EASY EMPANADA FILLINGS

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Provided by cuteandbublee

Categories < 30 Mins

Time 30m

Yield 20 empanadas

Number Of Ingredients 35

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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)

Steps:

Pick your filling by using the notes in the ( ).
Ensure if there is meat, onion, potato in your filling it is cooked in advance.
Pick up one of your rolled out biscuit empanadas ( see my recipe Easiest Empanada Dough EVER! ).
Ensure all fillings are cooled.
Layer filling onto empanada to equal about 2 tbsp of total filling.
Fold empanada in half.
Crimp edges with a fork.
Either wash in olive oil, butter, or egg wash.
Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes.
OR you may fry till golden brown.
** chicken pot pie instructions **.
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.
** pizza instructions **.
Spoon sauce then cheese then 2 pepperoni slices on an empanada.
**vegetarian**.
Spoon each ingredient in very small amounts.
** for a beef or chicken**.
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.
** taco empanada*.
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.