Recipe: Delicious Baked Chicken 🐔 Empanadas

Baked Chicken 🐔 Empanadas. These baked chicken and cheese empanadas are a great way to use up leftover cooked chicken. Chicken empanadas are heavenly mini chicken pies. Remove the empanadas from the baking sheet and place it in a Ziplock bag.

Baked Chicken Empanadas - a homemade baked version of a popular street food that doesn't need frying for full flavour. Freezer friendly to bake later too! Empanadas are a very popular street food in many Latin American countries and in Spain and it is so easy to see why. You can cook Baked Chicken 🐔 Empanadas using 10 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Baked Chicken 🐔 Empanadas

Prepare 1 pack of Goya discos (I used the annatto ones, partially thawed).
You need 2 cups of shredded chicken.
Prepare 1/2 half of red onion, chopped.
You need 1/8 teaspoon of black pepper.
It's 1 tablespoon of garlic powder.
You need 1/2 tablespoon of onion powder.
Prepare 1 cup of mayonnaise.
Prepare 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese.
Prepare of Olive oil cooking spray.
It's of Ranch dressing.

Baked Chicken Empanadas a savory empanada, a good snack ready for our family. Chicken Empanadas can be fried or baked. Adding a little of raisins to the. Recipe Credit: Jen Bucko and Lara Hamilton.

Baked Chicken 🐔 Empanadas step by step

In a bowl combine shredded chicken, red onion, black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, mayonnaise and shredded cheddar cheese, set bowl to the side.........
Place 1 Goya discos on a plate......
Use a rolling pin to spread out dough into a larger circle ⭕️.......
Place about 1 large tablespoon of chicken mixture into center of discos..........
Seal edges of discos with a fork......Continue until all discos and chicken mixture is gone......
Place each finished empanada on a large baking sheet that has been sprayed with olive oil cooking spray...........
Bake empanadas in a preheated 400 degree oven for 20 minutes......
Let cool for several minutes, serve with ranch dressing and enjoy 😉!!.

Chicken empanadas are fun to make and a great no-fork-needed appetizer. Baking these tasty treats gives a crispy crust with less fat and the Manzanilla olives add a delicious nutty flavor. This Filipino chicken empanada has a mildly sweet, buttery, flaky pastry baked to a golden crisp. Perfect for snack or light meal! This Filipino chicken empanada is packed with flavorful filling of shredded chicken, potatoes, carrots, peas and raisins.