Pizza Pot Pies

A unique twist on pizza. Create individual pizzas in ramekins with biscuit dough on top of your crust. Kid-friendly, and oh-so-easy!

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Course: main dish

Cuisine: Italian

Diet: Diabetic

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 15

Additional Time: 5

Total Time: 50

Servings: servings

Calories: 539kcal

Author: Michelle

Ingredients

For Pizzakins

2 chicken breasts poached and shredded
4 cups baby spinach
2 cloves garlic
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups pasta sauce
2 cups mozzarella cheese
1/4 cups Parmesan cheese fresh grated

For biscuits:

2 1/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
1 cup milk

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.
Poach your chicken in a pot of simmering water with a quartered onion, salt, and a bay leaf for 20 minutes. Once your chicken is cooked, use two forks to shred your chicken.
In a separate bowl, mix together your mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses.
2 cups mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cups Parmesan cheese
While your chicken is poaching saute your spinach. In a pan, add oil and heat. Mince your garlic, and add your garlic and spinach to the pan. Stir carefully to ensure the heat reaches all the leaves by pulling up the bottom leaves. Within 2 minutes, your spinach will be bright green and significantly reduced. Immediately remove it from the heat. Feel free to run a knife through it, but this is not necessary if you're using baby spinach.
2 cloves garlic, 2 teaspoons olive oil, 4 cups baby spinach
Add your chicken to a bowl, along with the sauce and spinach. Stir to combine.
2 chicken breasts, 1 1/2 cups pasta sauce
Make your biscuit dough. In your food processor, add the flour, baking soda, and salt. Pulse to combine. Add your pieces of butter, then pulse again 10-15 times until your butter is in pea size pieces. Remove the top and pour the milk in a circle over your dough, then replace the cover. Pulse just until the dough comes together to ensure you don't overmix.
2 1/4 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon salt, 6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, 1 cup milk
Turn your dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead 10 to 15 times until the dough comes together, adding a little more flour if needed. Gently use your fingertips to push the dough out to about 3/4 inches thick. Using one of the ramekins you'll use to bake your pizzakins, cut out six circles of dough.
Add your chicken mixture to six ramekins, dividing the mixture evenly amongst them. Top with the cheese, again dividing it among the six ramekins. Add your biscuit dough on top. Feel free to tuck the extra dough under your circles or use it to form pretty designs atop your dough circles to differentiate who has which toppings in their pizzakins.
Bake in your 450 degree oven for 15-17 minutes until your pizzakins are golden on top and bubbling around the edges. Serve immediately and enjoy with a fork right in the ramekin.

Equipment

4 Ounce Ramekins

Round Biscuit Cutters

Non Skid Mixing Bowl

Notes

Just like "regular" pizzas, feel free to add your own favorite toppings into the base mixture. Additionally, you can easily substitute leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken for the poached chicken and premade biscuit dough for the biscuits listed here.
For more tips and tricks, be sure to read the full article above.

Nutrition

This site uses an online source to provide nutrition estimates as a courtesy. If you need exact values, please calculate yourself.