Cheesy Chicken Empanadas

"My brother loves these. Very easy to throw together! I always have leftover chicken mixture."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
5
Yields:
16 empanadas

ingredients

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directions

  • In bowl, shred chicken with fork and mix in pepper, cheddar, and cream cheese. Mix well.
  • If using crescents, unroll and seal together and. Flatten with a rolling pin.
  • Using about a 3 1/2 inch circle cutter, cut out circles from the dough. Reroll and recut until all the dough has been used.
  • If using biscuits, just flatten.
  • Place about 1 tbsp of chicken mixture into center of each circle. Fold into a half moon shape and seal edges by pressing down all the way around with a fork. Apply a thin layer of butter or spray with butter flavored cooking spray on top of each empanada.
  • Place on greased baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes until golden.
  • You may need to turn baking sheet halfway around halfway through baking time so all empanadas golden evenly.

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Reviews

  1. Use a can of biscuits instead of crescent rolls. It's easier than piecing together all the scraps and re-rolling it out. Good recipe though. I've made this several times.
     
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Tweaks

  1. Use a can of biscuits instead of crescent rolls. It's easier than piecing together all the scraps and re-rolling it out. Good recipe though. I've made this several times.
     

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