Chicken Tikka Pizza (With Naan)
Spicy and cheesy chicken tikka pizzas made with chicken tikka and shredded mozzarella cheese atop garlic naan. Perfect for snack, appetizer hour or quick dinners!
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
Quick Chicken Tikka
- 5 tablespoon plain greek yogurt (or thick curd)
- 1.5 teaspoon garlic paste
- ½ teaspoon ginger paste
- 1.5 teaspoon kashmiri chili powder or paprika
- ½ teaspoon red chili powder (hot), or cayenne pepper powder
- ½ teaspoon garam masala powder
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon kasuri methi (dried fenugreek leaves)
- 1.25 teaspoon salt adjust to taste
- 500 g boneless skinless chicken thighs cut into 1.5 inch pieces
Pizza Ingredients
- 4 6 inch naan I use garlic naan
- 1 cup pizza sauce I use store-bought
- 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese low moisture,
- 1 small onion sliced (about ⅓ cup)
- ⅓ cup green bell pepper sliced
Instructions
- Place all the listed marinade ingredients (except chicken) in a large bowl and whisk to smooth. Add the chicken and combine well. Cover the chicken and marinate for at least 1 hour. You could marinate the chicken tikka upto 18 hours.
- Cook the chicken tikka on medium-high heat in a skillet or on the grill until charred and smoky. Cut the cooked chicken tikka in small bite size pieces.
- Preheat oven to 400F. Place garlic naan on a parchment paper lined baking sheet or a pizza pan if you have one.
- Spread 2-3 tablespoon of pizza sauce on the naan.
- Scatter shredded mozzarella chesse in a single layer to over all the pizza sauce.
- Arrange the sliced red onion, green bell pepper and chicken tikka pieces over the cheese. Drizzle a bit of olive oil on top. Additionally, I like to scatter a handful of shredded cheese over the tikka.
- Bake the naan pizzas for 8-10 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
- Optionally, sprinkle some chaat masala on the warm pizzas for added punch.You could also add bit of chopped fresh cilantro on top.
- Slice and enjoy! I love to serve it with green chutney.
Notes
- You could use regular pizza dough to make a pizza base in this recipe.
- For added kick, add pickled jalapeno slices on the pizza before baking.
- If you enjoy a sweetish bite to your pizza, scatter a hanful of sweet corn kernels before baking. They are so juicy and really complememt the spicy tikka.