CHICKEN EMPANADAS

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Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 17

1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon red onion (minced)
1 garlic clove (peeled and minced)
1 teaspoon fresh cilantro (chopped)
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon ground cumin
½ pound shredded chicken
2 tablespoons corn
2 tablespoons ranch dressing
Sea salt and black pepper to taste
Oil to fry
For the Empanadas dough
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Sea salt
½ cup plus 1 ½ tablespoons luke warm water
2 ½ tablespoons butter

Steps:

Heat a non-stick skillet on low-medium heat with oil. Saute onion, garlic, cilantro and spices until fragrant. Remove from heat.
In a medium bowl, add chicken, corn, ranch dressing, salt and pepper with onion mix. Combine all together and set aside.
Prepare Empanadas dough. In a mixing bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt, water and butter. Mix with your hands until a dough forms. Knead for 5 minutes. Transfer dough on a floured surface, flour the pin roll too. Roll dough to ¼ inch thick and use a 3.14 inch cookie cutter to cut out the rounds. Re roll scraps to make more rounds until no more dough is left.
Put ¾ - 1 tablespoon filling in the center and lightly moisture the edge with water. Fold with your fingers and use a fork to crimp edges together. Repeat with remaining dough and filling.
Heat oil in a large deep pan to fry empanadas. Fry until golden brown, place on kitchen paper to remove excess of oil.
Serve immediately. Enjoy.