Monday, February 3, 2014

Quirky Cooking - Fajita Chicken & Salad Pizza on Quinoa & Chia Seed Flatbread

My favourite blog is Quirky Cooking and I am always on there trying to find cooking ideas.
Tonight I thought I'd try a recipe I've been looking at for a while -

Fajita Chicken & Salad Pizza on Quinoa & Chia Seed Flatbread.

It is not WLC compliant as it has honey but i was happy to lose a point tonight as it was DELICIOUS!

Here is what I did - a little different to QC due to what I had in our house:

It makes 2 large pizza size flatbreads.

1. Toast 150g white quinoa using the Bellini at 100C for 10 mins, speed 1, with measuring cup off.

2. Then grind the toasted quinoa, 2 Tbspns chia seeds and 1/2 tsp salt in Bellini bowl for 1 minute, speed 9.

3. Add 180g water and mix on speed 5 for 10 seconds.

4. Drizzle pizza trays with some extra virgin olive oil (use baking paper if needed), and divide dough between trays. (The dough will be more like a sticky batter.) Drizzle the dough with some more oil. Using your fingertips, pat the dough out evenly into a thin circle, about 3mm thick. I find it's easier to use my fingers than a spatula, as the dough is very sticky. The oil will stop it sticking to your hands. There should be oil all around the edge of the dough, and a thin sheen over the top. This will make it crispy. If you want it soft, there's no need to use much oil.

5. Bake at 200C for 20-30 minutes, depending how crispy you like it.


Fajita Chicken & Salad Topping

1. While the pizza bases are cooking, make the toppings.

2. Chop garlic on speed 7 for 3 seconds - 2 garlic cloves

3. Add the remaining ingredients except the chicken and mix on speed 5 for 5 seconds
- 20g extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbspn honey
- juice of 1/2 a lime
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1/4 tsp smoked paprika

4. Add 500g chicken breast - thinly sliced, and cook for 5 minutes, ST temperature, blunt blade, with measuring cup off.

(There will be a bit of 'juice' left after cooking the chicken - you can just lift the chicken out with a fork or slotted spoon. I actually drizzled the juice over the top of the pizza because it was too yummy to waste!)

When flatbread is cooked, remove from oven and top with baby spinach, chopped tomato, thinly sliced Spanish onion and fajita chicken.



Enjoy - they are absolutely delicious! The fajita chicken was so delicious I will be making it regularly!

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