Puff Pastry Chicken Empanadas

 

These empanadas as easy, delicious, and fun to make

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

In a pan with 2 tbs of heated oil cook 1 lb ground chicken, 1 chopped onion, and 1 chopped cubanelle pepper.  Break up the chicken as it cooks.  Season with cumin, garlic powder, smoked paprika, adobo powder, and salt/pepper.   For this recipe, I season to taste.   It’s a lot of flavors!

Once the chicken is cooked mix in chopped Spanish and back olives and chopped cilantro. 

Remove from pan and let the mixture cool.

While cooling roll out puff pastry sheets.  Use a bowl, glass, or another round tool to cut out 4-inch circles from the pastry dough.

Fill each circle with about 1 tbsp of the chicken mixture, top with shredded cheese, and fold over to close.  Pinch the edges with a fork to seal the empanada.   Please the empanadas on a non-stick baking sheet and brush each one with egg wash.

Bake in 400 degree over until the pastry turns golden brown.  Enjoy!