Empanadas de Pollo (Easy Chicken Empanadas) recipe

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Ingredients

cooking spray
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup chopped green onions
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 ½ cups chopped cooked chicken
1 teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground black pepper
12 empanada pastry discs
1 egg, lightly beaten

Nutrition Info

160.7 calories
carbohydrate: 21 g
cholesterol: 29.3 mg
fat: 5.2 g
fiber: 1.3 g
protein: 8.5 g
saturatedFat: 1.6 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 398.5 mg
sugar: 0.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets with cooking spray.

  2. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add chopped green onions and cook until tender, about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute more. Mix in cooked chicken, salt, nutmeg, and black pepper, cook 1 minute more.

  3. Arrange pastry discs on a flat work surface. Dab a little water around the rims. Place a large tablespoonful of the chicken mixture in the center, fold pastry over and press with a fork to seal.

  4. Transfer empanadas to the prepared baking sheets. Brush with beaten egg.

  5. Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 20 minutes.

Recipe Yield

12 empanadas

Recipe Note

Transform your leftover cooked chicken into these tasty empanadas. This delicious, crispy, and tender Mediterranean-inspired finger food is easy to make!

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