Sam and I have been making pizza from scratch lately.  Not that pizza out here is bad, but particularly there is no place to get a good Buffalo Chicken Pizza.

Sam had told me once that her mom had this fantastic pizza dough recipe.  Turns out her mom knows nothing about this fantastic pizza dough recipe, so instead Sam and I use Mitch’s Pizza Dough Recipe.  It’s pretty basic, but makes great pizza dough and can be altered as you need it.  One batch of dough using the recipe makes up two pizzas.  We usually make one the first night (make the dough in the morning, pizza at night) and a second pizza either that night or the next day to take to work with us.

To make good Buffalo Chicken Pizza I got rid of the sauce and instead used a base of Blue Cheese Dressing mixed with Frank’s hot sauce.  Not a lot of each, and more hot sauce than blue cheese dressing, but just enough to give a good solid coat to the dough.  We then topped this with chicken (that has been doused with hot sauce as well) and some spices (we added some cajun spices).  Make sure to dice the chicken up pretty good so you still have chunks, but smaller chunks.  We have recently started to add a little Tapatio hot sauce for some more kick to the hotness.

Throw on cheese (Sam has some official twirl the cheese to put it on technique that just confuses me) and you’re ready to bake. We just use mozzarella or buy a bag of shredded Italian cheeses or Pizza blend to use.  Toss it in the oven at 375 for about twenty minutes and you’ve got yourself a great pizza.  Its started to become a staple around my apartment.  Its also a nice weekend activity and meal.