Thursday, June 23, 2011

BBQ Chicken Flat Bread

So I roasted a whole chicken and we only ate about half of it. What to do with the rest?........There are plenty of things we can make with left over chicken, the possibilities could go on forever but tonight we are going to focus on just one. BBQ Chicken Flat Bread. I found a nice flat bread made with stone ground whole wheat. The brand is Flat Out and you can usually find these by the deli at the grocery store. They are oblong and are about 10 x 8 inches. You can also use Pita bread for this recipe. The first thing to do is to strip all the chicken off the bones of your roasted chicken and chop it up some. I ended up with about a quart of chicken meat, to this I added about 1-1/2 cups of BBQ sauce, some fresh ground black pepper, a little garlic powder, 1/4 cup of honey and 1/4 cup of brown sugar. Put all this in a sauce pan and get it hot. While its getting hot preheat your oven to 400 degrees. I decided that we would have some sweet potato fries to go along with our flat bread. For this I used  about a pound of  fresh sweet potato, peeled it and cut fry size strips. Toss the sweet potato with  enough Olive oil to coat them well, season with a little sea salt, black pepper and garlic powder, I also added some Cajun spice just to give it a little kick. Lay the sweet potato fries out flat on a cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for about 30 -40 minutes. I found if you turn them at 20 minutes you will get better results and they will cook more even. Back to the flat bread.....Spread a generous amount of BBQ chicken evenly over the flat bread and top with a nice amount of shredded Colby Jack cheese. You can use a little cheese or a lot  depending on your own taste and really you can use what ever kind of cheese that you may prefer. Swiss, Mozzarella, Pepper Jack, sharp or mild Cheddar all work very well with this. Another option is to use BBQ pork or beef  instead of chicken, it just depends on what you are hungry for. Any way once you get the flat bread topped pop it in the oven for 10 -12 minutes. The cheese should be bubbly and starting to brown a little. Bring it out and cut in wedges or strips or squares, what ever you may prefer and eat it like you would a pizza. Add a green salad, maybe some sweet potato fries and you have a well balanced meal. Enjoy!!!

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