Baked chicken and Bacon empanadas
Baked chicken and Bacon empanadas

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, baked chicken and bacon empanadas. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

These baked chicken and cheese empanadas are a great way to use up leftover cooked chicken. For best results, do not overfill them or the dough may tear. TIP: Unbaked empanadas may be frozen.

Baked chicken and Bacon empanadas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Baked chicken and Bacon empanadas is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked chicken and bacon empanadas using 6 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked chicken and Bacon empanadas:
  1. Make ready 2 cooked boneless chicken breast, cooked and diced up
  2. Make ready 2/3 cup real bacon bits, you can use imitation ones but the real bacon gives it more flavor
  3. Take 1 package of premade empanada discs
  4. Get 2 tbsp goya sofrito seasoning to moisten up chicken before you put in empanadas
  5. Make ready 2 tsp melted butter
  6. Get 1 shredded cheese (optional)

I can guarantee does not suffer without a visit to the deep fryer. Today's version includes tender chicken and a quickly sautéed and reduced tomato sauce. This Filipino chicken empanada has a mildly sweet, buttery, flaky pastry baked to a golden crisp. Perfect for snack or light meal!

Instructions to make Baked chicken and Bacon empanadas:
  1. preheat oven to 350. Cook the chicken to your liking, with the seasoning you want
  2. Dice the chicken up and reheat with the sofrito seasoning, add the Bacon bits.
  3. Place 2 tablespoons of the chicken and Bacon mixture (can also add your choice of shredded cheese) onto the center of the empanada disc and seal the edges with a fork
  4. Continue step 3 until your chicken mixture is used up
  5. Place the sealed empanadas on a lightly greased baking pan
  6. Paint a teaspoon of melted butter on to each empanada to help with the Browning while cooking.
  7. Bake for 18-25 mins and enjoy when done!

This Filipino chicken empanada is packed with flavorful filling of shredded chicken, potatoes, carrots, peas and raisins. Enclosed in a mildly sweet flaky pastry that is. Recipe Credit: Jen Bucko and Lara Hamilton. Chicken empanadas are fun to make and a great no-fork-needed appetizer. Baking these tasty treats gives a crispy crust with less fat and the Manzanilla olives add a delicious nutty flavor.

So that’s going to wrap this up with this exceptional food baked chicken and bacon empanadas recipe. Thank you very much for reading. I am sure that you can make this at home. There’s gonna be more interesting food in home recipes coming up. Remember to bookmark this page on your browser, and share it to your family, colleague and friends. Thank you for reading. Go on get cooking!