Kimchi Pizza
This kimchi pizza is a fusion of Italian and Korean flavors blended together for one of the most unique pizza flavors. Easily customize it to include your favorite toppings.
Ingredients
- 1 ball pizza dough see notes below
- flour or cornmeal to prevent sticking
Gochujang Tomato Sauce (about ¼ - ⅓ cup per pizza)
- 15 ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 2 tablespoons gochujang paste
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon diamond crystal kosher salt reduce by half if your tomatoes are salted or you're using any other kind of salt
- pinch of granulated sugar
Toppings Per Pizza
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded dairy-free or regular
- 2 pieces cooked bacon crumbled
- ½ cup cooked mushrooms such as shiitake, portobello, cremini, or oyster sliced
- ⅓ cup kimchi, sliced
- 1-2 scallions (green part only) thinly sliced
- toasted sesame seeds to garnish optional
Instructions
- Prep. Preheat your oven to 500°F/260°C and place a pizza stone or an inverted rimmed baking sheet on the middle oven rack.
- Make the sauce. Mix together the crushed tomatoes, gochujang paste, olive oil, minced garlic, toasted sesame oil, salt, and sugar in a bowl.
- Saute mushrooms. Cook the sliced mushrooms in a skillet over medium heat with 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil for about 3-5 minutes This helps prevent them from drying out in the oven.
- Roll out dough. On a lightly floured surface, roll out your pizza dough into a circular shape and then transfer it to a floured (or use cornmeal) pizza peel or baking sheet.
- Prepare pizza. Spoon a thin layer of the sauce onto the dough, about ¼ - ⅓ cup, leaving about ½-inch space around the edges. Follow with the shredded cheese and the rest of your toppings.
- Bake. Bake in the preheated oven for 7-10 minutes and then put under the broiler for an additional 2-3 minutes (if needed) until the crust is golden brown.
- Garnish. Top with toasted sesame seeds and more sliced green onions if desired.
Notes
My pizza dough recipe makes 4 large thin crust pizzas or 6 individual pizzas. The pizza measurements are for 1 large pizza.
Sauce: the gochujang tomato sauce makes about 1 ¾ cups.
Toppings: the measurements are just there as guidance, use more or less as desired.