Empanadas
Empanadas

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, empanadas. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Beefy Empanadas (The Secret to a Perfect Dough). Empanadas are one of my favorite foods to make and also to eat. Empanadas can be eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner. They can be served as appetizers or snacks, but they can also easily.

Empanadas is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Empanadas is something which I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook empanadas using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Empanadas:
  1. Take 4 pie shells (2 boxes)
  2. Prepare 1 lb. ground beef
  3. Prepare 2 TBS. olive oil
  4. Take to taste Garlic salt,
  5. Get 1 small onion, chopped
  6. Take 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  7. Get 4 cloves garlic, chopped
  8. Get 2 TBS. tomato paste
  9. Prepare 1 tsp. Cumin
  10. Prepare 1 tsp. Chili powder
  11. Take 1 tsp. Oregano
  12. Make ready 1 tsp. Salt
  13. Take 2 TBS. vinegar (any kind will do)

Empanadas (which means "to wrap in bread" in Spanish) are handheld versions. Empanadas are likely to have originated from Galicia, Spain, where they were prepared as a portable and filling meal for working people, providing energy and nutrients needed for a day of hard labor. Empanadas, or beef turnovers, are discs of pastry packed with meat. I have been making Empanadas for years but lost my recipe.

Steps to make Empanadas:
  1. In a pan, heat one pound of ground beef in a tablespoon of olive oil on medium heat until beef is fully cooked. Season with garlic salt. Drain meat and set aside.
  2. In the meantime, chop green pepper, onion, and garlic.
  3. In the same pan, heat remaining oil and add tomato paste, vinegar, cumin, chili powder, oregano and salt. Also add in the chopped garlic, onion, and green peppers. Cook until softened (8-10 minutes).
  4. Add the meat back to pan and mix and simmer for another five minutes.
  5. Lay out the pie shells and make as many 4 or 5 inch rounds that you can, using a cookie cutter or a glass. Place filling in the center of each round. Fold in half and seal ends with a fork.
  6. Deep fry or pan fry in oil until golden brown, about a minute on each side.
  7. Remove to a paper towel to drain and cool.

Empanadas, or beef turnovers, are discs of pastry packed with meat. I have been making Empanadas for years but lost my recipe. I went on to your website and followed your recipe. Add some meat filling to each empanada and fold the dough over in half to enclose the filling. These fried empanadas are the best!

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