Easy Empanada Fillings

• 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)

1. Pick your filling by using the notes in the ( ).
2. Ensure if there is meat, onion, potato in your filling it is cooked in advance.
3. Pick up one of your rolled out biscuit empanadas ( see my recipe Easiest Empanada Dough EVER! ).
4. Ensure all fillings are cooled.
5. Layer filling onto empanada to equal about 2 tbsp of total filling.
6. Fold empanada in half.
7. Crimp edges with a fork.
8. Either wash in olive oil, butter, or egg wash.
9. Bake at 400u0b0F for 20 minutes.
10. OR you may fry till golden brown.
11. ** chicken pot pie instructions **.
12. 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.
13. ** pizza instructions **.
14. Spoon sauce then cheese then 2 pepperoni slices on an empanada.
15. **vegetarian**.
16. Spoon each ingredient in very small amounts.
17. ** for a beef or chicken**.
18. 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.
19. ** taco empanada*.
20. 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.

pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, pepperoni, olive oil, onion, white mushrooms, green chilies, garlic, fresh cilantro, salt, goat cheese, cheddar cheese, bacon, nutmeg, ground beef, onion, green bell pepper, garlic, fresh cilantro, green olives, salt, tomato paste, unsalted butter, yellow onion, flour, chicken broth, carrots, storebought rotisserie, kosher salt, black pepper, ground beef, onions, taco, mozzarella cheese

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-empanada-fillings-281398 (may not work)