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Grilled Chicken & Caramelized Onion Flatbread with Blue Cheese

When I was a child, we went to Chuck E. Cheese’s for our birthdays. In addition to all of the cool games and the characters, I loved that they cut their pizzas into squares instead of wedges. Not only could you get more crust or less crust as you like (I’m a less-crust girl), I got to eat a number of pieces, since they’re petite. Here, I’ve cut the flatbread into squares to distinguish it from other pizzas . . . and because it just feels more decadent. If you’re making this pizza on a charcoal grill, heat the coals until they are hot and covered with gray ash. Then place the pizza on the grill about 5 inches from the coals for best results. Cover and grill for 3 to 4 minutes.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes 8 servings

Ingredients

1 (10-ounce) Boboli whole-wheat pizza crust
Olive oil spray (from a spray bottle, not a store-bought, prefilled one that contains propellant; I used a Misto)
8 ounces Basic Grilled Chicken (see page 219) or lean store-bought grilled chicken breast, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 recipe Easier-Than-Caramelized Onions (see page 225)
1 teaspoon dried rosemary
1 1/2 ounces (about 1/3 cup) reduced-fat blue cheese crumbles

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat a grill to medium heat. Lightly mist the bottom of the crust with spray. Place the crust on a metal pizza peel or cookie sheet without a lip.

    Step 2

    Top the crust evenly with the chicken, then the onions, rosemary, and blue cheese.

    Step 3

    Carefully slide the pizza onto the grill. Grill it until the cheese melts and the dough is crisped but not burned, 3 to 5 minutes. Carefully slide it back onto the peel or sheet (you may want to use tongs to drag it on) and let it stand 5 minutes. Slice the pizza into 16 squares and serve immediately.

  2. note

    Step 4

    Nutrition information is based on 2 average-sized slices; corner pieces are smaller.

  3. nutrition information

    Step 5

    Each (2-piece) serving (see note) has:

    Step 6

    Calories: 160

    Step 7

    Protein: 12g

    Step 8

    Carbohydrates: 19g

    Step 9

    Fat: 5g

    Step 10

    Saturated Fat: 2g

    Step 11

    Cholesterol: 19mg

    Step 12

    Fiber: 3g

    Step 13

    Sodium: 278mg

Reprinted with permission from I Can't Believe It's Not Fattening! by Devin Alexander. Copyright © 2010 Devin Alexander. Published by Clarkson Potter Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved. Devin Alexander is the author of The Most Decadent Diet Ever, Fast Food Fix, and coauthor of The New York Times bestsellers The Biggest Loser Cookbook and The Biggest Loser Family Cookbook. She was a chef on NBC's The Biggest Loser and the host of Healthy Decadence on Discover Health and FitTV.
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