Juliana'S Empanadas
- Medium white onion
- Thyme
- Half Bell pepper
- 1 medium potato
- 2-3 criolle potatoes
- 3 ounces of your favorite salsa / If not 1 medium tomato.
- 1 chicken breast no bones
- Olive oil, salt & pepper
- Canola oil
- lime
- Dough for fried empanadas
- 1 cup of precooked white corn meal Pan. You can get it in Publix
- 7 ounces of really hot water.
- Dough for baked empanadas
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 2-3 medium spoons of oil olive
- 7 ounces of hot water.
- 1 egg
- Cook the chicken boling it on water. This can be done on the microwave to save time!
- Boil the potato with some sprinkle of salt. Once is cook retire from water and slice
- Saute the chopped onion with the thyme on olive oil to break down ingredients to medium brown but no overly done. If you wish add chopped pepper. Your favorite color.
- When chicken & potato are done add to onion and thyme with the salsa and mix. Leave for aprox 5-7 minutes. Then place all on a food processor. This mixture will be the part you place inside the empanadas.
- Dough for fried empanadas
- 1 cup of precooked white corn meal Pan. You can get it in Publix
- 7 ounces of really hot water.
- Instructions:
- Mix on a big bowl. Create small to medium side balls and flat them and put the mixture of onion inside.
- Carefully fold over the circle with contents into a semicircle. Press the edges together to seal. Create all dough with filling
- Dough for baked empanadas
- 1 cup of all purpose flour
- 2-3 medium spoons of oil olive
- 7 ounces of hot water.
- Instructions:
- Create the dough and repeat the process of creating the empanadas. Once you have them ready you will brush them with egg. This will give them a very nice brown color once they are baked.
- Put on a tray for baking covered with aluminum foil and then spray olive oil. Put to bake from 350-390 for aprox 15-17 minutes. Leave o oven 5 minutes more after they are done.
- You can accompany them with Tabasco or prepare a mixture of Pico de Gallo: tomato and onion and cilantro, lime, a teaspoon of salsa and a sprinkle of salt & pepper.
- Enjoy :) Bon apetite!
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/julianas-empanadas-50046143 (may not work)