EASY CHICKEN EMPANADAS
Easy chook Empanadas are a bit cheesy, spicy, and scrumptious, making them the appropriate birthday party food.
Clean bird Empanadas are on my must make list for Cinco de Mayo. I need to proportion those little wallet full of fiesta flavors; hen, cheese, green chilies, and Rotel tomatoes. Finger size food makes me glad and we deserve a bit happiness this first week of may. now not to mention may additionally is my birthday month so it’s kinda the high-quality month ever.
CAN YOU FREEZE EMPANADAS?
Yes! vicinity a chunk of parchment paper on a cookie sheet. Lay unbaked empanadas on the sheet and then freeze till stable. location them in a freezer bag and save for up to three months.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 box refrigerated pie crusts
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup shredded Mexican blend cheese
- 1 4.5 oz can diced green chilis
- 1/2 cup Tomatoes with green chili, drained I used Rotel
- 1/4 cup diced green onions
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 egg, beaten
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Preheat oven to four hundred degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a massive bowl, integrate chook, cream cheese, shredded cheese, inexperienced chilies, tomatoes with green chilies, inexperienced onions, salt and pepper. Stir till nicely mixed.
- Unroll one pie crust on a lightly floured floor.
- The use of a three-inch biscuit or cookie cutter, cut out rounds. Re-roll dough as wanted.
- Repeat the use of both pie crusts in package deal.
- Lightly brush the periphery of each round with water.
- Region one heaping teaspoon of bird mixture inside the middle of each spherical.
- Fold dough over the filling and press edges collectively with a fork to seal.
- Repeat with ultimate rounds and mixture.
- Vicinity the empanadas on baking sheet and light brush the tops with crushed egg.
- Bake for 12-15 minutes.
