Pizza Pollo with Spinach, Chicken and Pumpkin Sauce
Homemade pizza is one of my favorite comfort foods. Topped with a fresh, flavorful pumpkin sauce and fresh spinach, this is the perfect weeknight dinner dish!
Servings 2
Calories 574kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pizza dough for 2 small pizzas (or 1 big to share) scroll down to notes if making your own)
For the sauce
- 3 cups butternut/pumpkin cubed
- 3 clove garlic lightly crushed and skin on
- 1/2 cup onion sliced
- 1-2 tbsps extra-virgin olive oil or melted coconut oil
- 1/2 cup tomato roughly chopped
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- sea salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Toppings
- 6 oz skinless boneless chicken breast cut into small pieces
- 1/2 cup onion sliced
- 3.5 cups fresh spinach shredded
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1/2 tsp paprika powder
- sea salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Optional: if making your own dough, do this first as it needs about 1 hour to rise.
- Preheat oven to 400°F or 200°C.
- Add butternut, onion, and garlic to an oven dish or baking sheet, drizzle with cooking oil and add a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Toss to coat. Roast for 20-30 minutes or until butternut/pumpkin is soft.
- Meanwhile, heat cooking oil over high heat in a pan. Cook chicken pieces until slightly browned.
- Season with salt and pepper. When ready, transfer to a bowl or plate.
- In the same pan, add some extra cooking oil and saute onions for 2-3 minutes while stirring. Then add and spinach and cook until just wilted. Set aside.
- When butternut is soft, take out the garlic and push the inside of the roasted garlic out of the skin. Add with all other sauce ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Add water if needed to improve the consistency of the sauce. Season with pepper and salt.
- Roll out dough, top with sauce, spinach mix and chicken pieces. Sprinkle dried oregano on top.
- Cook in the oven for about 15 minutes or until crisp.
Notes
- Optional: add a little bit grated Parmesan (or other cheese) on top.
- Click here if making your own dough.
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