Baked Beef Empanadas Delicious Recipes

These meat empanadas are really popular throughout South American countries and every country will have their own version. It is really popular in Argentina and you can find it everywhere. We tasted one of the best empanadas when Carlos and I went back to Argentina last year. Is just like our curry puff except theirs have so many varieties. They have beef, chicken, ham and cheese, spinach, tuna and even some sweet fillings in their empanadas. Empanadas can be bake or fried but I always like mine bake.

Is so easy to make these as you can find ready made empanadas wrappers in most supermarket. I found this Goya brand in Wegmans. As for the filling you can put anything you want.

Ingredients :

12-15 empanada wrappers
3 hard boiled eggs - quartered
1 egg - beaten to brush on the pastry

1 pound of ground beef (I used 95% lean)
1/2 cup of green olives -chopped
1/2 cup of raisins (optional)
1 onions - chopped
2 cloves of garlic - chopped
1 tbsp of olive oil
1 tbsp of paprika
1 tsp of cumin
1 tsp of oregano
1 tsp of garlic powder
1/2 tsp of chili powder
1/2 cup of water
1 tsp of sugar
salt and pepper to taste

1) Defrost the empanadas wrappers
2) Heat up oil and saute the onions and garlic until soft.
3) Add in ground beef and cook till is slightly brown
4) Add in all the rest of the spices and seasoning and cook until the meat is done
5) Add in olives and raisins and mix well and set aside to cool
6) Put about 1 1/2 tablespoon of meat at the middle of the wrapper and a slice of hard boil egg
7) Fold and close the edges with a fork or pleat the edges like curry puff
8) Brush the top of the empanadas with beaten egg and bake in a 400 degree F oven until golden brown.