Thai Chicken with Peanut Sauce Pizza



Ingredients

1/2 lb. chicken, chopped into 1/2-inch pieces
1 Tbsp. curry powder
1 14-oz. can plus 1/2 cup coconut milk*, divided
1 cup plus 2 Tbsp. sugar, divided
32 oz. creamy peanut butter
1 or 2 Tbsp. red curry paste**
1 tsp. salt
1 cup ground peanuts
1 10-inch prepared pizza crust, thick or thin
1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1 or 2 Thai hot peppers, sliced in very thin shreds***
1/2 bell pepper sliced in thin strips (optional)

Preparation

• Toss the chicken pieces, curry powder, 1/2 cup coconut milk and 2 tablespoons sugar in a bowl.

• Heat a bit of oil in a wok or skillet on high heat and stir-fry the chicken until it’s no longer pink but still tender. Set it aside.

• In a 3-quart heavy-bottomed saucepan, stir together the can of coconut milk, peanut butter, red curry paste, 1 cup sugar and salt. Cook over low heat, stir frequently to blend the ingredients, for about 10 minutes. Do not boil.

• Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the ground peanuts.

• Adjust the seasonings as needed. The sweet taste should predominate (be the top flavor) with undertones of saltiness.

• Mix 1 cup of the stir-fried chicken pieces with 1 cup peanut sauce. Refrigerate the remainder for

another use.

• Spread the mixture to within 1/2 inch of the

pizza shell.

• Cover the pizza with shredded mozzarella.

• The pizza may be placed under a broiler about 6 inches from the heat source for 5 to 7 minutes until the cheese melts or heated in 375-degree oven for

7 minutes.

• Garnish the pizza with a pattern of shredded hot peppers or sliced sweet peppers in a pinwheel pattern.

* Coconut milk is available at Indian and Asian groceries.

** Red curry paste is a blend of red chiles, ghee, vinegar and seasonings.

*** Thai hot peppers are fiery hot – 60,000 Scoville heat units. Handle them carefully, wearing gloves. To tame the heat, scrape out the seeds and membrane. When you shred a hot pepper, cut fine strips lengthwise.