Empanadas

Name: Empanadas
Prep time: 1 h 25 min
Cook time: 1 h 25 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Spanish, European
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp adobo sauce; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 177 milliliters chicken stock; 1 teaspoon chili powder; 1 egg; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour, plus more for the work surface; 5 cloves garlic, minced; 1 Tbsp garlic salt; 1 green bell pepper, chopped; 454 grams ground beef; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 1 Juice lime; 237 milliliters real mayonnaise, such as Kraft; 8 servings Oil or shortening, for frying; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 medium onion, chopped; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1 red bell pepper, chopped; 1 pinch Pinch salt; 1 teaspoon seasoned salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 2 Tbsps tomato paste; 2 Tbsps vinegar; 118 milliliters lard or shortening

The recipe Empanadas is ready in around 1 hour and 25 minutes and is definitely a spectacular dairy free option for lovers of European food. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 20% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 599 calories, 17g of protein, and 39g of fat per serving. A mixture of bell pepper, oregano, chicken stock, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. To use up the sugar you could follow this main course with the Whole Wheat Refined Sugar Free Sugar Cookies as a dessert.

Instructions

Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and salt in a large bowl.

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Sugar

Salt

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Cut in the lard with a pastry blender or 2 knives until the mixture resembles coarse cornmeal.

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Cornmeal

Lard

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Blender

In a separate bowl, beat the egg and then whisk in the stock.

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Stock

Egg

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Whisk

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Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture and knead until a dough forms. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

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Dough

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Egg

Meanwhile, for the empanada filling: In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat.

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Olive Oil

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Add the ground beef and garlic salt and cook until the beef is cooked completely.

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Ground Beef

Beef

Drain the grease and set the beef aside.

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Beef

In the same pan, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil.

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Olive Oil

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Add the tomato paste, vinegar, cumin, chili powder, oregano, seasoned salt, garlic, bell peppers and onions. Cook until softened, 8 to 10 minutes.

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Seasoned Salt

Bell Pepper

Chili Powder

Tomato Paste

Oregano

Vinegar

Garlic

Onion

Cumin

Add the beef and let them love each other with fire over low heat for about 5 more minutes. The mixture should be moist but not dripping wet. Now you are ready to fill the empanadas.

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Beef

Lightly flour a work surface and roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick.

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Roll

Cut out 4-, 5- or 6-inch rounds, depending on how large you prefer.

Add some meat filling to each empanada and fold the dough over in half to enclose the filling. Use a fork to press and seal the edges closed. You can refrigerate the uncooked empanadas for up to 3 hours.

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