Recipe: Thai Chicken Pizza from the California Pizza Kitchen for Emily

Thai Chicken Pizza from the California Pizza Kitchen
Source:This Out to Lunch Recipe aired March 12, 2002

Mozzarella Cheese
Spicy Thai Sauce
Chopped Green Onions
Marinated Chicken Breast, cut
Bean Sprouts
Shredded Carrots
Chopped Peanuts
Fresh Cilantro, chopped

Put spicy Thai sauce on any pizza dough of your choice. Add ingredients. Bake at 450 oven for 4-5 minutes until crust is golden and cheese has melted. Add cilantro for garnish.

Thai Chicken & Shiitake Mushroom Pasta
Source: Stanford's Restaurant & Bar

1 oz. Chili oil blend
1 Tbl. Garlic, chopped
5 oz. Chicken breast
1/2 oz. Carrots, julienne
1/2 oz. Yellow bell peppers, julienne
1/2 oz. Red bell peppers, julienne
1/2 oz. Red cabbage
1/2 oz. Shiitake mushrooms
1 Tbl. Cilantro, chopped
1/2 oz. Scallions, chopped
1 oz. Dry roasted peanuts
1/2 tsp. Seasoning salt
6 oz. Thai coconut sauce
10 oz. Linguini

Garnish:
1/4 oz. Daikon radish, julienne
1/2 tsp. Cilantro, chopped

Place chicken breast on the broiler. Diamond mark and season. Cook to 165-degrees internal temperature. Remove chicken from broiler. Place on cutting board, cut out center cartilage, then julienne across the breast in 1/4" strips. Ladle chili oil into a heated saute pan and add all ingredients except pasta and sauce. Saute until vegetables begin to sweat. Add Thai coconut sauce (Recipe) to the saute mixture. Saute. Lower heat to simmer. Reduce sauce until it begins to thicken. Heat pasta in microwave for one minute until hot, mound in the center of a 9" bowl. Pour saute mixture over pasta and garnish with daikon and cilantro in the center. Place bowl on a lined 10" plate for service.