Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Chicken Empenadas

Getting ready for new years eve?

Here's the perfect appetizer recipe:

Ingredients:
2 Premade Pie crust
Checkout Chicken (you know those precooked chickens in the checkout line)
Salsa
Shredded Mexican Cheese

Preheat stove to 375. In a pan, mix chicken, cheese & salsa (2 parts chicken, 1 part salsa, 1 part cheese). Heat until salsa is popping. Roll out the dough, using a cookie cutter or a water glass, cut the dough in circles. Place a spoonful of the mixture on one side of the circle, fold over the dough to cover the mixture and use a fork to press in place. Really important -- Stick a fork in the top of your empenada so it doesn't explode.

Once done, place on ungreased cookie sheet for 12-14 minutes. Serve solo or with salsa for dipping.

These can be made ahead of time & put in the freezer until the day of serving. Just add 3-4 minutes to the cooking time.

Enjoy!

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