Creamy Chicken Pizza Topping

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 250 g chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese, grated and divided
• 2 tablespoons pineapple juice (reserve juice if using tin)
• 1/2 cup pineapple, coarsely diced
• 1 small onion, finely diced
• 2 teaspoons garlic, crushed
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon dried chives
• 1/2 teaspoon dried sage
• 150 g tomato paste

Recipe

• 1 cook chicken breast in oven for 30 minutes at 180°c / 350°f or grill until cooked through. you can of course use leftover chicken.
• 2 melt butter over gentle heat in a small saucepan and stir in flour until mixed well.
• 3 stir in milk gradually and continue to stir until it has reduced just a little, not much just a minute or two.
• 4 reduce temperature to low and stir through cheese until it has just melted and remove from the heat.
• 5 stir through the pineapple juice and stir rapidly to get it back to a thinner consistency.
• 6 coarsely cut the chicken into cubes roughly 1cm (little under 1/2") across and add to the cheese sauce and mix through.
• 7 stir through pineapple, onion, garlic, parsley, chives and sage. place in the refrigerator 30 minutes while you prepare the oven/grill or alternatively it can be done in advance.
• 8 spread the base with the tomato paste or your favourite pizza sauce and then evenly spread the chicken mixture over the top.
• 9 sprinkle the remaining 1/2 cup of mozzarella over the top and cook as per your preferences until the cheese is melted through etc.