Empanadillas

Name: Empanadillas
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Cuisine: Latin American, American
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour; ½ tsp salt; ¼ cup melted butter; 2 egg yolks; ½ cup water; 1 tsp olive oil; 1 yellow onion, diced; 1 red bell pepper, diced; ⅓ cup sofrito; 1 lb ground beef (lean); 1 tsp sazon seasoning; 1 tsp adobo seasoning; 3 bay leafs; 1 (15oz) can of tomato sauce; ⅓ cup pimento stuffed olives, sliced in half; ¼ cup water; salt to taste; ½ cup vegetable oil for frying

4 steps

Prep:1hCook:30min

These Puerto Rican Empanadillas are made with fried buttery pie dough stuffed with seasoned ground beef, peppers and olives.

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 03:07:47 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Unbalanced

Glycemic Index

Moderate

Glycemic Load

Moderate

Nutrition per serving

Calories261.9 kcal (13%)

Total Fat12.2 g (17%)

Carbs24.3 g (9%)

Sugars2.6 g (3%)

Protein12.9 g (26%)

Sodium678.8 mg (34%)

Fiber1.7 g (6%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

10 servings

2 cupsall purpose flour

½ tspsalt

¼ cupbutter

melted

2egg yolks

½ cupwater

1 tspolive oil

⅓ cupsofrito

1 lbground beef

lean

1 tspsazon seasoning

1 tspadobo seasoning

3bay leafs

1 x 15 oztomato sauce

can

⅓ cuppimento stuffed olives

sliced in half

¼ cupwater

salt

to taste

½ cupvegetable oil

for frying

Instructions

Step 1

Make the pie dough (skip to step 2 if using store-bought dough.) Start by combining all ingredients in a bowl and mixing well until a ball begins to form. Knead on a flour dusted surface until no longer sticky and chill for 30 minutes while you make the filling.

Step 2

Make the Picadillo filling. Start with oil, onions, and peppers in a pan over medium heat. Once onions become translucent, add sofrito and sauté another minute before adding ground beef. Break the ground beef into smaller pieces as it cooks. Add sazon, adobo, bay leaves, tomato sauce, olives, and water. Bring it to a boil before simmering with a lid partially on, for 10 minutes or until the beef is fully cooked.

Step 3

Prep the dough. Dust a clean surface with flour, divide the dough into small balls and roll the balls out into circular discs. Spoon picadillo over half of each disc, fold the empty dough over top and pinch together with a fork.

Step 4

Fry. Heat oil to around 350 degrees before frying empanadas on each side for 3-4 minutes or until golden brown and crispy on the edges. Enjoy!

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