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Chicken Empanada

April 23, 2022 by Manny 7 Comments

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This is I think the most popular kind of empanada, the chicken empanada. Either you can bake this empanada or fry it if you don’t mind having a lot of grease in your meal. The ingredients are very basic and you only need chicken meat, onion, potatoes, bell pepper, curry powder, milk, ground pepper for the filling. And for the pastry you need flour, margarine, salt, water and sugar.

Baking is preferred not only it is healthy because it is grease less, it is also more flaky when you bake it. Those are some advantages of baking pastries rather than frying.

 

Chicken Empanada
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5 from 3 votes

How to Make Chicken Empanada

This is I think the most popular kind of empanada, the chicken empanada. Either you can bake this empanada or fry it if you don't mind having a lot of grease in your meal.
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Total Time55 mins
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Filipino
Keyword: chicken empanada
Servings: 5 servings
Calories: 261kcal
Author: Manny

Ingredients

Filling for Empanada:

  • 2 cups cooked flaked chicken meat
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 2 cups diced potatoes cooked
  • 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
  • 2 tsp. curry powder optional
  • 1/4 cup evaporated milk
  • 1/2 tsp. powdered pepper
  • salt to taste

Ingredients for the crust:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour no need to sift
  • 1 tsp. fine salt
  • 6 Tbsp. water
  • 2/3 cup butter or margarine chilled
  • 2 Tbsp. white sugar

    Instructions

    How to cook the filling for chicken empanada:

    • Saute onion, add all ingredients except milk. cook for 5 minutes, add milk and cook for another 3 minutes. Cool. Then use this filling to fill in dough.

    How to make the chicken empanada:

    • Mix sugar, salt and flour. Cut in butter using a blender or 2 knives until it resembles coarse cornmeal.
    • Sprinkle water and mix well with hand to form a ball. Knead lightly.
    • Sprinkle flour on a board and roll out dough into 1/4" thick.
    • Cut using a round cutter (a medium sized saucer can be used if there is no molder. Place saucer up-side down on dough and cut with a knife).
    • Then, fill each cut dough with 2 Tbsp. of sauteed fillings. Fold dough to form a half moon, press one end to the other.
    • Brush with egg yolk or milk. Arranged on a greased baking sheet.
    • Bake in a preheated oven about 350°F until the crust is golden brown.

     

    Chicken Empanada

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    Author Bio

    Manny Montala is a webmaster and admin of this blog and one of his interest is on the area of Filipino dishes and recipes. Please visit this blog often and bookmark. Please read my about page for details. Thanks for visiting.

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    Comments

    1. V

      March 19, 2017 at 4:36 pm

      Best recipe ever. I fried it my family love it.

      Reply
      • Manny

        March 19, 2017 at 11:35 pm

        5 stars
        Hi V, I’m happy that your family loved it!

        Reply
    2. Juvy Fe Mendoza

      December 15, 2016 at 6:16 pm

      Hi! Can I fry this instead of baking in the oven? Will the result still be the same? 🙂

      Reply
      • Manny

        December 15, 2016 at 7:44 pm

        5 stars
        Hi Juvy, I think frying will not make the crust flaky compared to baking.

        Reply
    3. josefina espiritu

      October 27, 2016 at 9:19 pm

      simple recipe and easy to learn.but pls indicate estimate number of servings of one recipe.

      Reply
      • Manny

        October 28, 2016 at 1:31 am

        5 stars
        Hi Josefina, please see the recipe again it says 5 servings.

        Reply
    4. alvin panlilio

      October 9, 2015 at 6:46 pm

      very helpful for learning

      Reply

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