I sometimes take my children to Ceci's pizza buffet. The food is pretty awful, but it's cheap and pleases the kids. Julia took a liking to their Buffalo chicken pizza, so I made my own version at home the other day.
Our supermarket sells fresh pizza dough. You can substitute Boboli or whatever you like for the base.
In this case, I prebaked the crust on a lightly oiled cookie sheet for 5 minutes at 475 degrees F. I topped it with Marie's light blue cheese dressing, probably about a cup. For the next layer, I melted 2 Tbsp butter and mixed in 1/4 cup hot sauce. This was not Tabasco, but rather from an aging bottle of Crystal hot sauce, which is less powerful...adjust to your own taste). To this, I added about a cup of leftover cooked chicken. A little more would have been better. I spread this over the blue cheese dressing, then topped the pie with mozzarella cheese and baked it for 15 more minutes.
I think some chopped celery might be nice on this, or maybe some very thinly sliced tomato, but daughter rejected these ideas. I put a little red onion on part of it before baking, which was good.
Next I need to figure out how to make a slightly healthier version of the Buffalo chicken cheesesteak from Hoagie Haven in Princeton. If I use the Marie's light blue cheese dressing and those good Bell and Evans breaded chicken cutlets and make sure to get bread from Italian Peoples Bakery (that's what Hoagie Haven uses), I may achieve something that will please the daughter without putting too many excess pounds on her.
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