Dinner

Mel's Kitchen Empanadas is for Dinner.

Mel's Kitchen Empanadas takes 20 minutes to prepare.

Mel's Kitchen Empanadas takes 5 minutes to cook.

Mel's Kitchen Empanadas makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Mel's Kitchen Empanadas are:

Dough Ingredients:
3 cups Flour
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil (Wesson)
1 cup warm water
Filling Ingredients:
3 Chicken Breasts
1/2 Onions
2 tbsps Olive Oil
1/2 Green Pepper
3 Garlic cloves
1/4 cup raw cilantro
1/2 5.75oz can of Green Olives (81.5 gram(s)
1/2 Jalapeno Pepper
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 tsp Pepper
1 1/2 tsp Garlic powder
1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
1 1/2 tsp Oregano
1 1/2 tsp paprika
1 1/2 tsp dried cilantro
6 tbsps Vegetable Oil (Wesson)

Here is how you make Mel's Kitchen Empanadas:

Dough Directions:1. Combine dry ingredients & mix.2 Add wet ingredients & mix w/ electric mixer for approx. 3 min.3. Knead dough for 3 min. 4 Let sit in plastic wrap for 15 min.5. Divide into 12 equal pieces. Set aside to make filling. Filling Directions:1. Saute boiled & shredded chicken in the 2 tbsps of olive oil.2. Add everything else (EXCLUDING the 6oz of vegetable oil) & cook @ med heat for 10min.3. Put the 6oz of vegetable oil in a frying pan at med to med/high heat. Allow to get very hot.4. While vegetable oil is heating roll out dough pieces so that you have 12 flat circles of dough.5. When vegetable oil is hot take the circles of dough & place approx 2 tbps of filling in the center. Fold it in half squishing the two edges of dough together & fry on each side until the empanada's are golden brown on all sides.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user NOMOREGODDESS.

The nutritional information for Mel's Kitchen Empanadas is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 319.7

• Total Fat: 16.3 g
• Cholesterol: 34.2 mg
• Sodium: 756.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 26.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.4 g
• Protein: 17.3 g