Maries Empanada Filling Recipes

MARIE'S EMPANADA FILLING

Steps:

• Dice Onions
• Mince or Crush Garlic Cloves
• Add about 2 Tables spoons of Olive oil to your pan. Let it heat up and place Diced Onions and Garlic cloves in the pan for a few minutes to allow onion to sweat. Remove the onion and garlic from the pan to a bowl for later.
• In A 2 quart pan, cook hamburger. (While cooking Hamburger continue your prep work.) Once cooked drain off the fat.
• Dice Bell peppers and cube potatoes.
• Add Garlic, Onion, peppers, potatoes and rice to the pot of cooked hamburger.
• And Seasoning, Cover with water until everything is covered. Bring it to a boil. Lower the heat,cover and let it simmer until the liquid absorbs and the potato and rice are cooked. Let it set to cool off. I put mine in 2 bowls and placed them in the fridge. I found they work better when the mixture is cooled off enough to work with. The flavors marinade.
• I filled my empananda shells and place 2 whole olives in each one. You can cut them in half, I did the last time I cooked them. But the whole olive works wonders. You can deep fry them for a couple of minutes in a deep fryer or on the stove until they are as brown as you like. They can be baked But I have never done it.

EASY EMPANADA FILLINGS

Steps:

• Pick your filling by using the notes in the ( ).
• Ensure if there is meat, onion, potato in your filling it is cooked in advance.
• Pick up one of your rolled out biscuit empanadas ( see my recipe Easiest Empanada Dough EVER! ).
• Ensure all fillings are cooled.
• Layer filling onto empanada to equal about 2 tbsp of total filling.
• Fold empanada in half.
• Crimp edges with a fork.
• Either wash in olive oil, butter, or egg wash.
• Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes.
• OR you may fry till golden brown.
• ** chicken pot pie instructions **.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and cook for 3 minutes. Add the flour and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Still stirring, slowly add the broth. Cook until thickened, about 3 minutes. Add the peas and carrots, chicken, salt, and pepper. Remove from heat.
• ** pizza instructions **.
• Spoon sauce then cheese then 2 pepperoni slices on an empanada.
• **vegetarian**.
• Spoon each ingredient in very small amounts.
• ** for a beef or chicken**.
• Cook meat till no longer pink add in onions and peppers till soft then combine all ingredients in a bowl and spoon 2 tbsp of each mixture onto empanada.
• ** taco empanada*.
• Cook meat till no longer pink add in onions till soft in a bowl combine all ingredients and mix spoon 2 tbsp of mixture onto empanada.

EMPANADA FILLING

Steps:

• Stir flour into water in a small bowl until dissolved.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat and saute onion in oil until softened, about 5 minutes; add ground beef, olives, cumin, and paprika. Cook and stir the beef mixture until the beef is completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.
• Pour flour-water mixture into the beef and stir to coat evenly. Add raisins, stir, and cook until the raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Fold eggs into the beef mixture; season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool before using to fill empanadas.