Jamaican Jerk Pizza

To whom this may concern, I am at work right now....typing this out...not working. You have stressed me out. You held a meeting (that did not deal AT ALL with work related issues) that took most the people I need to complete their tasks so we can move things along within the process. You have made me want ice cream, Taco Bell, sushi, and a plethora of other bad for my WW diet. Tomorrow, we have a deadline. It is on our heals like Jason, from Friday the 13th, (which happens to be tomorrow ironically enough) and we can't seem to run fast enough. Though he is gaining speed, we will prevail! We will not be slashed, diced up, and left for dead. We will meet our deadline, then throw it in your face, but right now, I am taking a mental time out to post about the awesome, yet WW worthy, pizza I made the other night.

OK, woosaaa. I feel better. Anywho, the other night, the boyfriend suggested pizza for dinner. I love making homemade pizzas; there are so many things that you can do. BBQ chicken is one that I make the most often, but I suggested making a jerk pizza. He loves California Pizza Kitchen's jerk pizza, so I thought I would try my hardest to one up it. In the end, CPK still won, but not by much. They do have a wood-fire oven, which I do not, and they have been doing it for much longer, BUT this thing was pretty f'ing awesome. I warn you, this is spicy. You can cut down on the spice by not using as much jerk sauce or not adding habanero jelly to the mix, but I really like it spicy. Fresh dough is the way to go, but if you can't find it (I buy mine in the bakery section of our local grocery store) or don't want to make it, you can always use the stuff in a can. I really enjoyed this pizza, and now wish I had more as my stomach is growling at me. WW points equal 7 per slice.

Jamaican Jerk Pizza

• 1 ball or can pizza dough
• 1 1/4 cup chicken; I used a rotisserie chicken, but you can use whatever you have. Grilled chicken cut into strips would be perfect
• 3/4 red pepper, sliced into thin strips
• 3/4 yellow pepper, slicked into thin strips
• 1/2 red onion, sliced into thin strips
• 3/4 to 1 cup jerk sauce; I used a bottle jerk sauce from the grocery. My boyfriend likes a lot of sauce, so I used a cup.
• 2 tbs* habanero jelly; you can leave this out if can't find or don't like it really hot
• 1 cup provolone cheese, shredded or cut into strips; divide into 1/2 cup portions
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 2 tbs green onion, diced

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees; or whatever your dough instructions say.
2. Work dough to fit a circle pizza pan. Use flour as needed.
3. Cook pizza dough for 10 minutes. 
4. While dough is cooking, saute peppers and onions for 5 minutes over medium until slightly softened. Remove and set aside.
5. Mix together jerk sauce with jelly, if using.
6. Add chicken to skillet used for peppers and onions, add 2 tbs of jerk sauce, and cook over med-low to heat and cover with sauce. Remove and set aside.
7. When pizza crust is done, cover with jerk sauce, chicken, layer of cheese, veggies, and top with remaining cheese.
8. Bake for 20 minutes.
9. Remove and top with green onions.

Tips and Tricks

• It was cheaper to buy the small sweet peppers than large whole peppers. They worked perfectly. Cut about 8 of them if using.
• I only had provolone sandwiches slices on hand, so I used 6 slices cut into thin strips.
• Feel free to use whatever jerk sauce you have on hand or make your own!