Pesto Chicken Pizza

A delicious and yet fancy update to a basic pizza is Pesto Chicken Pizza. Its quick, easy, and a healthy option for your favorite snack. There is something about tangy pesto, tender chicken, fresh coriander, and the spicy crunch of the onion that makes it an appetizing flavor combo.

A homemade pesto pizza sauce, and homemade pizza crust which makes this meal a cinch to prepare. You can also use the store brought pesto and pizza crust that can make things even easy in a time crunch. You can also play around with the flavor, chicken, or vegetables to add based on your own preferences. Feel free and enjoy making this amazing twist to the pizza.

Serve: 3 Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Total Time: 25 Mins

Ingredients:

Pesto Chicken

1/4 cup Pesto Sauce

1/4 cup Lemon Juice

1 tsp Pepper

1 tsp Salt as per taste

Toppings

Onion

Grated mozzarella

Mushroom

Bell pepper

Oregano

Let's get cooking:

Pesto Chicken

1. Clean and cut the chicken to bite size and marinate it with pesto paste that you made, lemon juice, pepper, and salt, for 30 minutes.

2. In a pan add olive oil, half fry the chicken (Do this only if you are not comfortable cooking chicken in the oven)

Pizza Assemble

1. Preheat oven to 400

2. Spread pesto sauce on pizza crust.

3. Top with cooked chicken (mushrooms, bell pepper), and mozzarella.

4. Bake 10-15 minutes until golden brown. Now add the onion

5. Let cool 3-5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!!

Serve it hot with grated Parmesan cheese, oregano, and some freshly chopped coriander

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