Spicy Chicken Empanadas
yield: 24
total time: 105 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken breast 1 pound, skin removed
- 1/2 white onion halved
- 1 bay leaf dried
- 1 poblano chile fresh
- 6 cups vegetable oil
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon canela ground, Mexican cinnamon or regular cinnamon
- 4 plum tomatoes canned, coarsely chopped
- 2 chipotle chiles canned, in adobo, coarsely chopped
- freshly ground pepper
- coarse salt
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro coarsely
- 1 tablespoon pepitas pumpkin seeds, toasted and coarsely chopped
- empanada dough
- 1/2 cup queso blanco shredded
- 1/4 cup sugar for sprinkling
- crema optional
- sour cream optional
Nutrition
- Calories : 540 calories
- Carbohydrate : 6 grams
- Cholesterol : 10 milligrams
- Fat : 58 grams
- Fiber : 1 grams
- Protein : 3 grams
- SaturatedFat : 5 grams
- Sodium : 90 milligrams
- Sugar : 3 grams
- TransFat : 1.5 grams
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