Chenchachonatienda de empanadas
Hecho a mano · una cocina familiar

Empanadasde la abuela,folded by hand,kept cold for your bad Tuesdays.

A small kitchen in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario. Recipes carried up from a corner storefront in Mexico City — pinched one at a time, frozen the same day, ready when the week needs something with a little soul in it.

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Kitchener-WaterlooFrozen · 12 minutes from hot5 flavours · 1 vegan
hecho a mano
recién hechas
masa, by hand
la masa
Chenchachona
2012

Previously slinging hot ones at St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market.

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Five recipes.All hand-folded.

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slow-cooked

Beef

Slow-cooked, comforting, classic.

Ground beef simmered low and slow with tomato, sweet onion, and a quiet hum of warm spices. The empanada you grew up wishing you grew up with.

Chicken Tinga

Smoky chipotle, gentle heat.

Shredded chicken in a smoky chipotle-tomato sauce with onion. Bright, smoky, just enough kick — this is the one regulars come back for.

Cochinita-Style Pork

Yucatán warmth in every bite.

Citrus-marinated pork cooked until it falls apart, with achiote and a whisper of orange. A taste of the Yucatán, wrapped in golden masa.

así se cocina

Order, freeze, air-fry, eat.

The freezer is the trick. Real food, ten minutes from now, whenever you’re hungry. No corners cut, except the corners we crimp on purpose.

  1. 01

    Order

    Pick a 6 or 12-pack. Mix flavours. Choose pickup or delivery.

  2. 02

    Freeze

    They arrive frozen. Slide the box straight into your freezer.

  3. 03

    Air-fry

    12 minutes from frozen — golden, crisp, no thawing needed.

  4. 04

    Enjoy

    Hot empanada, salsa on the side, the rest can wait.

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su cocina, late afternoon
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nuestra historia

It started with a grandmother,a tortilla,and stubbornness.

In 2012 a small storefront opened in Mexico City — recipes from an abuela who fed everyone who walked in, family or not. Word travelled. The shop did, too. We carried those same recipes north to Canada, kept the masa the same, kept the people who matter even closer.

Chenchachona is named after her. It’s also what she would have called you if she liked you. (She would have liked you.)

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catering

Feeding your event,your office, your party.

Fried-to-order trays, or bulk frozen for the team to heat themselves. Tell us the headcount and the vibe — we’ll handle the rest, including the part where everyone asks who made these.

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wholesale & private label

Stock our empanadas.Or stamp your own.

For restaurants, food trucks, Latin grocers and cafés. Wholesale from $3.75/unit, custom flavours, custom branding — stamped right into the dough.

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