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From Ooni · Collected to try

Chicken, mushroom & pesto

Cooked chicken and mushrooms with tomato sauce, mozzarella and pesto.

Makes
1 × 12-inch pizza
Plan ahead
Cook the chicken before topping
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Ingredients

For one pizza

  • 1 × 250 g classic dough ball
  • 4 tablespoons classic tomato sauce
  • 1 chicken breast, cut into strips
  • 2 teaspoons basil pesto
  • 4–5 mushrooms, sliced
  • 70 g mozzarella
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Basil, salt, pepper and dusting flour

Let’s make it

  1. Season the chicken and cook it fully in an oiled cast-iron pan as the oven warms. Remove and let cool.

  2. Stretch the dough onto a floured peel. Add tomato sauce, mushrooms, mozzarella, small dollops of pesto and the cooked chicken.

  3. Bake, rotating. Finish with fresh basil and seasoning.

Recipe source: Ooni · Chicken, Mushroom and Pesto Pizza.

A concise kitchen summary. Visit the original for the full guide and variations. Source checked 2026-09-13.