Empanada Dough Recipe 2 Ways | Homemade Dough | Chef Zee Cooks

Empanada Dough can be made a variety of different ways and today I'm sharing an empanada dough recipe that perfect for frying and baking. With this homemade dough recipe, you can make chicken emapanadas, beef empanadas, shrimp empanadas and all kinds! You can even make Dominican style pastelitos! This homemade dough recipe from scratch is pretty simple and easy to follow. Don't forget to join the Chef Zee family and subscribe!

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Ingredients:
2 Cups All Purpose Flour
¼ Cup Cold Butter (½ stick) OR ¼ Cup Canola Oil
¼ Cup Cold Water
1 Large Egg
½ tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Salt

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1:43 Empanada Dough Recipe & Ingredients
1:49 Empanada Dough with Butter
5:49 Empanada Dough with Oil
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7:47 How To Make Empanada Discs

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[CheeseWheelEnthusiast]

As just some Irish guy from New York... You've granted me the power to blow my Mexican friend's mind. His name is Ramon, he's pretty cool. He told me they taste just like how his Grandma used to make, which I take as the greatest compliment possible! This is easily the best empanada dough recipe on this website! Thank you so much!!

[emeraldsun]

I made the empanada dough with butter today and it was so easy. I doubled the recipe and it came out perfect. This is now my go to empanada dough recipe. Muchas gracias, Chef Zee!

[morimami]

This recipe really helped.(we were running low on food but I KNEW I could make something with the flour!) I didnt have baking powder but they turned out AMAZING still. Thank you! Still use this in 2024😊

[parriciasciarra]

I made these when visiting my brothers few days he and my nephew Sergio loved them, thank you so much Chef Zee ;my mom use to make these the way you grandmother did and we baked them She since past away and I asked my Brother why do you buy Empanada when mom showed us how I have her recipe but I was in NJ didn't bring my recipe book, ,they came crispy and delicious use oil method . I plan to use the butter method this weekend for my church making pastries . thank you so much Patty From Greeley, Pa. thank you so much forever Grateful .

[itsjustdina]

chef zee, im using ur recipes (including this one) for 2 years now. as an italian who loves a latino and her two baby boys- i thank u from the bottom of our tummies for all your loving help! ♥️ keep up the beautiful work

[joyc]

My grandmother and her sister's only used "manteca"/lard and sometimes oil. I was twelve years old when I first tried these in Puerto Rico in 1970. They were absolutely delicious, therefore, my favorite is oil.

[jenni_ri]

I tried the first part with using butter, the empanadas came out great! Thanx for sharing 🌹👍🏻

[tatytorres]

I made the one with butter just now. Had to wrap it in parchment paper. Did not had the seran wrap one. Will let you know in a few hours. Your recipes we're very easy to follow. Thank you from fl.

[thessreal]

Thank you so much for the demonstration.

[rosac]

I tried the butter recipe with my daughter. It was easy and we loved it! Thank

[SuzyTopAgent]

Thank you, right now I'm waiting the hour for it to rise/rest. Usually I buy Puff Pastry but I figured I probably can make it from scratch. Searched Google and I found your website and then clicked to watch your video. Will be back again for more of your easy to follow recipe videos!

[ingridcooper]

This was so inspiring. I always bought the Goya Disc but make the dough was better. I made some for my family and the loved.

[tre]

Finally!!! A great video on empanada dough!! Thank you

[Yve]

Hola!
I'm glad that I came across your video. Your empanadas dough is eazee-peazee to make. Thanks!🥂

[npvydso]

Great tutorial on empanada dough..it answered alot of questions and you made it look easy to do. Thank you.🥰💖

[nurmaybooba]

thank-you for these 2 ways, I am far from Texas and need some empanadas and of course they are not here in the Maine woods...so like flour tortillas I need to make them myself.

[thebaldchef]

I love Empanadas! You made this homemade dough oh so easy!

[USALiveStream]

Thank you 🙏 I did exactly what you instructed and it came out perfectly ❤thank you

[elmaduro]

Love the butter in the dough. Is it the same process to make the dough for corn empanada dough?

[nahibdiaz]

Thank you for making a recipe.And so easy for me