03/05/2022
PERUVIAN CHICKEN EMPANADAS WITH YELLOW AJI 🌶🌶 (spicy) PART 1 FILLING
This recipe is perfect if you have left over chicken and feel like Zening out to the wonderful art of crimping empanadas! Here’s what you’ll need for the filling ⬇️
•1 large onions chopped
•3 garlic clovse
•2x cooked chicken breast fillets or what ever chicken available, skinless and shredded
•1 red pepper, cut in pieces
•1 Peruvian yellow pepper (fresh or dry) de-seeded
•30 g olive oil
•1 Tbsp tomato pure
•Cup of chicken broth/ water
•1tsp tumeric
•1 tsp smoked paprika
•1 tsp ground cumin
•1 tsp fine sea salt
•a bunch of chopped coriander
•¼ - ½ tsp ground black pepper, to taste
-Add your olive oil to a pan on medium heat, when oil is hot add your onions and garlic and sauté till translucent.
-Now add the peppers, yellow Peruvian chilli, tomato pure and coriander and continue to cook for 20-30mins cooking until fragrant adding a splash or two of stock if it starts to catch.
-Stir in shredded chicken and season with the paprika, cumin, turmeric, salt and pepper. Add the rest of your stock and cook, uncovered until most has evaporated.
Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Tomorrow we will post how to make the dough as well as a little video of how to crimp the sides! 🥰
