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Chicken Empanadas
Chicken Empanadas
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Course: food
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chicken Empanadas
Prep Time: 40 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
Total Time: 1 hour hour 10 minutes minutes
Servings: 10
Ingredients
- 2 LBS CHICKEN BREAST
- 2 MEDIUM POTATOES, CUT IN SMALL CUBES AND FRIED
- 1/2 CUP GREEN PEAS
- 1/2 CUP RAISINS
- 1/2 CUP CHICKEN STOCK
- 4 CLOVES GARLIC, MINCED
- 1 MEDIUM ONION, MINCED
- SALT AND PEPPER
- DOUGH:
- 2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
- 1/2 CUP VEGETABLE OIL
- 1/2 CUP WATER
- PINCH OF SALT
- ROLL IN FAT:
- 2 CUPS ALL PURPOSE FLOUR
- 3/4 CUP CRISCO SHORTENING
- 1/2 CUP SUGAR
Instructions
- BOIL THE CHICKEN BREAST IN 2-3 CUPS WATER WITH 1 MEDIUM ONION, THEN CUT IN CUBES.
- SAUTE THE GARLIC, ONION, THEN ADD THE CHICKEN AND ALL OTHER INGREDIENTS. SET ASIDE TO COOL.
- MIX ALL THE DOUGH INGREDIENTS TOGETHER, IN A SEPARATE CONTAINER, MIX THE ROLL-IN FAT INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.
- ROLL OUT THE DOUGH IN 1/2 INCH THICK AND PUT THE ROLL IN FAT IN THE CENTER. GATHER THE EDGES TO SEAL IN THE ROLL-IN FAT. REST FOR FEW MINUTES.
- ROLL OUT THE DOUGH TO FLATTEN AND FOLD IN THIRDS, THEN SET ASIDE FOR A FEW MINUTES.
- REPEAT THIS STEP TWICE, RESTING THE DOUGH AFTER EVERY HANDLING.
- FLATTEN THE DOUGH AND ROLL LIKE JELLY ROLL. CUT TO DEVIDE IN 18-10 PIECES.
- ROLL OUT WITH THE CUT SIDE UP TO 3 INCH CIRCLE, SPOON THE FILLING IN AND FOLD THE DOUGH TO MAKE A HALF MONN SHAPE.
- CRIMP THE EDGES OR PRESS THE EDGES WITH THE TINES OF A FORK TO SEAL.
- DEEP FRY IN OIL UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN, OR BAKE IN A PRE-HEATED OVEN AT 375 F FOR 25-30 MINUTES.
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