Quick Chicken Breast Pizza Recipe

It’s not every day you find a quick and easy family-friendly recipe that’s also healthy. This simple to prepare chicken pizza recipe requires ingredients you probably have on hand and will be ready in just 20 minutes. It’s perfect for those busy mid-week nights when you just need to get something on the table fast. We’d like to send a big shout out to the Queensland Government Healthier and Happier team for sharing this recipe with us. Families Magazine top tip: double the ingredients for a hungry family of four or more.

Effort Level | Easy

Servings | 2

Prep Time | 10 minutes

Cooking | 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 thin 23cm pizza base (dinner plate size)
• 2 tablespoons no-added-salt tomato paste
• 1 cup (30g) baby spinach leaves
• ½ large red onion, finely chopped
• 100g cooked or BBQ chicken breast, thinly sliced
• ½ small red capsicum, seeded and diced
• 6 large cherry tomatoes halved
• ½ cup grated reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
• basil leaves, to serve

Method

1. Preheat oven to 220ºC (200ºC fan-forced).
2. Spread tomato paste evenly over pizza base. Top with spinach leaves, sliced onion, chicken, capsicum strips and cherry tomatoes. Sprinkle with cheese and place on a baking tray, pizza stone or wire rack.
3. Bake for 5 minutes until cheese is melted then cover with foil to prevent burning. Bake for a further 5 minutes until base is crisp.
4. Sprinkle with roughly torn basil leaves on top to serve.

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