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5 Ingredient Cuban Air Fryer Empanadas

Delicious 5 ingredient Cuban empanadas are made in an air fryer and are ready in 8 minutes!
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Prep Time: 8 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 18 minutes
Servings: 8 empanadas

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 refrigerated pie crust (the kind that you roll out) 9 inch/7 ounce
  • 1-2 Tbs. grainy mustard divded
  • 1/4 lb. deli ham thinly sliced, cut into small pieces
  • 2-4 slices deli Swiss cheese cut into small pieces
  • 2-3 small dill pickles cut into small pieces

Instructions

  • Preheat air fryer
    to 350 degrees.
  • Using a biscuit cutter, cut 8-10 circles out of the pie crust (if your package contains 2 pie crusts, feel free to make a few batches of these empanadas and use all the dough!)
  • Using a butter knife spread a little bit of mustard onto one half of a circle of dough (don't spread it all the way to the edge), then add a little bit of ham, then add a cheese pieces, then a few pickle slices.
    Empanada with ingredients inside
  • Fold the dough over to cover the fillings and using a fork press/crimp the edges of the empanada together so that no gaps remain (you don't want the filling oozing out).
    Crimp edge of Air Fryer empanada
  • Spray the basket of your air fryer with cooking spray. Put empanadas into the basket and spray empanadas with a little bit of cooking spray (don't over-crowd the basket, depending on how big your air fryer is you might have to cook the empanadas in batches). Cook for 8 minutes, flipping empanadas halfway through. Remove from air fryer with tongs and then enjoy!
    Air Fryer recipe used to make empanadas

Notes

The nutrition information presented on this site should be considered an estimate as the calculations will change based on the exact products you use in your own kitchen.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 151kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 13mg | Sodium: 427mg | Potassium: 82mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 67IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 1mg