BBQ Chicken Pizza

As hesitant as DH was to me making this pizza, I.loved.it!  I think my favorite part of it was the cilantro added as a garnish on the BBQ Chicken Pizza.  (I love cilantro in the first place...just was not sure how it would be with BBQ.)  I really didn't want to open up a jar of marinara for the pizzas made tonight, but ended up anyways for variety---just in case not everyone in the family liked it.  However, there were only a couple slices of this for leftovers.  The recipe is adapted from Food.com.

Ingredients:

pizza dough or homemade

1/4 - 1/2 cup honey BBQ sauce

1-2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

cooked chicken thinly sliced

cilantro chopped (optional)

Directions:

Preheat oven to 450 degrees, or as prescribed on the packaging for the pizza dough.  Coat the pizza pan with a layer of canola oil, and spread the dough in the pan.  Smear the sauce on the dough and layer the pizza with the cheese and chicken.  (The chicken I used was cooked in a sweet BBQ sauce.)  Sprinkle additional cheese over the chicken, if preferred.

Bake for about 15-20 minutes.  When pizza is done, remove from oven, and sprinkle the pizza with cilantro as a garnish, if preferred.  

...Since I don't have a pizza pan, I used a 9x13 pan.  Once the pizza was done baking, I was able to transfer it to a cookie sheet to cut and serve easier.

...If you are using plain chicken, toss lightly in some BBQ sauce before placing on pizza.

Grilled Honey BBQ Pork Ribs

For years, I have not been a rib fan.  But, since my boys are loving the taste & is cheaper than getting steak on the grill, I'm liking ribs now.   For my son's birthday, I got over 11 lbs of pork ribs for $15-$16; it's been nice having some leftovers.  I had my butcher cut the slab into portions for easier handling.

Ingredients:
1 cup Italian dressing
1 cup honey BBQ sauce

Mix the marinade together in a small bowl or in a 2-cup measuring cup.   Line your pans with foil and spray with a non-stick spray.  Lather the sauce over each rib and place in prepared pans.

Seal the pans with another layer on top, too.  Bake in oven @ 300 degrees for 2 1/2 hours.  You do not want the meat to fall off completely, in order to keep the bone on for grilling.

Afterwards, my sweet husband cooked them on the grill on medium heat for about 5 minutes a side.

Allow to cool slightly, and slice into portions; I use scissors to do this.  Drizzle some more honey BBQ sauce (about 1/2 cup -1 cup) over the ribs, tossing some.

Make sure you have enough napkins to go with these!