Deep Dish Chicken-feta Pizza

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 envelope active dry yeast
• 1 cup water
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 1/2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 -2 boneless skinless chicken breast
• 1 packet italian seasoning, marinade
• bottled pizza sauce
• mozzarella cheese
• reg. feta cheese
• parmesan cheese

Recipe

• 1 for the dough: in a sm bowl, dissolve yeast in warm water.
• 2 in a separate bowl combine flour and salt.
• 3 add yeast mixture and oil and mix thoroughly until dough forms in a ball.
• 4 place dough ona well-floured board and kneed until smooth; about ten min.
• 5 dust a lg bowl lightly w/ flour and place dough in it.
• 6 cover w/ plastic wrap.
• 7 let dough rise for about an hr.
• 8 or until doubled in size.
• 9 (you may try putting the dough into a warmed oven. if you do this, make sure that the oven is warm and turned off when you put the dough in. also make sure that you put a little oil in the bowl and roll the dough around in it to prevent it from getting har) once doubled, punch the dough down and w/ a rolling pin, roll out until about one inch thick.
• 10 place the dough in well greased pie pan and fold the edges over.
• 11 (or you can cook the it like a regular pizza. i've tried both ways and both have been equally good) for the pizza: marinate the chicken in the italian seasonings as the directions on the packet tell you to.
• 12 (or use your own italian marinade) cook the chicken (i use my george foreman grill) until no longer pink.
• 13 cut the chicken into strips or chuncks.
• 14 spread the pizza sauce on the dough and then cover with enough mozz.
• 15 cheese.
• 16 next add the feta cheese; as much as you feel comfortable with.
• 17 top with the chicken pieces and sprinkle with a little parm.
• 18 cheese and dried italian seasoning (opt.) pop into the oven at about 400 degrees for around 20-25 min.
• 19 check periodically for doneness.
• 20 enjoy!