Sunday, April 17, 2011

Fajita Pizza

Fajita Pizza 005

I haven't made a homemade pizza for about 2 months!  I can't believe it!  My husband started bugging me to make one and when I asked him what kind he wanted he said a "mexican one".  So, I decided to do a fajita pizza. 

Ingredients:
  • One pizza crust recipe (see Recipe Index)
  • 2 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
  • 1-2 red bell peppers, cut into strips
  • 1 onion, cut into strips
  • 2 Tbs olive oil
  • 1 fajita packet and recipe ingredients on back of package
  • ½ cup Mozzarella cheese, shredded
  • ½ cup Sharp Cheddar cheese, shredded
  • 1/3  cup fresh salsa, divided
  • 1 avocado
  • 2 Tbs lime juice
  • Salt, to taste
  • Sour cream
Directions:
  • Make pizza crust according to recipe directions.  Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.  Bake crust for 10 minutes. 
  • In the meantime, heat olive oil in a heavy, large pan over medium heat.  Cook chicken, bell peppers and onions for 5 minutes in oil or until onion is tender.  Add the fajita mix and fajita mix ingredients to pan; mix thoroughly.  Allow the chicken and veggies to absorb the fajita mix for about 5 minutes. 
  • When the 10 minutes of baking the crust is complete, remove from oven and add your toppings.  Cover the crust with the Mozzarella and Sharp Cheddar cheese.  Spread the chicken fajita mixture evenly over crust.  Return to oven and cook for 8-10 more minutes. 
  • In the meantime, make your guacamole.  Mash avocado with fork.  Add 3-4 Tbs fresh salsa, lime juice and salt to taste.  Mix well.  Refrigerate until ready to serve.
  • When the cooking time for pizza is complete, remove from oven and top evenly with remaining fresh salsa.  (Note:  you may need to soak up extra juices from salsa with paper towels after adding to pizza.) 
  • Serve pizza with guacamole and sour cream. 
Note:  I meant to add black beans to the topping and COMPLETELY forgot.  I mustn’t forget next time, although it was still delicious without. 

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