Grilled Garlic Breadsticks with Spicy Dipping Sauce
Those garlicky, buttery, crispy, chewy breadsticks you love at the pizza shop are easy to make at home. For a fun way to serve, after rolling the strips, don't cut them in half. Use long wooden skewers and spiral the dough around the skewer. Pinch the ends to secure. Then, dip in butter and dredge in seasonings. Serve on the stick with the dipping sauce.
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Ingredients:
| 2 | 20-ounce balls pizza dough |
| 1 tablespoon | kosher salt, divided |
| 2 tablespoons | garlic powder |
| 2 teaspoons | ground black pepper |
| 2 teaspoons | onion powder |
| 8 tablespoons | (1 stick) butter, melted |
| 1 (15-ounce) can | diced tomato |
| 2 cloves | garlic |
| 2 tablespoons | honey |
| 2 tablespoons | balsamic vinegar |
| 1/4 teaspoon | dried oregano |
| 1/2 teaspoon | dried thyme |
| 1 teaspoon | hot pepper sauce |
Directions:
Heat a grill to medium-high.
On a lightly floured surface, roll the pizza dough into large rectangles. Use a pizza wheel or knife to cut the dough into long strips, then cut each strip into roughly 5-inch lengths. Set aside.
In a wide, shallow bowl, mix ½ tablespoon of the salt, the garlic powder, pepper and onion powder. Place the butter in a second wide, shallow bowl.
One or two at a time, place the strips of dough in the butter and turn to coat evenly. Shake off any excess butter, then lightly dredge the strips through the seasoning mix to coat. Set aside.
In a blender, combine the diced tomatoes (with any juice in the can), remaining salt, garlic cloves, honey, balsamic vinegar, oregano, thyme and hot sauce. Puree until smooth, then transfer to a small saucepan and heat over low.
While the sauce heats, arrange the dough strips on the hot grill, spacing them about 2 inches apart. Cover and grill for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the strips are puffed and lightly browned on the bottoms. Flip and grill, covered, for another minute.
Serve the breadsticks with the dipping sauce.
Makes 8 servings.
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