Chicken In Pizza Dough

Total Time: 3 hrs 50 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 chicken breast (and any vegetables of your choosing)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 (1/4 ounce) envelope active dry yeast
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups water (105~ to 115 degrees)
• 4 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted

Recipe

• 1 prepare pizza dough (see recipe following). while dough rises, prepare baked chicken and vegetables.
• 2 after dough has risen and chicken has finished baking, turn dough onto a lightly floured board.
• 3 cut off a small piece of dough the size of a tennis ball to use for a top decoration.
• 4 form remaining dough into a ball and roll out to a 12 x 17-inch rectangle. place chicken, breast side down, in the middle of the dough.
• 5 arrange vegetables around chicken.
• 6 wrap sides and ends of dough over chicken.
• 7 turn right side up and place on a baking sheet. brush surface with beaten egg.
• 8 roll out reserved piece of dough.
• 9 using a cookie cutter, cut out a design and place on top of dough wrapped chicken.
• 10 brush with egg.
• 11 bake in pre- heated 425 degrees oven for 30 minutes, until golden brown.
• 12 to serve, let everyone tear off the bread, then cut up the chicken.
• 13 pizza dough: dissolve yeast, sugar and salt in warm water.
• 14 in large bowl, combine 2 cups of flour and yeast mixture; beat with an electric mixer several minutes.
• 15 stir in enough additional flour to make a stiff dough.
• 16 turn out on a floured board and knead 5 minutes until smooth and elastic. place dough in a lightly oiled bowl; turn to coat surface of dough with oil.
• 17 cover with a damp cloth and let rise in a warm place until double in bulk (about 2 hours).