Tinga Empanadas

Give a twist to your classic chicken tinga with these delicious baked puff pastry empanadas, filled with chicken tinga made with FUD® Virginia Chicken.
Ingredients
8
Servings
  • 1 package FUD® Virginia chicken ham, 250 g
  • 1 cup onion
  • 4 tomatoes
  • 1/4 onions
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1/4 cups chipotle chile in adobo sauce
  • 1/4 cups chicken broth
  • salt
  • 3 allspice berries
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 tablespoon oregano
  • 1 leaf bay
  • flour, for dusting the surface
  • 500 grams puff pastry
  • 1 egg
  • sesame seeds
Preparation
20 mins
55 mins
Low
  • Preheat the oven to 180 °C.
  • On a cutting board, cut the FUD® Virginia Chicken and the onion into strips. Set aside.
  • Blend the tomato with the onion, garlic, chipotle, chicken broth, salt, and black pepper. Set aside.
  • For the chicken tinga, in a medium skillet add the vegetable oil and cook the onion and FUD® Virginia Chicken for 5 minutes, then add the blended tomato, oregano, and bay leaf, and cook for another 15 minutes or until the liquid is completely reduced. Let it cool.
  • Roll out the puff pastry on a floured surface to about 5 mm thick, then cut out circles 10 cm in diameter, fill them with tinga, and use a fork to seal the edges of the empanadas. Brush the empanadas with egg and sprinkle with white sesame seeds.
  • Place them on a baking sheet and bake at 180 °C for 20 minutes. Serve hot and enjoy.

Nutritional Information

* * Information per 100g serving, percentage of daily values based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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