California Club Pizza
Tonight we had pizza on the grill. Yes, you heard that right. Pizza, cooked on the grill, with lettuce and avocado on it. But before you start to think we’ve lost our minds, hear me out.
A couple of years ago I visited California Pizza Kitchen for the first time. While some people have known for ages about the deliciousness that is served there, I have apparently been living a sheltered life in a cave eating slugs and drinking rain water. Just kidding. How did I not know about this place sooner? Anyway, I like to try out different menu items when we go and pretty much everything I’ve ever had has been absolutely scrumptious, but nothing really compares to their California Club Pizza. Oh… It is so amazing.
Fresh off the grill before the extra toppings…
The other day, I was planning out our menu for the week and decided that I wanted to try to make our own version of CPK’s mouth watering pizza. So I grabbed the key ingredients from the grocery and got to work. I knew that I wanted that wood-fire brick oven gas grill taste, so we opted to cook it in a different manner. And it turned out to be better than CPK’s, in my opinion. Give it a try for yourself. If you’re not licking your chops before that first savory bite hits your tongue, then you may need to get your head checked. *wink*
Here is the recipe. Feel free to tweak it to your liking.
I did.
That means that we used mostly fat free/light options and Chris ended up eating all of the tomatoes.
California Club Pizza
Ingredients:
Premade Pizza Crust, such as Boboli
2 Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts
3 Slices of Bacon
1/3 C. Mozarella Cheese
1 Tomato, Sliced
4 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
1 ½ C. Lettuce, Chopped
½ Avocado, Sliced
Preheat Grill. Cook bacon (mmm, bacon) and chicken, then dice. Spread 2 tbsp. of mayonnaise evenly on the pizza crust, then layer with chicken, bacon, cheese and tomato. Grill until crust is crisp and cheese is melted and bubbly. In a bowl, toss the remaining 2 tbsp. of mayo with the lettuce. Try to resist dumping the whole bottle of mayo in the bowl. Layer lettuce and avocado on top of the hot pizza and serve.
