How to make homemade Filipino empanada
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00:00Hello and Mabuhay, I'm Odessa.
00:07I'm here to show you today how to make the famous merienda or Filipino snack, empanada.
00:14Empanada is a great snack for all occasions, especially now that Christmas is coming.
00:20Now I'm going to show you how we do our own homemade empanada.
00:25First we're going to make a dough.
00:26We need flour, butter, sugar, and some salt.
00:30So we'll put in the sugar, salt, then the butter.
00:34We need to have a dough cutter.
00:37We have to break the butter until it's crushed and mixed with the flour.
00:45If you have a good dough, your empanada bread will stay crispy for longer period of time.
00:52How you make your dough is important also.
00:55It's just not the bread or the filling, it has to complement each other.
00:59Now we'll put in the water, you need a cup.
01:04And the water should be cold, that's one of the secret.
01:08If it's cold, when you fry it, it will be more crispier.
01:12We have to add water, around 1 third cup.
01:15Just takes patience when doing the dough.
01:19Once you're done with the dough, we need to wrap it in a cling film and put it in the
01:22freezer for 30 minutes.
01:24Now we're going to start doing our empanada filling.
01:28Once you heat the pan, just add a little bit of oil.
01:36First we put in our garlic, then the onion.
01:43Then saute for a minute or two.
01:47Then next is the chicken.
01:49It's chicken breast, boil the chicken breast, then you have to shred it.
01:54Then you put some pepper, then soy sauce, then oyster sauce.
02:05Now you can add the potatoes and the carrot.
02:14Let it simmer until the carrots and the potato are cooked.
02:19Should be like half cooked, then we can add the raisins.
02:23So let's just leave this for about 2 minutes, because we don't need the raisins to be cooked
02:29that much.
02:31So once your empanada filling is cooked, we'll just set it aside and let it cool before we
02:37wrap it in the dough.
02:39After 30 minutes, your dough is ready.
02:43So we'll just use a rolling pin, then we have to flatten the dough.
02:51Then you just have to have this cookie cutter.
02:57You make small circles.
03:00So now we're going to put in the filling.
03:04So using a rolling pin, just spread the dough with the cheese and a spoonful of your empanada
03:18filling.
03:20Just have to fold the dough.
03:27Then just push the sides, then fold.
03:41Then using a fork, just flatten the sides, just to make sure that your empanada will
03:51not open when you put it in the fryer.
04:01You can fry it for 5 minutes or until it's golden brown.
04:06It takes a little bit of patience to make a good home-cooked meal.
04:10Let's try our chicken empanada.