Monday, July 18, 2011

Secret Recipe Club - BBQ Chicken Pita Pizza (and another surprise!)


I found another AMAZING blog club to belong to recently. It is called called The Secret Recipe Club. How much more bad-ass do you get than that? Well, in the world of blogging I guess?

Each month, our ingenious organizer, Amanda of Amanda's Cookin sends each of us a secret e-mail with the name of a blog. At that point it is our job to go through and pick a recipe that we want to recreate. It was so exciting to go through my selected blog this month - The Life & Loves of Grumpy's Honeybunch. How awesome of a name is that to start off? Please take a moment to look through some of Shelby's recipes - they are all right up my alley and she takes great pictures to boot! I'm not going to lie, I picked recipes posted in the last three months because I would have had way too many options to choose from if I kept browsing...

The recipe that I chose to replicate is BBQ Vegetarian Chicken Pita Pizza except I omitted the vegetarian part (and the healthy part apparently)! It was a dinner that I will surely make again, especially because it came together so quickly. Don't you just love when quick-cooking recipes taste like a million bucks?

Ingredients:
2 pieces pita bread
1 cup BBQ sauce, separated (choose your favorite store-bought version)
3/4 lb chicken breast, cut into bite-size pieces
1/2 small onion, thinly sliced
1/4 cup Hormel real bacon bits 
Sliced jalapeno peppers (optional) - they made their way on my pizza!
1/2 cup Shredded Monterey Jack and Cheddar cheeses 
Fresh cilantro

Directions:
Cut up chicken breast into bite-size pieces and place in a zip-lock bag with 3/4 cup BBQ sauce. Let marinate in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours.














Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cook marinated chicken in a frying pan for 5-6 minutes or until no longer pink (this depends on how big you cut your pieces. Place pita bread on cookie sheet and spread 2 tablespoons of BBQ sauce over the top of each (1/4 cup total will be used). Layer pita pizza as follows: chicken, onion, jalapeno, cilantro, bacon bits, cheese. Place in oven and bake 5-10 minutes or until cheese melts and pizza is as brown as you would like it to be!

This pizza came out so good that I decided to cheat and make another one of Shelby's recipes. Surprise! I made the Simplest Pasta Ever - and boy was that name true! It was probably one of the easiest pasta dishes I've ever made and it sure was delicious. It had very "Italian" flavors with the freshly grated Parmesan cheese, garlic and fresh basil running through it. I will be making that dish over and over again. You can quote me on that. 

Tutti Mangia!


15 comments:

Shelby said...

I'm happy you enjoyed the recipes! Grumpy looks at me when he asks me what for dinner and I hesitate...and says...don't you DARE say it. lol. I love the pita pizza! Great choice...and I don't think you did it too bad health wise. Thanks for trying it out!

Gloria - The Ginger Snap Girl said...

I'm loving the SRC! Your pizza pita looks yummy.

Melanie said...

What a wonderful, tasty shortcut to pizza! And BBQ chicken on pizza? I'm all over that!

Lisa~~ said...

So easy and yet so delicious looking.

If you haven't already, I'd love for you to check out my SRC recipe this month: Holy Guacamole.

Lisa~~
Cook Lisa Cook

Desi said...

Stopping by from SRC, you've got a great blog and several recipes I MUST try... like those caramels, choc chip pretzel bars, and more! I am your newest follower :)

http://steaknpotatoeskindagurl.blogspot.com

Delishhh said...

Fabulous job on the Secret Recipe club. So much fun finding new blogs and reading through them.

Rachel said...

Shelby's space is one of my favourites. And a great choice from her collection.

Chocolate Shavings said...

Now, that's comfort food!

claire said...

i want to join!!! love the idea and all of the recipes!

Tessa said...

Pitas make such great pizza crusts! Yours look great!

Amy Anderson said...

I so love bbq chicken pizza.

Glad to be part of SRC with you!

Amy @ A Little Nosh

David said...

Wow that look so good.I would be more then happy to taste compare the real one.
Gluten Free

Julie said...

Hi! Dropping by as I was doing my post for tomorrow's Club: Baked. This recipe looks so delicious. Fun that we're in Baked and Secret Recipe Club together, too!

Jamie said...

Thank you all for the nice comments!

Julie - I am super excited to post today's Baked recipe!!

marla {family fresh cooking} said...

Such a fun pizza! So fun to be in the Secret Recipe Club with you.

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