Topping recipe

Cast Iron BBQ Chicken

Name: Cast Iron BBQ Chicken (topping recipe)
Yield: 1 pan
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 240g Ketchup (1 cup); 50g Brown sugar (¼ cup, packed); 30g Cider vinegar (2 tbsp); 20g Molasses (1 tbsp); 15g Worcestershire sauce (1 tbsp); 3g Smoked paprika (1 tsp); 2g Garlic powder (½ tsp); 2g Onion powder (½ tsp); 1g Black pepper (½ tsp); 2g Fine sea salt (½ tsp); 120g Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella (about 4 oz, grated (1¼ cups)); 60g Smoked gouda (about 2 oz, grated (½ cup)); 110g Cooked chicken, diced and tossed in BBQ sauce (about ¾ cup); 30g Red onion, thinly sliced (¼ small onion); 3g Fresh cilantro, chopped (2 Tbsp)

Pizza BBQ sauce, Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella, Smoked gouda, Cooked chicken, diced and tossed in BBQ sauce, Fresh cilantro, chopped. Scaled for 1 pan.

1 panCast Iron Pan10"Pizza BBQ sauce

Build each pan

After the dough is shaped

1pan

Skillet size

sauce

Pizza BBQ sauce

¼ cup, generous70 g

Cheese

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella

about 4 oz, grated (1¼ cups)120 g

Cheese

Smoked gouda

about 2 oz, grated (½ cup)60 g

Toppings

Cooked chicken, diced and tossed in BBQ sauceA spoonful of the sauce, set aside before you spread the rest

about ¾ cup110 g

Red onion, thinly sliced

¼ small onion30 g

Finishing

Fresh cilantro, chopped

2 Tbsp3 g

Make the sauce

Scaled for 1 pan · 1 batch · Sauce recipe →

Whisk everything together in a small saucepan and simmer over medium-low for 10 min, stirring often, until it's thick enough to coat the back of a spoon and hold. Let it cool before it goes on the dough. Keeps 2 weeks in the fridge.

Ketchup

1 cup240 g

Brown sugar

¼ cup, packed50 g

Cider vinegar

2 tbsp30 g

Molasses

1 tbsp20 g

Worcestershire sauce

1 tbsp15 g

Smoked paprika

1 tsp3 g

Garlic powder

½ tsp2 g

Onion powder

½ tsp2 g

Black pepper

½ tsp1 g

Fine sea salt

½ tsp2 g

Put it together

Once the sauce is made, for each pan

BeforeSpread the BBQ sauce thin over the dough, then scatter both cheeses and push them to the skillet wall.
BeforeScatter the sauced chicken and red onion over the cheese.
AfterFree the rim with a spatula and scatter the cilantro over the top.

Shopping list

For 1 pan

Ketchup240 g

Brown sugar50 g

Cider vinegar30 g

Molasses20 g

Worcestershire sauce15 g

Smoked paprika3 g

Garlic powder2 g

Onion powder2 g

Black pepper1 g

Fine sea salt2 g

Low-moisture whole-milk mozzarella120 g

Smoked gouda60 g

Cooked chicken, diced and tossed in BBQ sauce110 g

Red onion, thinly sliced30 g

Fresh cilantro, chopped3 g

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