Juju: Thanks! It came out pretty decent! I've been having computer issues for the past hour that kept me from getting this thing posted, but it gave me time to eat some food.
Wingin' It
I decided I'd make wings and pizza for this throwdown. I wanted to make a contrasting meal, western new york vs far east, so I went with a buffalo chicken pizza and thai chicken wings. The pizza crust was pretty basic; 1 package of yeast, 1 C warm water, 2.5 C Bread Flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp oil. I beat the crap out of it with a kitchenaid mixer, covered it with a warm, wet towel and let it rise for a couple hours.
The buffalo chicken sauce consisted of a 6 oz bottle of louisiana hot sauce, a few tbsp of i can't believe its not butter, 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp agave nectar, and 1/2 of a red habanero.
The thai sauce had roughly 1/4 C light corn syrup, 1/2 inch of ginger, 1 TBSP thai green curry paste, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1/4 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp onion powder, 1 tbsp agave nectar, 1 tbsp water, juice of 1 lime, juice of 1 clementine, 1/2 yellow bhut jolokia, and 2 tbsp arrowroot powder. I threw everything together and simmered for a few minutes until it was pretty thick.
I baked 6 wings for about 45 minutes and stripped the meat for the base of the pizza. I tossed the wing meat with the hot sauce, then added it to the pizza dough that I stretch out onto a 12" pan. I then added mounds of mozzarella cheese, followed by thinly sliced onion. I baked the pizza at 550 for about 6 minutes then threw chunks of gorgonzola cheese on the pie and put it back in the oven for a couple more minutes. When it came out I topped it with scallions.
For the chicken wings I heated up some canola oil and deep fried the wings in 2 batches for about 6 minutes. I tossed them in the thai sauce and topped them with sliced scallions and sesame seeds. Here's the finished product.