final steps

1. Grease and dust a baking pan.
2. Divide the dough, pizza sauce and paneer tikka, each into 2 parts.
3. Place one part on the rolling blade and roll into disk. Transfer to baking pan.
4. Brush some olive oil on the pizza base.
5. Apply one portion of pizza sauce on the pizza base.
6. Top with grated mozzarella cheese as per taste. Sprinkle chili flakes and chicken pieces on top.
7. Bake the pizza in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius. Your whole wheat paneer tikka pizza is ready.

If you enjoy making your own bread at home, here are some other recipes which you might like : Pav (Dinner Rolls), Potato Stuffed Buns, Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Buns .

Whole Wheat Chicken Pizza

Whole Wheat Paneer Tikka Pizza

 

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Prep time

2 hours 30 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

2 hours 50 mins

 

Here is a recipe for pizza made from the scratch i.e including the pizza base, pizza sauce and the delicious paneer tikka topping. And the best part about this Pizza is that it is made with whole wheat flour pizza base.

Serves: 3 medium sized pizzas

Ingredients

• Whole Wheat Flour: 3 cups
• Active dry yeast: ¾ tbsp
• Olive Oil: 2 tbsp
• Sugar: 1 tsp
• Warm Water: 1 and ¼ cup
• Onion: 1 medium sliced
• Capsicum: 1 medium sliced
• Corn: ½ cup boiled
• Tomato: 1 pureed
• Tomato Ketchup: 2 tbsp
• Dry Oregano: ¼ tsp
• Dry Basil: ¼ tsp
• Red Chili Flakes: ¼ tsp
• Salt: to taste
• Boneless Chicken : 250 gm
• Tandoori Masala: 2 tsp
• Curd: 2 tbsp
• Mozzarella Cheese: As required

Instructions

1. To make pizza base, add sugar and yeast to the warm water and let it sit for 15-30 minutes till it becomes frothy.
2. Add 3 cups of flour, oil and salt to the frothy yeast mixture.
3. Knead the dough into a smooth ball. It is very important to knead well for gluten formation.
4. Apply oil all over the dough. Cover with moist cloth and keep in warm place for around 1 hour.
5. The dough will double up. (You may need to keep it for more time based on the temperature outside)
6. To make pizza sauce, heat olive oil in a pan. Add onion, capsicum and corn and sauté for 2-3 minutes.
7. Add the pureed tomato, tomato ketchup, salt, dry oregano, dry basil and dry chili flakes and mix well.
8. To make toppings, Marinate the Chicken with curd, tandoori masala and salt. Keep aside.
9. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a flat frying pan and shallow fry the chicken till golden brown. Shred into small pieces.
10. The Final steps, Grease and dust a baking pan.
11. Divide the dough, pizza sauce and paneer tikka, each into 2 parts.
12. Place one part on the rolling blade and roll into disk. Transfer to baking pan.
13. Brush some olive oil on the pizza base.
14. Apply one portion of pizza sauce on the pizza base.
15. Top with grated mozzarella cheese as per taste. Sprinkle chili flakes and chicken pieces on top.
16. Bake the pizza in a preheated oven for 15 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.

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