Serves 4-8

Spicy and hearty, beef empanadas are great party food. Serve with Chimichurri dipping sauce for a garlicky kick.

Ingredients:

2 batches empanada dough

For the Filling:

1 Tbsp butter
1 onion, minced
1 1/2 Tbsp tomato paste
3 cloves garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp cumin
1/4 tsp cayenne
1/2 lb ground hamburger, 85% lean
3/4 cup low sodium beef broth
1/2 cup shredded Monterey Jack
1 hard-boiled egg, chopped
1-2 green onions chopped
salt
pepper

Method:

First, prepare the empanada dough.

For the empanada filling:

1. Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add butter and melt. Add onion and cook until softened and translucent. Add tomato paste, garlic, cumin, oregano, and cayenne. Stir thoroughly to combine and cook for about 2 minutes.

2. Add ground beef and cook until the seasonings mix in and meat is just cooked through. Add beef broth and simmer over low until most of the moisture evaporates and meat just looks wet.

3. Turn off heat. Stir in cheese, egg, and green onion. Cool filling in the refrigerator.

4. Meanwhile, roll out pastry dough 1/8th of an inch thick and cut out 5″ circles. When filling is cooled, add about a tablespoon to each circle. Fold circle in half and crimp the edges (called repulgue).

Here’s a video to help show you how:

5. When all empanadas are shaped, preheat oven to 425F. Bake them on a lined baking sheet for 2o minutes. If you wish to freeze them, freeze them on a baking sheet, then place in bags. Bake frozen empanadas for 25-30 minutes at 425F. Serve with chimichurri dipping sauce.

Beef Empanadas

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Spicy and hearty, beef empanadas are great party food. Serve with Chimichurri dipping sauce for a garlicky kick.

• CourseAppetizers & Snacks
• LifestylePotluck Friendly, Weekend Projects
• Food TypeMeat, Sandwiches & Wraps

Servings	Prep Time
4-8 people	1 hour

Cook Time

20-30 minutes

Servings Prep Time 4-8 people 1 hour

Cook Time 20-30 minutes

Beef Empanadas Votes: 2 Rating: 5 You: Rate this recipe! Print Recipe Spicy and hearty, beef empanadas are great party food. Serve with Chimichurri dipping sauce for a garlicky kick. CourseAppetizers & Snacks LifestylePotluck Friendly, Weekend Projects Food TypeMeat, Sandwiches & Wraps Servings Prep Time 4-8 people 1 hour Cook Time 20-30 minutes Servings Prep Time 4-8 people 1 hour Cook Time 20-30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 batches empanada dough

For the filling

• 1 Tbsp butter
• 1 onion , minced
• 1 1/2 Tbsp tomato paste
• 3 cloves garlic , crushed
• 1/2 tsp oregano , dried
• 1 tsp cumin seed
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 lb ground hamburger , 85% lean
• 3/4 cup beef broth , low sodium
• 1/2 cup monterey jack , shredded
• 1 egg , hard-boiled (chopped)
• 1-2 green onion , chopped
• salt
• pepper

Servings: people

Units:MetricUS Imperial

Instructions

1. First, prepare the empanada dough.
2. For the empanada filling: Head a large skillet over medium heat. Add butter and melt. Add onion and cook until softened and translucent. Add tomato paste, garlic, cumin, oregano, and cayenne. Stir thoroughly to combine the cook for about 2 minutes.
3. Add ground beef and cook until the seasonings mix in and meat is just cooked through. Add beef broth and simmer over low until most of the moisture evaporated and meat just looks wet.
4. Turn off heat. Stir in cheese, egg, and green onion. Cool filling in the refrigerator.
5. Meanwhile, roll out pastry dough 1/8th of an inch thick and cut out 5" circles. When filling is cooled, add about a tablespoon to each circle. fold circle in half and repulge.
6. When all empanadas are shaped, preheat oven to 425F. Bake them on a lined baking sheet for 20 minutes. if you wish to freeze them, freeze them on a baking sheet, then place in bags. Bake frozen empanadas for 25-30 minutes at 425F.
7. Serve with Chimichurri dipping sauce.