Black Garlic Honey Barbecue Chicken Pizza
ala ~DKBB~
(original recipe from www.foreignfork.com)
Black Garlic Honey Barbecue Sauce
1 tsp. cornstarch
⅔ c. water
1 c. barbecue sauce (I use either homemade or Sweet Baby Ray’s)
6 Tbsp. honey (I use 2-3 Tbsp. black garlic honey, 1 Tbsp. Carolina Reaper honey, and 1 Tbsp. regular honey)
2 Tbsp. soy sauce (I prefer low-sodium)
1 Tbsp. minced (regular) garlic
2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, softened
1 head black garlic
1 pizza crust (I prefer Boboli crusts, but you can sure make your own)
1 skinless, boneless chicken breast
Mozzarella cheese (block/ball and shredded)
- Combine the softened butter with 3-4 cloves of black garlic, mixing well.
- In a small bowl, combine water and cornstarch and mix together until cornstarch is dissolved.
- In a medium pan, over medium-low heat, combine the barbecue sauce, honey, soy sauce, minced garlic, and water/cornstarch mixture.
- Cook on medium-high heat until sauce starts to bubble and thicken, stirring occasionally; remove from burner when thickened; allow sauce to cool for about 30 minutes.
- Divide completed sauce in half, reserving half for pizza sauce. Pour the remaining half into a Ziploc bag with the chicken breast and allow to marinate for an hour or so.
- When the chicken is done marinating, grill it (or bake it); when it is done cooking, let is set for about 10 minutes, then dice it up.
- Cover the pizza crust with the black garlic butter; add on the barbecue sauce that had been set aside using a spatula; cover this with mozzarella cheese (preferably not shredded); add the rest of the black garlic and the diced chicken.
- Cover all with a light layer of shredded mozzarella cheese, then drizzle the remaining unused sauce lightly over all.
- Grill or bake the pizza per usual practice.
