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Buffalo Chicken Empandas
Prep Time
15
minutes
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Cook Time
15
minutes
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Total Time
30
minutes
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Course:
Main Dish
Cuisine:
American
Servings:
12
pieces
Ingredients
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1
pound
Chicken
-
cooked and shredded
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1 ½
cups
Hot wing sauce
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8
ounces
Cream cheese
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1
cup
Mexican cheese blend
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1
cup
Blue Cheese dressing
-
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15
ounce
Pie crusts
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1 package
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1
Egg
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1
tablespoon
Water
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Mix together the chicken, wing sauce, cream cheese, mexican cheese and blue cheese dressing in a bowl; set aside.
Unroll 1 piecrust onto a lightly floured surface and roll into a 15-inch circle.
Using a 3 inch round cookie cutter, cut out rounds.
You can re-roll dough scraps as needed.
Unroll second pie crust and repeat until you have 12-15 circles total.
Place 1 heaping tablespoon of chicken mixture in the center of each round. Be careful not to over fill.
Lightly brush the edges of each round with water.
Fold the dough over the filling into a half moon shape.
Press the edges with a fork to seal.
Repeat with the remaining rounds and chicken mixture.
Beat the egg with 1 tablespoon of water to make an egg wash.
Brush the egg wash over the top of each empanada.
Arrange empanadas on a rimmed baking sheet.
Bake for 15 minutes.
Notes
Rotisserie chicken:
Shred some rotisserie chicken from the store!
Different Meat:
Use a different kind of meat! Try making beef empanadas.
Empanada Dough Recipe:
Try this recipe
to make your own delicious empanada dough.
Add Vegetables:
Add in your favorite veggies for some more yummy flavors.
Spices:
Go ahead and add other spices like cayenne pepper, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper - whatever you like!