Chicken Recipe › Empanadas de Pollo (Easy Chicken Empanadas)

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

Cooking Directions

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

Nutrition Facts

• calories160.7
• carbohydrateContent21 g
• cholesterolContent29.3 mg
• fatContent5.2 g
• fiberContent1.3 g
• proteinContent8.5 g
• saturatedFatContent1.6 g
• sodiumContent398.5 mg
• sugarContent0.3 g