Empanadas de Pollo (Easy Chicken Empanadas)

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Description

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

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

Instructions

  1. Preheat the 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
  3. about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Mix in cooked chicken
  4. salt
  5. nutmeg
  6. and black pepper; cook 1 minute more.
  7. Arrange pastry discs on a flat work surface. Dab a little water along the edges. Place a large tablespoonful of chicken mixture in the center; fold pastry over and press with a fork to seal.
  8. Transfer empanadas to the prepared baking sheets. Brush with beaten egg.
  9. Bake in the preheated oven until golden
  10. about 20 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 25 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Servings: 12

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