- 1tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- Turmeric
- Cinnamon
- Cumin
- 500g chicken thigh
- 500g tomato sauce
- 100g harissa
- 250ml chicken stock
- 1 orange
- Black pepper
- Salt
Empanada dough (15 pieces):
- 390g all-purpose flour
- Salt
- 170g butter
- 2 eggs
- 120ml milk
- Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat.
- Cut the onions and the garlic in small pieces and add in the saucepan together with all the spices. Stir for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the chicken thigh, the tomato sauce, the harissa, the chicken stock and the juice of the orange. Reduce heat to low. Let this cook for at least 2 hours.
- Shred the chicken with two forks.
- Let it cool down – or make the pulled chicken a day before using.
- For the empanada dough. Use a food processor or do it by hand.
- Preheat the oven to 190 celsius degrees.
- Mix the flour and salt together. Add the butter and mix.
- Add one egg and the milk (in small increments). Continue with mixing until clumpy dough forms.
- Let the dough rest in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- Roll the dough out into a thin sheet. Cut out round disks with a round mold (10cm).
- If the pulled chicken completly cooled down place a spoonful of the chicken in the middle of the empanada. Fold and seal the dough together with your fingers.
- Whisk an egg. Brush the empanadas with egg wash.
- Bake the empanadas in the oven for 25 minutes or till they are golden brown.