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Corn Empanadas
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Brief Description
South American fried pockets
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Main Ingredient
Masa
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Category: Beef
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Cuisine: Mexican
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Prep Time: 60 min(s)
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Cook Time: 40 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Source:
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Tags:
Breakfast/Brunch Family Kid-Friendly Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Make-Ahead Deep Fryer
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Notes:
These reheat excellently by baking in the oven until crisp. They are delicious served with salsa, sour cream and refried beans. You can stuff these with practically anything! We've used several different meat fillings as well as a squash, cheese and onion version. Be creative!
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Posted By: maidenanne
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Posted On: Jun 10, 2014
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 8 cups - Masa
- 3 cups - Water
- 4 tablespoons - Oil
- 2 teaspoons - Salt
- 3 pounds - Ground beef Browned
- 2 whole - Onions Sliced and sauteed
- 1/2 whole - Pepper Sliced and sauteed
- 4 tablespoons - Tomato paste
- 1 whole - Potato Boiled and mashed (may use leftover mashed)
- 3 cloves - Garlic Diced
- - Ground chili pepper To taste
- - Ground cumin To taste
- - Ground chipotle pepper To taste (may use canned chipotle peppers for super spicy effect)
Directions:
1. Mix all ingredients of filling in bowl and season to taste.
2. Mix masa, salt, oil, and amount of water needed to make soft dough. You will learn the right feel by experience, do NOT rely on the amount listed in the recipe, sometimes you need more, sometimes less.
3. Form dough into small round balls about the size of a large lemon. Let rest for 10 minutes if possible (can also roll right away, it just is a little harder to handle the dough).
4. Using a tortilla press, a rolling pin or a heavy pan bottom, smash round balls of dough into flat circles. It is easiest to handle if you place the ball between to sheets of plastic wrap or wax paper. This dough is very soft and breaks easily.
5. Place filling in the center of round circle and use the paper or plastic to fold the dough in half over the filling. Press the edge down with a fork to seal.
6. Fry empanadas in hot oil until golden. We don't use a thermometer, so I have no idea what temperature oil we use.
7. Enjoy!
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