BBQ Chicken Pizza

Alright, so last night you made BBQ Chicken Salad. Did you enjoy it? Yeah you did. And you saved some chicken, tomatoes, green onion, and cilantro, right? Good. This meal will take you no time at all then.


What You'll Need:

Storebought focaccia bread or pizza crust - Hey, the goal of this meal is to be quick and easy. If you want to make your own crust, more power to you. I highly recommend focaccia for this one. Those farmer's market type stores like Sprouts have them in all sorts of flavors. I buy them when they are on clearance because the "sell by" date is coming up. Just make sure to freeze it if you're not using it right away, because they mold pretty quick.
Shredded chicken mixed with BBQ sauce
Chopped tomato, green onion, cilantro
Mozerella Cheese
BBQ Sauce
Sour Cream


What You'll Do:

1. Preheat your oven to 350. When in doubt, just always use 350.

2. Slice the focaccia in half so you have two discs. Or use pizza crust.

3. Mix the BBQ sauce and sour cream. Don't thin it out this time. It needs to be thicker, like pizza sauce. Put it on whatever crust you are using and spread it around.

4. Top with lots of mozerella. Then add the chicken and chopped veggies.

5. Bake at 350 until the cheese it melted and the crust has some crunch to it.

6. Cut into slices and serve with salad or whatever you like to eat pizza with. See how easy this was? Two meals, same ingredients. A new spin on leftovers.

BBQ Chicken Salad

Guest Recipe Person: Wife

Wife made this one for me and it has become a nice we-need-a-quick-dinner meal. It is also part of something I like to call "Two Meals, Same Ingredients." Hey, I never claimed to be creative with names. This is a way to have the convenience of leftovers without actually having leftovers. So don't worry, you're not eating the exact same thing tomorrow. Some of you out there are against leftovers just for the sake of being against them. I don't understand you. I love leftovers. Anyway...


What You'll Need:

Chicken Breasts or Tenderloins
Lettuce (whatever kind you like)
Black Beans
Corn
Tomato
Green Onion
Cilantro
Shredded Cheese
BBQ Sauce
Sour Cream


What You'll Do:

1. Boil the chicken. Once it has fully cooked, shred it with a couple of forks or chop it up really small. Put it in a bowl with some BBQ sauce and stir until the chicken is coated in sauce. Make enough chicken to have some leftover for tomorrow.

2. Chop your tomato, green onion, and cilantro. Chop enough to have some leftover for tomorrow.

3. Wash and tear your lettuce. If you need me to tell to wash it, I'm never coming over to your place for dinner. No offense.

4. In a large bowl, assemble your salad (you'll mix it later). In goes the lettuce, chicken, some corn, some black beans, tomato, green onion, cilantro, and shredded cheese.

5. Make the dressing. Don't worry, it's easy. Remember how Wife and I eat lots of sour cream? You don't? Well, we do. This dressing is BBQ sauce mixed with sour cream. Thin it out with some water until it is your desired salad dressing consistency. Put some dressing on the salad. Mix thoroughly. Put it on a plate.

6. We recommend serving with some Bisquick drop biscuits, you know, the kind you just mix and drop on the baking sheet so they come out all funny shapes. They have some nice packs at the store these days with cheesy garlic biscuits and other cool flavors.

7. Put the extra chicken and veggies in the fridge for tomorrow's meal. It will taste similar, but will be a totally different experience.

Thank you, Wife for making me such great dinners. I love you. And not just because you make me such great dinners. But it helps. I'm not gonna lie.