Chicago style pizza---with a twist---on the kettle

[SMOKE FREAK]

I guess a better name for this would be "3 cheese chili pie"
Here's the fixins.


Spread the store bought pizza crust and covered that with mozzarella cheese.
On top of that went some pepperoni and fried sausage.


Next layer was some white cheddar and then the canned chili.
Dusted that with some good Parmesan cheese.


And on the kettle it goes.


When it was done and rested I slid it from the CI pan and rested it some more.
This slice was my first serving.


For a canned chili this stuff was pretty good. Mixed with the cheddar and other stuff it was excellent.

Again, thanks for lookin at my cookin.

 

[fantomlord]

Looks tasty.

Not really chicago style, but I’d still hit that

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

Not really chicago style

It was going to be a lot more Chicago style until I realized I had no pizza sauce. Or marinara sauce. Or anything close.

Enter the chili. :thumb:

 

[ssv3]

I'd hit it.

 

[fantomlord]

It was going to be a lot more Chicago style until I realized I had no pizza sauce. Or marinara sauce. Or anything close.

Enter the chili. :thumb:

Real Chicago style = thin crust, cut into squares :thumb:

 

[bowhnter]

Oh yeah!

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

Real Chicago style = thin crust, cut into squares :thumb:

And there you go.

I was under the impression that Chicago style was deep dish with the sauce on the top.

Live and learn...

 

[bschoen]

No beans!

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

No beans!

No beans.

 

[Stingerhook]

Looks fantastic Craig!

 

[TheHojo]

That looks great - how long was the pie on the kettle ?

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

That looks great - how long was the pie on the kettle ?

At least one beer. Maybe two...

Actually, I don't know.
Till the crust was done.

 

[cowgirl]

Great lookin' pizza Craig!

 

[SMOKE FREAK]

Thanks Jeanie. It was actually better than I thought it would be.

 

[ModelMaker]

No sauce is the mother of invention!
Ed

 

[KB BBQ]

2 points for stirring up the pizza AND chili debate at the same time. :becky:
I'll bet that original style pizza was good.

 

[HogGrog]

Great chilizza pie!!

 

[LYU370]

I was under the impression that Chicago style was deep dish with the sauce on the top.

That's what we take "out of towners" for when they come visit and want "Chicago" pizza. But most everyone eats "tavern style", thin cracker crust, cut in squares.

If you want to try making something truly unique, a pizza pot pie. There's a place in Chicago that's been around since the early 70's that makes it, Chicago Pizza & Over Grinder. One of the local news stations had a story about them a few years back and now you can hardly get in there.

Chicago’s Best Pizza: Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Company

 

[Moose]

Craig, this deep dish pizza of yours is one of the best MSU creations I've seen here in a while - a real MSU original!

 

[oldgfbbq]

looks great