Chicken Tikka Pizza
A flatbread base topped with tikka-spiced chicken, red onion, peppers and mozzarella, baked until crisp.
Photograph credit: Chicken Tikka at a restaurant by Lucrucia98 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · this resized copy is shared under the same licence
Can you put curry on a pizza and have it work? Yes, as long as the chicken is cooked first and the sauce is not too wet. Wet toppings are the usual reason a pizza goes soggy in the middle.
Fry the diced chicken with the tikka paste in a hot pan for 6 minutes until it is cooked through and the paste has dried onto the meat. Mix the tomato purée with a spoonful of the paste for the sauce base, and spread it thin. Keep the topping dry. A puddle of sauce under the cheese is what causes a soggy centre.
Bake the bases alone for 4 minutes at 220°C / 430°F, add the sauce, chicken, onion, peppers and mozzarella, and bake for 10 to 11 minutes more until the cheese is spotted gold. If your oven runs hot, check at 8 minutes.
Finish with fresh coriander and a drizzle of mint yoghurt.
Chicken Tikka Pizza: Step by Step
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Heat the oven to 220°C / 430°F. Fry the chicken with 1 tbsp of the tikka paste in the oil for 6 minutes until cooked through.
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Mix the remaining paste with the tomato purée.
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Bake the bases on trays for 4 minutes. Spread with a thin layer of the tomato mix.
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Top with the chicken, onion, pepper and mozzarella and bake for 10 to 11 minutes until golden.
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Scatter with the coriander and drizzle with the yoghurt mixed with the mint sauce.
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A Few Pointers
- Cook the chicken first.
- Bake the bases before topping.
- If your oven runs hot, check at 8 minutes.
- Keep the sauce thin.
Serve It With
Green salad · Mango chutney · Cucumber raita · Lime pickle
Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Bread Rolls, Buttered Carrots, Buttered Peas.
Leftovers and Storage
Keeps in the fridge for 2 days. Reheat in a hot oven to crisp the base.
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