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Malaysian Chicken Pizza

Cooking Light

Randy Mayor; Jan Gautro

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Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 3/4  cup  rice vinegar
  • 1/4  cup  firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1/4  cup  low-sodium soy sauce
  • 3  tablespoons  water
  • 1  tablespoon  minced peeled fresh ginger
  • 2  tablespoons  chunky peanut butter
  • 1/2  to 3/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • 4  garlic cloves, minced
  • Cooking spray
  • 1/2  pound  skinless, boneless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1/2  cup  (2 ounces) shredded reduced-fat, reduced-sodium Swiss cheese (such as Alpine Lace)
  • 1/4  cup  (1 ounce) shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
  • (12-inch) Basic Pizza Crust
  • 1/4  cup  chopped green onions

Preparation

Preheat oven to 500°.

Combine first 8 ingredients in a bowl; stir well with a whisk.

Heat a nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add chicken, and sauté 2 minutes. Remove chicken from pan.

Pour rice vinegar mixture into pan, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook mixture 6 minutes or until slightly thickened. Return chicken to pan; cook 1 minute or until chicken is done. (Mixture will be consistency of thick syrup.)

Sprinkle cheeses over prepared crust, leaving a 1/2-inch border, and top with chicken mixture. Bake at 500° for 12 minutes on bottom rack in oven. Sprinkle with green onions. Place pizza on a cutting board; let stand 5 minutes.

Nutritional Information

Calories:
293 (22% from fat)
Fat:
7.3g (sat 2.9g,mono 2.6g,poly 1.2g)
Protein:
18.2g
Carbohydrate:
38.3g
Fiber:
1.8g
Cholesterol:
33mg
Iron:
2.4mg
Sodium:
487mg
Calcium:
151mg
Jill Melton, Cooking Light, MAY 2002