Roasted Eggplant and Chicken Gluten-Free Pizza

Eggplant puree as a pizza sauce

Lets mix up the nightshades and make a fun pizza. This eggplant puree is excellent pie base. I accompanied it with cheese and chicken but you could easily swap out ingredients to make it all plant based or vegetarian.

Ingredients:

Choose an eggplant that is over 1 pound - a little smaller than a football, yellow onion, dried red pepper, Napa Valley bread dip, "Bacon" salt, 2 boneless chicken thighs, and 1 package of Stellar Eats Pizza Dough - gluten-free mix, shredded mozzarella cheese, olive oil, and kosher salt.

Preparing the eggplant:

1. Slice eggplant into rounds or cut 2" cubes. Fill a bowl large enough to submerge the eggplant with water. Add 1 tsp of kosher salt to water. Mix, and drown the eggplant for approximately 10 minutes.
   
2. Drain and squeeze out remaining moisture from eggplant. Return to empty bowl. Take 1/2 of a yellow onion ( 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup ) and cut into large chunks. Add those to the eggplant and drizzle 1 to 2 tsp of olive oil over eggplant and onions. Mix with hands, place on baking sheet, and roast in a 350°F oven for 20 - 25 minutes.
   
3. In food processor or mortar rough grind 1 tbsp Napa Valley bread dip and couple of pitches of kosher salt. Add eggplant, onions, and 1 to 2 tbsp olive oil and puree. It doesn't take very long. Remember to stop and scrape down sides. Set aside.

Prepare the Stellar Eats pizza dough according to directions:

4. First step of mixing and baking takes roughly 15 minutes. Each package makes 2, 7" pies.

Preparing dried red bell pepper:

5. Boil 1/2 cup of water and rehydrate 1 tbsp of dried red bells for 15 minutes.

6. Remove from liquid and dice. Set aside

Chicken:

7. Season both sides of thighs with "Bacon" salt - 1 to 2 tsp

8. Add 1 tbsp of cooking oil to skillet and cook on medium heat. Approximately 2 1/2 minutes on each side. Then dice. They will be a little under but they will finish off in the oven.

Assembly:

9. Spread a generous layer of eggplant on each pie. Layer with chicken, red bell peppers, and cheese

Final Bake:

10. Per the instructions, bake at 400°F for roughly 15 minutes.

11. Let cool for a few minutes slice, serve, and drizzle hot chili oil on your slice.