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This recipe starts with a homemade garlic oil spread on naan bread and topped with cheese and chicken. The spicy garlic infused oil adds such great flavor to this easy flatbread recipe.
Let’s chat.
It’s back to school time. Soccer practice. Football practice. Swim practice. Music lessons. Karate. Whatever it is that your short people do, it’s probably consuming your life right about now.
I do not even know how you people manage to get dinner on the table throughout the week. I would die. Or cry. Maybe both.
My kids take it pretty easy on me. Music lessons, drawing classes, and Girl Scouts. I can deal with those. I do not think I could handle nightly soccer practices and such. I need a couple of days of down time, you know?
Anyway, because I feel sorry for you and because even I sometimes have busy nights, I thought we’d whip up a super flavorful dinner concoction.
As you know, I’ve been working with Stonefire (see my Southwest Dip, Mexican Chicken Flatbread, and Indian Butter Chicken Dip). Their mini naan make the perfect base for a quick flatbread. Which is pretty perfect this time of year, because you can get this done in about 10 minutes of hands on time.
I made a spicy garlic oil for these flatbreads and I’d like to chat with you about that for just a second. Garlic infused oils do carry some risk of botulism IF you are storing the oil for any length of time. Personally, I make my oil, let it sit for an hour and then I use it up. Better safe than sorry, right? Plenty of people make garlic oil and keep it in the fridge for a week or so. Do your own research and make your own decisions based on what you feel comfortable with.
If you’d like these to be extra spicy, sprinkle on a few extra chili flakes. My kids would hang me by my toes if I tried that though.
Hope these little flatbreads come in handy on your next busy night!
Spicy Garlic Chicken Flatbread
Ingredients
For the spicy garlic oil:
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 1/2 teaspoons red chili flakes
For the flatbreads:
- 6 mini naan
- 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup cooked chopped chicken
- 1 clove garlic chopped
- 1/4 teaspoon parsley flakes
Instructions
To make the spicy garlic oil:
- Smash the garlic cloves to remove the papery shell. Leave the cloves mostly intact.
- Add the oil, garlic, and chili flakes to a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Cook for 5 minutes or until garlic just begins to brown.
- Remove from heat and let cool for one hour.
To make the flatbreads:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Place the naan on a large baking sheet.
- Spread each naan with enough garlic oil to coat the tops.
- Sprinkle each naan with the mozzarella cheese, top with the chicken, and sprinkle the chopped garlic evenly between each naan. Top with the parsley.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted.
- Serve immediately.
- NOTE: Garlic infused oils do carry some risk of botulism if stored for any length of time. If you do choose to store the remaining oil, do so for up to 5 days in a sealed container in the refrigerator, be beware of the risk associated with doing so.
Robin Bull says
Trying this tonight and plan to have it listed as a review on my blog (I work from home so I look for easy meals like this to make). I am excited about this one. I couldn’t find naan bread…so I got some of those big, thick tortillas. ๐ Oh, and I was able to get minced garlic and olive oil at Dollar Tree for a dollar each. My local store had canned chicken on sale for 3 / $5 so this is definitely an affordable dish!
plasterers bristol says
Caw this sounds nice. Thanks for posting this up.
Simon
Lauren @ Healthy Delicious says
My mouth is watering! I love Stonefire flatbreads and tat garlic oil looks like the PERFECT way to jazz them up for a weeknight dinner.
Susan says
Spicy garlic oil on those mini naans sounds like a delicious dinner to me! Those flatbreads are perfect for busy nights! Plus I’d be putting that oil over everything!
Jamie | My Baking Addiction says
This looks so darn good! I’m in love with these flatbreads and this is going on my dinner menu for next week.
Rachel Cooks says
I have one more week before back to school. In the meantime, I’ll be stuffing my face with this flatbread.
Carolyn says
Those mini naan are perfect for this kind of recipe!
Samantha says
Spicy garlic oil sounds pretty epic. Anything on Naan bread is instantly a favorite of mine.
Janet says
I know this idea would add extra time to the prep but you could always roast the garlic before putting it in the oil. Or, heat the oil and garlic on the stove and allow to cool. Me, I’d just take my chances coz I’d be too impatient to wait!