Easy Empanada Fillings

35 ingredients
20 steps

Ingredients

  • 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)

Directions

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

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