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After our photo shoot, I brought home a lot of focaccia, as you might imagine. So we had my mom and a few friends over for an impromptu dinner. People just kind of showed up at my house, and I reheated everything and brought it all out on a big tray. This one is my mother’s favorite. With a perfect focaccia base, saucy barbecue pulled chicken, and fire-roasted vegetables, you’ll see why she always goes for seconds. Yield: 2 focaccias
1 recipe focaccia dough or 1 package Tuscanini Focaccia
3 chicken breasts
1 cup water
1/2–1 (18-ounce) bottle barbecue sauce (I use Sweet Baby Ray’s)
1/4 cup Haddar Brown Sugar
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons Gefen Garlic Powder
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 cup Gefen Mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Gefen Garlic Powder
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons Tonnelli Sriracha
2 jalapeños or 3–4 mini sweet peppers
2–3 red or green tomatoes
Follow directions for preparing the dough. When you are ready to bake, remove from the fridge and place on a lightly oiled work surface. Cut the dough into two pieces. Shape each into a ball and leave them covered on the counter till they come to room temperature (about 60 minutes).
Preheat the oven and a baking stone or baking steel (or a baking sheet turned upside down) to the highest temperature.
Working with one piece at a time, sprinkle some flour underneath and on top of the dough and tap it into a rectangle. Flour the backs of your hands, slide them under the dough, then lift it and begin to stretch it, letting your thumbs do the work. Continue gently stretching the dough until you have a rectangular shape about eight to 10 inches long and about five inches wide.
Open the oven and carefully slide the focaccia onto the baking stone or steel. If using a baking sheet, carefully remove it from the oven, dust with flour, gently slide the focaccia onto it, and return it to the oven. Bake five to seven minutes, until golden and puffed.
Brush the edges with olive oil and set aside. Alternatively, store at room temperature in an airtight bag or freeze (if freezing, don’t brush with oil).
Place chicken in a pot with one cup water and barbecue sauce to cover. (Start with 1/2 bottle and add more as needed.) Add sugar, vinegar, garlic powder, paprika, and cayenne.
Simmer on low 25–30 minutes, until chicken is fork tender.
Transfer chicken to a plate, leaving any extra sauce in the pot. Shred the chicken.
Return chicken to the pot and mix with the extra sauce.
In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, garlic powder, lemon juice, and sriracha. Taste and adjust seasoning if needed.
Carefully place peppers and tomatoes over an open flame and cook three to four minutes, until lightly charred.
When vegetables are cool enough to touch, cut peppers into strips and tomatoes into quarters.
Photography by Shoshi Sirkis
Styling by Anat Lobel
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Hi, do you bake it without the chicken and then put it on after? or do you bake the raw foccacia with the chicken on it??
First, bake the focaccia. If you are using Tuscanini’s ready made focaccia, there is no need for that step, though. 🙂