Ingredients

The following ingredients have 6 Servings
  • 1 cup self raising flour
  • 1 cup non fat plain greek yogurt (for best results I like to use just under 1 cup)
  • 1 cup 4oz cooked shredded chicken
  • 2 oz light cream cheese (softened)
  • 1/4 cup ranch dressing (I used my zero point recipe linked above in write up)
  • 2 Tbsp Frank's hot sauce
  • 1/2 cup reduced fat shredded cheese (I used Trader Joe's 3 cheese blend)
  • Egg whites for brushing
  • Little extra flour for dusting

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 375F, line a baking sheet with some parchment paper and lightly spray with cooking spray.
  • First make your 2 ingredient dough, mix your flour with your greek yogurt, for best results I use just a little less yogurt than flour. Knead dough together and shape into 2 balls, then divide those 2 balls into 3 balls each, I weighed mine out and each ball of dough was 2.2oz (so you need 6 balls weighing approx 2.2oz each)
  • Now make your filling by mixing together your chicken, cream cheese, ranch, shredded cheese and hot sauce.
  • Dust your work surface with a little flour and roll each dough ball out, use a rolling pin if needed, I found it best to use it.
  • Scoop about 1/4 cup of filling onto your rolled out dough, fold dough over forming a pocket and then use a fork to seal ends shut, also use the fork to poke some holes in the middle of your finished empanada. Repeat with remaining dough balls
  • Place empanadas onto the baking sheet and brush with egg whites.
  • Bake in the oven for 26 minutes or until golden brown, remove from oven and serve warm.
  • These will freeze well, store any leftovers in the fridge.