Chorizo Cheese and Green Chile Pizza Recipe

4      Reviews by:    Vivian Ryland   Chorizo Cheese and Green Chile Pizza Recipe combines sliced onion, cumin, chorizo sausage, and Monterey Jack cheese with tomato and green chile sauce and bakes it on whole wheat pizza dough to create a pizza with Mexican influence. Food Category:    Pizza Cuisine Origin:    Mexican    Servings:8 Calories per Serving:153 Print Preview Rate This Recipe Prep Time:   1 Hour 35 Minutes Cook Time:   25 Minutes Total Time:   2 Hours

INGREDIENTS

• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large onion, thinly slivered
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/2 pound chorizo sausages
• 3 cups (3/4 lb) shredded Monterey jack cheese
• Tomato and Green Chile Sauce (search recipes)
• Whole Wheat Pizza Dough (search recipes)

DIRECTIONS

• Prepare Whole Wheat Pizza Dough and let it rise. While dough rises, make Tomato and Green Chile Sauce, then set it aside.
• Preheat oven to 450° F. Heat oil in a large frying pan over moderate heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until soft but not browned (8 to 10 minutes); mix in cumin, then transfer onion mixture (including oil) to a bowl. Remove casings from sausages and crumble into same pan in which onions cooked. Cook, stirring often, until lightly browned. Remove sausage from pan with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Grease two 11 to 12-inch pizza pans (or one 17 to 18-inch pizza pan). Divide dough into two equal portions; roll each half out to an 8-inch circle (or roll all of the dough to a 12 to 14-inch circle). Use your hands to pat and stretch dough to fit pans. Divide sauce over the two pizzas (or spread it evenly over the large, single one). Sprinkle evenly with cheese. Spread onions over cheese. Spoon sausage over onions.
• Bake on lowest rack of oven until crust browns well (15 to 20 minutes for small pizzas, 20 to 25 minutes for large, single pizza). Cut into wedges or squares and serve at once.

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