Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pie crust beef empanadas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
This Easy Empanada Recipe uses flaky pie crust and ground beef to create the perfect dinner. Make a double or triple batch and freeze some for a future freezer meal! These homemade empanadas are wrapped in a flaky pie crust. Moisten edges of dough with water; fold dough over and press with fingers to seal.
Pie Crust Beef Empanadas is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Pie Crust Beef Empanadas is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have pie crust beef empanadas using 13 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Pie Crust Beef Empanadas:
- Make ready 1 pound ground beef
- Make ready 1-2 Tablespoon pickled jalapeno, chopped (optional)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon cumin
- Get 1 teaspoon corn starch
- Make ready 1 teaspoon chili powder
- Make ready 1/4 teaspoon salt or to taste
- Take 1/4 teaspoon pepper or to taste
- Prepare 1 teaspoon olive oil
- Prepare 2 Tablespoon minced garlic
- Make ready 1/4 cup diced onions
- Prepare 2 rolls of store bought pie crust, thawed according to package instruction
- Take 1 cup Mexican blended cheese or to taste
- Make ready 1 egg, beaten
Empanadas recipe: A quick and easy way to make these spicy beef savory turnovers common in Latin America. Learn how to make these step by step and freeze them for Variations include puff pastry, pie crust dough and special empanada round disc dough. You can bake or fry different versions too. Pie crust - you can make your own (check out this Pie Crust recipe from Live Well Bake Often) or buy store bought.
Instructions to make Pie Crust Beef Empanadas:
- In a large bowl, mix the ground beef with jalapeno (optional), corn starch, cumin, chili powder, salt and pepper and let it sit for about 5-10 minutes.
- Line the fryer basket with grill mat or a lightly greased aluminum foil.
- In a large skillet, saute garlic and onion for about 1 minute until fragrant. Add in the ground beef and stir fry until beef is cooked through and the onion is translucent.
- Roll out pie crusts. Use a bowl size of your choice to trace circles onto the piecrust and cut them into circular pieces. Mix the left over pie crust together, use a rolling pin to roll them out. Repeat the above process to get as many circular crusts as you can.
- Lay the circular pieces of pie crust on the counter and put desired amount of filling and cheese in the center. Fold pie crust in half and keep the fillings inside. Use the back of a fork to press down on the edges of the pie crust.
- Carefully transfer the empanadas into the fryer basket. Brush the top surface with egg and air fry at 350F (175C) for about 4-5 minutes. Flip the empanadas over and brush the top side with egg. Air fry again at 350F (175C) for another 3-4 minutes until the surface is golden brown.
You can bake or fry different versions too. Pie crust - you can make your own (check out this Pie Crust recipe from Live Well Bake Often) or buy store bought. I choose store bought for convenience. Soy sauce - this may seem odd, but it adds a delicious deep flavor to the beef filling. If you want to try making your own empanada dough in place.
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