Venezuelan chicken empanadas
Dish: Appetizer
Number: 4
Country: Venezuela
Venezuelan empanadas are the main rival of the Venezuelan arepa, they are usually eaten both for breakfast and dinner, Venezuelan empanadas are a crescent-shaped dough that can be filled with countless ingredients such as shredded meat, shredded chicken, ham or cheese, among others.
They are made in a very simple way and unlike other empanadas in the world, their cooking is fried and based on precooked corn flour, yes, the same one used to make arepas.
Today I'm going to show you how to prepare delicious chicken empanadas, we invite you to follow our step by step videos, where we will show you the whole process to prepare it.
And we leave it here, the recipe of how to prepare the dough for the empanadas.
Ingredients to prepare Venezuelan chicken empanadas
- Empanada dough
- 1 shredded chicken breast
- 1/2 red bell pepper cut in small squares
- 1/2 green bell pepper cut in small squares
- 1 garlic clove, chopped
- 1/2 tablespoon cumin
- 1/2 tablespoon turmeric
- Pepper to taste
- Salt to taste
- Vegetable oil
How To Make Venezuelan chicken empanadas
Step 1:
We begin the preparation of our chicken empanadas, for this, in a frying pan at medium temperature, we will add oil until hot, then add the garlic and onion and let it cook for a couple of minutes.
Step 2:
Add the red and green peppers and cook for a few more minutes (approximately 6 minutes).
Step 3:
Add the shredded chicken breast, cumin, pepper, curcuma, salt and mix, cook for 7 minutes.
Step 4:
Now we are going to prepare our empanadas, for this, on a flat surface, we will place a rectangular piece of plastic wrap (as I show you in the video) with the help of a brush we will put a little oil, then place a medium sized ball of our dough, flatten it and with the help of our hands we will give it a circular shape.
Step 5:
We add our chicken filling on one side, then we fold in half and with the help of a plate we will perfect the edges as I show you in the video.
Step 6:
In a frying pan or pot with very hot oil, we will fry our empanadas until they take a golden color, remove from heat and we have our delicious chicken empanadas ready, enjoy!
Tips for preparing Venezuelan chicken empanadas
We leave you here the recipe of how to prepare empanadas dough.
What can we accompany Venezuelan chicken empanadas?
Accompany these delicious chicken empanadas with a cilantro sauce or a garlic sauce.
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