# Empanada Salteña (Bolivia)

- Servings: 1 servings
- Category: Soup
- Difficulty: medium
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- green pepper
- onion
- diced potato
- parsley
- garlic
- chicken breast, shredded and cubed
- peas
- raisins
- oregano
- paprika
- chili
- sugar
- broth
- gelatin
- grated hard-boiled egg
- wheat flour
- ground achiote
- butter

## Instructions

1. Cook chicken breast for 15 minutes, shred, and cube.
2. Sauté green pepper, onion, parsley, and garlic in a pan.
3. Add potatoes and cook for 3 minutes, then add chicken, broth, peas, raisins, and spices.
4. Add gelatin to the filling so it solidifies when cool.
5. Mix dough ingredients including achiote and knead in a mixer.
6. Fill discs with cold filling, close with a vertical pleat on top, and glaze with egg white.
7. Bake in the oven.

## Equipment

- pan
- mixer
- Mexican tortilla press

## Tips

- Gelatin added to the filling helps it solidify when cold, making filling easier, and melts when heated for extra juiciness.
- Achiote gives the dough its intense orange color and flavor.
- Fill with cold ingredients so the fat in the dough stays firm.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnxd18xujoA
- Creator: Diegodoal
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/ecdb7e7c-cc76-49fe-a15d-03c3fb4d3b95
- Extracted: 2026-09-28

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