recipe: mexitalian steak pizza

so i was in Target and this darling little Roasted Poblano Alfredo sauce from Classico caught my eye. with the found london broil in the freezer, mexican steak poblano alfredo pizza it was.

ingredients list:
- 1 pound of london broil, thinly sliced and cut into 1-inch pieces (or flank steak, whatever you have. there will be some leftovers... good for 2nd day fajitas tho)
- 1 recipe for carne asada marinade
- 1 recipe for pizza dough or fresh store-bought (i use store bought... homemade is just not worth the time for me on p-dough)
- 1 cup Classico Poblano Alfredo sauce
- 1/2 a red onion, diced
- 2 tomatoes, diced
- 2 jalepenos, seeded & chopped
- 2 sweet chili peppers, chopped (i had these in the garden... not sure what kind they really are. regular peppers would also work)
- 1-1.5 cups sliced mushrooms
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1-1.5 cups pepper jack cheese
- 1-1.5 cups mexican blend shredded cheese
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- black pepper to taste

to make:
first up, get your meat on marinade mode. i used the Taqueria Style Tacos - Carne Asada recipe from allrecipes.com, halving the ingredients since i'm only marinating 1-lb and using orange juice instead of fresh lime (the instructions for the marinade are all listed in step 1 of the page). i marinated the meat for about 8 hours, but anything from 1-8 hrs will work.

when you're ready to cook, heat a large skillet on medium-high heat, and preheat the oven (with pizza stone in the oven also) to 450 degrees. sautee meat in the hot skillet for about 4-6 minutes, turning once, then set aside. roll out pizza dough on lightly floured surface. lightly flour the hot pizza stone, then carefully transfer the dough to the stone. spread alfredo sauce onto the dough, then pile on first some cheese, the meat, all the veggies, more cheese, and the seasonings. bake in preheated oven for about 14-16 minutes (noting that my oven runs hot... check it), let it rest for a few minutes, then MMMMMmmnn yeah.

we LOVED this. the boy said it could be his fav pizza we've made yet, and i put it in the top 3 (next to roasted veggie & balsamic grilled pizza & thanksgiving leftovers pizza). i pre-planned this one and pre-chopped the veggies and prepped the marinade the night before, so it was the fastest thing ever... which is good for a horrible monday. going so far as to say it's a 7.5*******~ overall... don't think i would really change much next time (maybe next time i won't plow into my food like a hoss and burn the roof of my mouth... but i doubt it, waah).