Chicken Garlic Pizza

from allrecipes.com

1-2 skinless, boneless chicken breast
2 T. butter or margarine
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 T. chopped green onion
1/2 t. dried basil
2 diced tomatoes
1/2 c. chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 c. ricotta cheese
1/4 c. grated parmesan cheese
pizza crust - homemade is the best!

Place the chicken breast in a saucepan with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil and cook until no longer pink, about 20 min. Drain and cool slightly, then cut into stips.

Meanwhile, in a small skillet over medium heat, melt the butter with garlic, onion and basil. Pour into a chilled dish to cool and refrigerate until set.

Preheat oven and pizza stone to 450. Roll out pizza dough and spread the herb butter mixture over the surface using the back of a spoon. Arrange chicken on top, then dot with ricotta cheese. Top with tomato slices, cilantro and Parmesan cheese.

Bake for 15 - 20 minutes in the oven.

e-notes: so ben and i have made this twice and really, really love it. here is what i have done. the first time i basically did it like it said, although i did 1/2 the butter and then omitted the cilantro. adding cilantro with the basil/garlic mixture sounds a little weird to me?

the second time (tonite) i changed things a little bit and liked how it turned out much better. i once again omitted the cilantro and 1/2ed the butter, but then instead of letting it chill in the fridge i poured it over my already cooked and chopped up chicken (i then put that in the fridge since i did this step in the early afternoon). later on i rolled out the dough and spread out the ricotta - rather than making dots with it, i spread it out over the entire dough (i don't know if i used 1/2 c. or more - just enough to spread it all out). then i put on the chicken and diced tomatoes. i cooked it for about 10 minutes and then put the parmesan cheese on it for the last 5 minutes. it's a pretty pizza and tastes good.