Chicken Empanada

This is the appetizer recipe of Spanish cuisine made like pasty. It’s making with meats, cheese, corn and other ingredients, but we are making with chicken. We have making two methods cooking to bake and fried, serve hot or cold.

Recipe Type: Appetizer                                                                            Style: Spanish Cuisine

Method: Fried/ Bake                                                                                 Served: 1-2

Ingredients:-

300 gm. Chicken breast Fine Cubes

1 Onion Medium Size

1 Tbsp. Minced Garlic

3 Tbsp. Bell Pepper

2 Tbsp. Green Peas

1 Tbsp. Raisins

Salt & Pepper to Taste

1 Tbsp. Sugar

2 Tbsp. Olive Oil or Cooking Oil

2 Cup Flour (Refined)

Water as per required

1 No’s Raw Egg

1 Cup Butter Cold

½ Tsp. Baking Powder

Preparation:-

1. Making the filling by pouring the cooking oil in a pan and then allow it to heat-up.
2. Once the oil is hot, sauté the garlic and onions.
3. Add the chicken then cook until color turns light brown (about 5 minutes).
4. Put-in bell pepper, green peas and raisins, sugar and simmer for few minutes.
5. Insert salt and pepper. Turn off the heat, drain the excess liquid, and set aside.
6. Make the dough by combining the dry ingredients in a mixing starting with the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Mix well using a wire whisk.
7. Cut the butter into small thin pieces place in mixing bowl with the dry ingredients.
8. Add water and mix all the ingredient’s thoroughly until a dough is formed. You may use a pastry blender to ease the process.
9. Divide the dough into individual pieces by grabbing a piece from the whole mixing and rolling it in your hand until a spherical shape is formed. Do this until all the dough is consumed. Set aside in a cool place for at the least 20 minutes.
10. Flatted the spherical dough by pressing it with your palm against a flat surface. Use a rolling pin to flatten it fully while creating a round shape.
11. Arrange about a quarter to half a cup of filling (the chicken that cooked in the first step) at the middle of the flattened dough. Fold the dough so that opposite ends meet (you should have formed a half moon shaped dough) then press the edges and seal.
12. After all the filling are consumed, crack the egg and separate the white from the yolk. Beat the egg white lightly and mix a little water. Glaze the crust by brushing the egg wash.
13. Put a wax paper on the top of a baking try or grease the baking try then arranged the sealed dough’s.
14. Pre-heat oven at 400 degree Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes. Bake the sealed dough’s for 20 minutes at the same temperature.
15. Remove from the oven. And serve hot.