Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, chicken baked empanadas. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Chicken Baked Empanadas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Chicken Baked Empanadas is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have chicken baked empanadas using 12 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chicken Baked Empanadas:

1. Take 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
2. Prepare 2 large onions
3. Get 1 red sweet pepper
4. Make ready 3 eggs
5. Make ready 2 teaspoon ground cumin
6. Prepare 2 teaspoon sweet paprika
7. Make ready 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper
8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon salt
9. Make ready Ground black pepper
10. Prepare 3 cups cooked chicken meat, shredded
11. Take 13 green olives
12. Get 13 empanada discs (store bought)

The filling comes together with a simple mix of juicy, shredded chicken, green chiles, and Monterey Jack cheese. Fold up the dough (homemade or store-bought) and bake until beautifully puffed and golden brown! Semi-homemade baked chicken empanadas are a mess free, flaky hand pies stuffed with ground chicken. It is a great finger food, a starter and also a meal.

Instructions to make Chicken Baked Empanadas:

1. Peel and slice onions.
2. Heat oil in a wide pot or pan. Add onions and dash of salt. Cook at medium low temperature, stirring occasionally until caramelized (approx. 45 minutes). Transfer to a large bowl and let it cool completely.
3. Meanwhile hard-boil 2 eggs, peel and dice. Set aside in the refrigerator.
4. Grill pepper, peel and dice. Set aside in the refrigerator.
5. Once onions are cool, add spices and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Mix.
6. Add diced eggs, diced pepper and shredded chicken and mix. Cover and refrigerate for at least three hours.
7. Preheat oven at 450 degrees F.
8. Place a disc on one hand. Put approx. two spoonfuls of filling plus a green olive in the center of the disc. Moisten half the edge of the disc with egg wash.
9. Seal and press. Moisten the upper edge and sealed turning upwards with thumb in the pattern shown below. Place on sheet with parchment paper.
10. Paint with egg wash. Pierce a couple of holes on the top of each empanada. Bake for 10 minutes. Let them rest for 10 minutes before eating.
11. Note: baked and cooled empanadas can be wrapped in plastic and frozen. To reheat place frozen empanadas on a tray in a preheated 450F oven for 10 minutes. Let rest for a couple of minutes before eating.

Semi-homemade baked chicken empanadas are a mess free, flaky hand pies stuffed with ground chicken. It is a great finger food, a starter and also a meal. Empanadas are stuffed pastries, also known as hand pies or turnovers. Empanadas are semi-circle in shape, with sweet or savory filling and are either baked or deep fried. These are very popular in Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean.

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