Do you ever get in a Mexican food rut?
Always ordering the same thing when you go out to dinner or always make the same old tacos and burritos for dinner at home?
The other day I was cleaning out my refrigerator/freezer and realized I had a couple of packages of frozen pie crusts that I had purchased and hadn’t gotten around to using just yet. The wheels in my brain starting turning and then the light bulb moment happened.
BEEF EMPANADAS!
I have never tried to tackle making empanadas at home so tonight was the night {there is always the pizza delivery man if it dosen’t work out}!
Roll out the pie dough and cut with a 4 inch round biscuit cutter.
Cook ground beef and place in pie dough rounds.
Beef Empanadas
Author: Its All About The Yummy
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 cup frozen fire roasted bell pepper, diced
- 1 medium onion, grated
- ½ teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 shakes tabasco
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon liquid smoke - optional
- 1 pkg refrigerated pie pastry
- 1 egg, slightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees
- Unroll pie pastry on a lightly floured surface. Use a rolling pin to make the circles a tiny bit larger. With a 4 inch biscuit cutter, cut out circles of dough. Re-roll dough scraps and cut out more circles. Cover with a damp towel until ready to use.
- Heat a skillet over high heat, add the olive oil. Add ground beef along with the peppers, onions, cumin, tabasco, salt, and liquid smoke.
- Cook until almost completely done. You will be baking these so the hamburger mixture will finish cooking in the oven.
- Drain off all oil left in ground beef mixture.
- In the middle of the pie pastry circle place a teaspoon of the hamburger mixture. Pinch the edges together.
- Crimp edges with a fork.
- Repeat with the remaining pastry and hamburger mixture.
- Place the empanadas on a foil lined baking sheet.
- Brush the beaten egg over the top of each empanada.
- Place empanadas in the preheated oven for approximately 10 to 12 minutes, until the empanadas are golden brown.
It was really quite simple and the empanadas turned out delicious. I definitely will be making these again. Maybe chicken next time!
Enjoy!
Joanne/WineLady Cooks
I keep thinking about making empanadas but never get around to it. It’s time, thanks for the inspiration with you delicious and easy recipe.
Diane
These look delicious! I keep promising myself I’m going to make hand pies. These would be a big hit in my husbands lunchbox! Pinning and yumming!