My Maui Zaui

My friend is in Hawaii and my husband was bringing craft beer home, so I had pizza and the islands on my mind. I knew I had chicken, bacon, and pineapple, so I set out to make my own version of the Round Table Maui Zaui pizza, and it turned out great.

I started by making the crust: SO EASY...All Recipe Crust

Then I prepped a 1/4 of a white onion (cut it super thin) for the topping, crisped up some bacon, chopped a chicken breast I'd been thawing in some Soyaki and threw it into a saute pan for about 6 mins on medium heat with the marinade. The chicken should be tender DO NOT OVERCOOK IT!

Turn your oven to 400 degrees and heat your pizza stone. Pizza stones are essential to a great crust. If you don't have one use your most heavy-duty pan and preheat that. You have to preheat the pan!

Ingredients:

For Sauce:

5 cloves Garlic
1/4 white onion
1/4 Mae Ploy (sweet chili sauce)
Tbsp White Vinegar
Tbsp White Sugar
1/4 Honey
1 Tbsp Soy Sauce or Soyaki Marinade
1 tsp ground ginger
ground pepper

I sauteed the onions and garlic in a splash of olive oil. Then added the sauces and used my immersion blender to make the sauce smooth. Then I reduced the sauce to thicken it. Reduce the sauce simply by cooking it longer but keep a close eye on the temp, you don't want to burn it. Stir frequently. (If it seems too runny add more honey).

For Toppings:

1 Cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
3/4 Cup Cheddar
1/2 Bacon (cooked crispy)
1 chicken breast
1/4 white onion
Fresh pineapple 
sprinkling of cilantro

Roll out your crust on a pizza peel with corn meal so it won't stick, then transfer the crust to the hot stone when you're ready to assemble it. (I use the same method of transfer that you would for a pie crust...once it's rolled out fold it in half like a taco, then fold that in half, transfer it to the hot stone, and unfold).

I started with sauce, then chicken (putting the chicken below the cheese and other toppings ensured it didn't dry out). Then cheeses, onions, bacon, and finally pineapple. Then I crank the oven to 420 and bake it for 20 minutes. Your crust will be crispy, and the toppings will be perfect.

Enjoy!

Sorry about the cell phone pic...