Easy Empanada Fillings

Submitted by cuteandbublee

"I use this along with my recipe #281361 Easiest Empanada "dough" Ever super yummy. Remember these are for meat empanadas ( dough included)"

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 35
• Yields: 20 empanadas

ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can pizza sauce (for pizza filling)
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (or Mexican blend, for pizza filling)
• 1 1⁄2 cups pepperoni (sliced or diced, for pizza filling)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil (mushroom cheese)
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped (mushroom cheese)
• 2 (10 ounce) packages white mushrooms, stems trimmed, cut into small dice (mushroom cheese)
• 1 (4 1/2 ounce) can chopped green chilies (mushroom cheese)
• 2 large garlic cloves, minced (mushroom cheese)
• 2 tablespoons minced fresh cilantro (mushroom cheese)
• salt and pepper, to taste (mushroom cheese)
• 4 ounces goat cheese, crumbled (mushroom cheese)
• 1 cup cooked chopped spinach (spinach)
• 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded (spinach)
• 8 slices bacon, fried and crumbled (spinach)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg (spinach)
• 1 lb browned ground beef (meat) or 1 lb cooked shredded chicken (meat)
• 1⁄2 medium onion, diced (meat)
• 1⁄2 green bell pepper, diced (meat)
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed (meat)
• 1⁄8 cup chopped fresh cilantro (meat)
• 1⁄8 cup sliced green olives (meat)
• salt and pepper (meat)
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste (meat)
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter (pot pie)
• 1⁄2 yellow onion, diced (pot pie)
• 1 tablespoon flour (pot pie)
• 3⁄4 cup low sodium chicken broth (pot pie)
• 1 (10 ounce) box frozen peas and carrots (pot pie)
• 1 store-bought rotisserie-cooked chicken, meat shredded (pot pie)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon kosher salt (pot pie)
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper (pot pie)
• 1 lb ground beef (taco)
• 2 small onions, diced (taco)
• 1 (8 ounce) packet taco seasoning (taco)
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese (taco)

directions

1. Pick your filling by using the notes in the ( ).
2. Ensure if there is meat, onion, potato in your filling it is cooked in advance.
3. Pick up one of your rolled out biscuit empanadas ( see my recipe Easiest Empanada Dough EVER! ).
4. Ensure all fillings are cooled.
5. Layer filling onto empanada to equal about 2 tbsp of total filling.
6. Fold empanada in half.
7. Crimp edges with a fork.
8. Either wash in olive oil, butter, or egg wash.
9. Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes.
10. OR you may fry till golden brown.
11. ** chicken pot pie instructions **.
12. Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Still stirring, slowly add the broth. Cook until thickened, about 3 minutes. Add the peas and carrots, chicken, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat.
13. ** pizza instructions **.
14. Spoon sauce then cheese then 2 pepperoni slices on an empanada.
15. **vegetarian**.
16. Spoon each ingredient in very small amounts.
17. ** for a beef or chicken**.
18. Cook meat till no longer pink add in onions and peppers till soft then combine all ingredients in a bowl and spoon 2 tbsp of each mixture onto empanada.
19. ** taco empanada*.
20. Cook meat till no longer pink add in onions till soft in a bowl combine all ingredients and mix spoon 2 tbsp of mixture onto empanada.