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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat vegetable oil in a medium saute pan; add onions, green chiles, jalapenos, garlic and cumin and saute until onions are translucent. | 2. In large bowl combine chicken, lime juice and cilantro. Add the onion-chili mixture and mix. Stir in cheese and season with salt and pepper, to taste. | 3. Using a 4-inch ring mold (biscuit cutter), cut circles from prepared pie dough. Put about 1 tablespoon of the chicken mixture in center of dough. Brush egg wash around circumference of the dough. Fold top half over to form a half circle. Seal with the tines of a fork. | 4. Heat a deep-fryer to 325 degrees with peanut oil. Submerge a few empanadas into oil until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Remove and drain on paper towels. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
vegetable oil	2	tablespoons		234.46400000000003	0.0	0.0	27.2
yellow onion	1		diced	44.0	10.274000000000001	1.21	0.11
green chilies	1	can	diced	97.1514	24.0	0.0	0.0
jalapeno	1/2		seeded diced	0.8156	0.1828	0.0256	0.0104
garlic clove	2		minced	8.94	1.9836	0.3816	0.03
cumin	1/2	teaspoon	ground	3.9375	0.4645	0.187	0.2338
chicken	1		rotisserie-cooked picked chopped	-	-	-	-
lime juice	2	tablespoons		7.5625	2.5469999999999997	0.127	0.0212
cilantro leaf	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
monterey jack pepper cheese	2	cups	grated	-	-	-	-
salt black pepper			ground	-	-	-	-
pie dough			prepared	-	-	-	-
egg	1	tablespoon	mixed	21.7181	0.1094	1.9076	1.4443
peanut oil				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.