Hello everyone, this is running on empty
Food review. Yeah, we're back inside. We're breaking out the cardigan
We did a big finger swing right there, you know to really introduce this
Let's kick it up a notch even more and I just want to start out, right?
With a tasteful joke that I really think is gonna introduce this item buy in a brand new way
This one's funny so just number one prepare yourself because when it's like one of those jokes when you first hear it, you know
It's like you're cracked up for hours even
What do you get?
when you cross a frozen pizza a
chicken and
some barbecue sauce
No, we're not going to go in that direction so just don't even don't even go there number one
What you get I
Drop the box in some cases is
California Pizza, kitchen's barbecue chicken recipe frozen pizza
Wasn't that something?
Yeah, yeah, you know I guess oh, hey we introduced the item right we got we got what we hoped to
To get there a frozen pizza review
Coming up coming up for you today
Frozen pizza, you know, of course in these times. I had a feeling that frozen pizza was going to do well and
yeah, new studies are actually coming out saying that frozen pizza is
surging in popularity
And that makes me happy because I am a big frozen pizza fan
I am a frozen pizza aficionado and it's always fun
When you're looking around to see all these different types of pizzas that are there and I'm glad I'm glad and where people aren't right
Discovering them and are checking that out. So California Pizza Kitchen is um, one of those brands that I've never really tried all that much
there in almost every supermarket, you know, of course, they have their standalone restaurants, but they also have their frozen pizzas and
This one. I've seen it a lot I said, alright, you know what? I'm gonna give it a shot. It looks interesting
I've never had it before. So let's see how it turns out
So in short the name is um is a bit of a mystery. All right. Number one. Let's just get this
There we go, the name is an enigma and I'll tell you why we know that this is a barbecue chicken pizza
Okay, there's the logo all that
Barbecue chicken recipe or do they mean to say barbecue recipe chicken? I don't know. It's a barbecue chicken pizza
Crispy thin crust pizza and on it. If this one looked interesting, okay comes with barbecue seasoned grilled white meat chicken
red onions cilantro
mozzarella and hickory smoked gouda cheese, that was interesting because
You know when you hear hickory smoked, it's like oh, um you think of kind of bacon or something?
That's more applewood smoked but you know, it invokes a certain image, but no
mozzarella and
Yeah, hickory-smoked a Gouda cheese over sweet and tangy barbecue sauce. You can see that's what it's supposed to look like
Right there and yeah, it's supposed to have the barbecue chicken on it
Cilantro the blend of cheeses some onions and then instead of tomato sauce
It has a sweet and tangy barbecue sauce
hence
the name barbecue recipe or what if it's what if like to really thrown you a curve ball and
They're just like saying it's a recipe barbecue chicken
or a chicken
Barbecue recipe I don't know the word recipe is really filling me off there
So let's just let's just call it a barbecue chicken pizza then in crispy though
And with that lets us take a walk over to the to the oven
Let's prepare this thing and then we'll try it out
But it seems like an interesting
Pizza and this is one of those items that I think is either gonna end up being really good or bad
But it certainly looks interesting looks pretty good from the picture on the box
So, hey, let's take a look and let's go prepare this one
You can see the stick with the hair at the end for California Pizza Kitchen
barbecue chicken
crispy thin crust pizza
Comes up again your barbecue seasoned grilled like meat chicken red onions cilantro
Mozzarella and hickory smoked Gouda cheese's over sweet and tangy barbecue sauce
It's an exploration of exceptional taste
You can see it's actually you've got some of the leaves bathing in the oil. They're you know, they just got to oil up and
Sometimes they like to take baths in their free time, you know, it's it's kind of up to whatever the leaves want to do
But it's it's a known what they like doing
All right
Here's the here's the steps for easy steps to delicious pizza as always got a preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit
You gotta prep. It remove it from the box plastic wrap and cardboard
Some people say that leaving the plastic wrap on
Adds flavor I disagree with that. Make sure you take that plastic wrap off as you use the cardboard, you know
Some people it's like they call it a flavored disc
But those that's just a lie, you know ignore those people
Place it directly on the center oven rack and then you bake a 15 to 16 minutes
Usually just the right amount for a delicious
Crispy, when I messed up, you know crispy delicious pizza messed up the the phrasing there. All right with that
Let's get it in the oven and there it is uncooked in
The pan which you know will take it out in the pan. Just put it right on the oven rack
You can see there it is, you know, you can see the cheese the chicken, I guess instead of tomato sauce
that's the barbecue sauce on it and
The cilantro seasoning as well. So there you have it
via the pizza and let's just get it in and see how it turns out and
There is the final
Finished product now, you can see a light baked toward the crust, but still yeah. I cooked it for 16 minutes
So this is how it turned out
You can see the chicken right there the barbecue sauce underneath
There's there's a patch. I'm sauce right there
You can see there's the pizza
In its entirety. Oh, right. So the pizza is now ready. It's prepared
I even have three slices on the plate today to kind of mimic the three that are on the box
I know that's really we're going big time here with the production of value. We're stepping it up
So you can see
Right
Brilliant, just brilliant
You can see the three slices there you got a good close-up also of it
You know as we kind of pulled it out of the oven that's the optimal viewing time for frozen pizza
But let's start with the middle slice here
See, that's what it what it looks like close up. I know you can see all the ingredients on it
We know what it has on it, right? This is the barbecue the crispy thin crust from barbecue chicken pizza
From California Pizza Kitchen, there's the bottom of it
You can see it is it is a thin thin and crispy pizza right there?
and again
it has the chicken on it has the red onions has the cilantro has the mozzarella cheese and
The Gouda cheese on it as well
And then it also has that that barbecue sauce the sweet and tangy barbecue sauce at that
So with that let's try it out. It's via barbecue chicken pizza from California Pizza Kitchen going in
There you have the
sauce
Enclave right there, right
We'll take a couple more bites and you know what? You know what I what I think about it
One more thing
Doing the flyover. You knows Shh
So the California Pizza Kitchen
barbecue chicken thin crust pizza
Number one when it comes down to pizzas
I'm always a bit of uh
I mean
Sometimes I'll have the thin crust pizza is I would say from time to time many a year ago
with that now thin thin crust pizza
but uh
No, the thin crust pizza in some cases. It's really really good
But normally I just like a little bit more substance to the pizza
So that's why I usually like to go especially in the world of frozen pizzas
with rising crust or even hand tossed
Sometimes you know if I'm really feeling it the deep-dish, but I just like those thicker pizzas
I just like a little more volume to it, but there are those instances, of course where the thin crust pizzas really are good
So number one if you want a crunchy
Pizza, right? It is thinning crispy
I think that's a good a good description just for the characteristic of the pizza thin and crispy as
You bite this, you know, of course it is
It's not quite paper-thin, but well maybe if it was like a really thick piece of paper
um, but it is like I don't want to say like a cracker cuz you know when you say that it's like oh
You know, it's saying that it's not really of good quality, but you know
It just has that crunch in every single bite and it certainly has a firm stability. It's not like a floppy
Slice or anything?
And for the flavor of it, I think it's a pretty good pizza
I know if you're just used to you know, trying it out, you know, just a regular pepperoni pizzas
This might be something if it sounds appealing to you. I think you might be a fan of it
It's certainly something to switch it up a little bit with
The ingredients you know what they like to say on the box quite a bit
I've noticed is that the ingredients are of good quality, right?
Well that they have this fresh cheese and the fresh, you know, etcetera a lot of places do that
But I've really noticed a lot of times on the box. They've been touting the quality of their ingredients. I
Will say that I do I do like the robustness that those pizza has you know
The chicken one problem that I sometimes seeks
I've had some barbeque chicken pizzas, not only from the major pizza chains, but even a frozen one
I forget what please was it wasn't from?
California Pizza Kitchen, I
Have to get that sip of water and I was trying to make it a smooth transition and didn't really work
But whatever we'll just go with it
But I remember the problem that I had with it was that it was like
The chicken tasted freezer-burned and it's not like it was sitting, you know in the vault, you know for six years or something
No, it was pretty fresh. The chicken was like all dried out. It just didn't have that much flavor to it
This chicken on the other hand
Mm-hmm
Not bad flavorful taste like a piece of grilled chicken, of course smothered in that barbecue sauce so number one the chicken
I like that. There's a good amount of it on each slice
But at the same time it doesn't have this dry stale flavor to it. I'm like I have noticed with other competitors
With you know various a chicken type frozen pizza, so that's good
That's a really good sign the fact that it's not dried out or anything
Number two, I like the addition of the red onions
On the pizza. It's just always said it's just that sharpness that the onions add it it always and this is a classic combination
With a lot of these barbecue chicken pizzas, they always throw the onions in there as well and it works
It just blends really well together
With the with the chicken with the barbecue sauce as well
I'm speaking of the barbecue sauce. There's a good amount of it and you know, some people they might be like well
Compared to the tomato sauce, you know, does it seem like it's lacking a little bit at all
No, again, the barbecue sauce. It suits this combination. Well
That's the best way to put it it just suits it well
It's definitely it has that sweet. So it's kind of like a honey barbecue a
Little bit of a tang to it
But I would definitely say that it has more of a pronounced sweetness to it as opposed. It's any sort of tanginess
the cilantro is
Here's the one thing. I wish I could taste the cilantro a little bit more
Really? I think that kind of just gets lost in this the flavor of the sauce gets the end
Oh, it does get lost in the sauce. Actually, really?
Yeah
It really truly does I would I would say I wish I could taste the cilantro
Better the cheese, I could taste the mozzarella a lot more than the Gouda
So the mozzarella is what just strikes me a lot more
Um, but overall, I think it's just a pretty tasty thin and crispy crust pizza
You know, it certainly does have that crunch to it
And I'm just glad that the sauce really does work The Onion's tie it all together and the chicken is good, too
my only complaint
it's really I wish I could taste the Gouda a bit more and I wish I could I was really hoping the taste that's
Cilantro, but overall those are you know, fairly minor complaints. I think it's pretty good for what it is and with that
Price wise you can get this for around I think
Eight eight dollars or so at the grocery store, but it's pretty good for what it is. And remember it is a frozen pizza
I think it's a little bit of a variety, you know compared to just your standard
pepperoni pizza or bacon pizza meatball pizza, or you know
quad right quad a cheese pizza
it definitely is a bit a bit nicer than that changes it up a little bit and
Next time you go to the grocery store. Check it out if you're interested
So with that that's all that we really have for you out of ten. I'm gonna give this a
Six point eight out of ten a little bit above average
I would have rated it higher if I could have tasted just a cilantro a bit better and the Gouda cheese
But still overall pretty good pizza and check it out if you're interested. That's all that I have for you
Ladies and gentlemen, I'm your host the report of the week. Today's review is for the BBQ chicken pizza from California Pizza Kitchen
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