Monday, August 23, 2010

Filipino Chicken Empanada Recipes???

Can anyone provide a good recipe for the Filipino chicken empanadas?





Preferably ones that are NOT spicy or cheese filled etc.





Salamat!Filipino Chicken Empanada Recipes???
CHICKEN EMPANADA


Filling for Empanada


2 cups cooked, flaked chicken meat


1 chopped onion


2 cups cooked, diced potatoes


1 green bell pepper (optional)


1/4 cup evaporated milk


1/2 tsp. powdered pepper


salt to taste











Saute onion, add all ingredients except milk. Cook for 5 minutes, add milk and cook for another 3 minutes. Cool. Then, fill in dough.





Crust


2 cups all-purpose flour (no sifting)


1 tsp. fine salt


6 tbsp. water


2/3 cup butter or margarine


2 tbsp. white sugar











Mix sugar, salt, and flour. Cut in butter using a blender or 2 knives until it resembles coarse cornmeal. Sprinkle water and mix well with hand to form ball. Knead lightly. Sprinkle flour on a board and roll out dought into 1/4'; thick. Cut using a round cutter (a medium sized saucer can be used if there is no molder. Place saucer up-side down on dough and cut with a knife). Then, fill each cut dough with 2 tbsp. of sauted fillings. Food dough (to form a half moon, press one end to the other. Brush with egg yolk or milk. Arrange on a greased baking sheet. bake at preheated oven until crust is golden brown.

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