Kimchi Pizza
Kimchi Pizza is a vibrant and flavorful combination of sour and tangy kimchi, chilly sauce, and your favorite melty cheese on top of crisp crust.
Servings 8 servings
Calories 72kcal
Ingredients
- 30 cm pizza crusts , homemade or store-bought
For the sauce
- 2 teaspoon chilli sauce
- 2 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon kimchi , minced
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ¾ cup tomato sauce
- 1 clove garlic
For the toppings
- ⅓ cup kimchi , thin sliced
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese , shredded
Instructions
Prepare the sauce
- Heat sesame oil in a pan or saucepan over medium heat. Add the kimchi, garlic and chilli sauce, cook for 1-2 minutes (stir occasionally).
- Stir in sugar and tomato sauce, cook for 1 minute, then lower the heat and cook for 2-3 minutes more or until the sauce thickens slightly.
- Transfer the sauce to a bowl and let it cool
Assemble and bake
- Preheat the oven to 290 C.
- Press the pizza crust on the bottom of the baking pan.
- Spread the pizza sauce on top of the pizza crust.
- Scatter the kimchi evenly over the sauce.
- Finally, cover with a layer of mozzarella cheese.
- Place the baking sheet in the fully heated oven.
- Bake for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown.
- Slice it and serve!
Notes
- Some of us prefer a soft pizza crust instead of the common and most preferred crunchy texture of the pizza. If you like the former, cook the pizza for less time or cook it at a lower temperature.
- To prevent your pizza from getting soggy, cook your toppings well until the sauce has a thicker consistency. Watery sauce creates soggy pizza crusts.
- Brush your pizza crust with sesame oil before topping it with the sauce, the result for your pizza crust will come out crisp with better color.
- Make sure the sauce is at room temperature before topping it in your pizza crust, or else your pizza will become too soft and will not be crisp when the baking is done.
Recipe Variations
- Add veggies in your toppings, such as sweet red onions, leafy baby spinach, and even asparagus! These will give your pizza a more diverse taste with healthy benefits too!
- If you love amped up the spicy level of this pizza recipe, you may consider swapping chilli sauce with sriracha. Sriracha sauce is made up of jalapeños, garlic, sugar, and vinegar, among other ingredients, so using this sauce instead of chilli sauce will give you a more tangy and sweet flavor you will love in your Kimchi Pizza.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 72kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 240mg | Potassium: 88mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 194IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 1mg