Chicken With Raspberry Barbecue/chipotle Sauce Pizza

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 large pizza crust
• 1/3 cup seedless raspberry preserves
• 1/3 cup hickory flavored barbecue sauce or 1/3 cup chipotle chile in adobo
• 1 (4 ounce) can diced green chilies
• 1 1/2-2 cups diced cooked chicken
• 1 cup diced onion (optional)
• 1 1/2-2 cups shredded monterey jack cheese
• 1/2 ripe tomato, thinly sliced
• 1 cup shredded parmesan cheese
• 1/8 cup finely chopped fresh cilantro
• pretzel cracker
• tostitos scoops

Recipe

• 1 prepare crust and place in a large pizza pan.
• 2 preheat oven 400°f.
• 3 poke a few fork holes in the middle (to eliminate puffing).
• 4 cook 6 to 8 minutes. take out of oven.
• 5 increase oven temp to 425°f.
• 6 while crust is cooking, mix preserves, barbecue or chipotle sauce and diced green chiles together. mix well.
• 7 spread one half of sauce mixture over the entire crust.
• 8 sprinkle crust with chicken and onion (if desired).
• 9 spread the other half of the sauce mixture over the chicken.
• 10 sprinkle 1 cup shredded monterey jack cheese.
• 11 cut the thin slices of tomato in half and lay them on the pizza.
• 12 sprinkle the other 1 cup of monterey jack cheese.
• 13 sprinkle the parmesan cheese and the cilantro.
• 14 bake 10 -12 minutes.
• 15 take out when crust turns medium brown and cheeses are melted,.
• 16 note: i am at high altitude and i need a higher temperature, so watch the crust.
• 17 appetizers: no crust. lay out pretzel crackers or tostito scoops on large greased baking trays. layer in the order of the pizza. use a spoon. you may have to use more tomato slices.
• 18 broil for about 2 minutes at 400°f until cheeses are melted.