Monday, February 28, 2011

Buffalo Chicken Pizza

Andrew's favorite pizza at Mellow Mushroom is Buffalo Chicken and I must admit - it is pretty darn good.  It involves bacon, grilled chicken, buffalo sauce, ranch, caramelized onions, and cheese.  So I figured I could at least attempt to recreate it at home.  I a) have a good pizza crust recipe (thanks to PW), b) can grill chicken, c) can caramelize onions pretty darn well, d) make a mean homemade buffalo sauce, e) am Southern, I can fry bacon (in the microwave to save more calories) and finally f) know how to buy cheese and ranch...so why not right?

The results...dog-gone good.  Andrew even said, "Dang! Gray, this even looks like a real pizza, not to mention is awesome!"  Side-note...my homemade pizzas usually turn out in a rectangle rather than circle, he was impressed it was actually round.  And finally, of course, I used low-fat, reduced fat, or margarine to save calories...and I didn't use nearly as much sauce or cheese as they do.  I did, however, make my buffalo sauce hotter to make up for using less.

Sorry Mellow Mushroom it might be a while before you see us again!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Oh YUM - you are going to have to cook that for us!