{"id":113,"date":"2009-06-09T10:39:42","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T17:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/?p=113"},"modified":"2011-08-29T00:26:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-29T07:26:10","slug":"empanadas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/?p=113","title":{"rendered":"Empanadas I"},"content":{"rendered":"

Total time:\u00a0 Full recipe of 30 empanadas will take close to 3 hours.\u00a0 Plan on 1 hour per 10 empanadas.<\/p>\n

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A great addition to our "Meximeal"!!<\/p><\/div>\n

This dough<\/a> made only 9 of my preferred sized empanadas the first time I did it.\u00a0 I’ve had mixed results since.<\/p>\n

Filling
\n1 pound of hamburger (or shredded meat of your choice)
\n.5 pound of sausage (I like a tube of Jimmy Dean sausage) (optional!)
\n1 can of black beans (or one cup dry beans, soaked over night and boiled for 10 minutes)
\n1\/2 an onion, finely chopped
\n1 poblano pepper, finely chopped
\n1-3 serranos, finely chopped
\n1\/2 can of corn
\n1 tomato, pureed
\n2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped (I like to use 2 tablespoons of the garlic that’s already chopped up in a jar)
\n1\/4 cup or more of cilantro, finely chopped
\nsalt, pepper, and cumin to taste
\n1-3 cups of corn or vegetable oil<\/p>\n

Prepare empanada dough as directed; set aside. Brown meat in medium skillet on medium heat; drain. In a large mixing bowl, add all of the ingredients and mix well.<\/p>\n

Shape dough evenly into 9 balls, using about 3 Tbsp. of the dough for each ball. Flatten each ball into 6-inch round with a rolling pin. Spoon about 1\/4 cup of the meat mixture onto center of each round. Fold dough rounds in half to enclose filling; press lightly on tops to remove any air pockets. Seal edges with fork or fold over and press down.<\/p>\n

Heat oil in large deep skillet to 375\u00b0F (you can flick a drop of water into the pan and it’ll sizzle). Add empanadas, in batches of three or four; cook 3 min. on each side or until golden brown on both sides. Remove from oil; drain well. Cool slightly before serving.<\/p>\n

This filling makes about 30 empanadas!!! I had no idea it was going to make so much! I wouldn’t do that much meat again! I made 9 for JB and Brett and myself, and then I put the rest of the filling in the refrigerator. I made 9 more the next day, and I still had too much filling leftover. So… cut back on the meat and vegetables for a smaller amount of filling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We served them with cheese, sour cream, homemade grilled salsa and guacamole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hearty empanadas, these ones are not traditional by any means. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,45,11,14,3,18],"tags":[44,76,73,75],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/recipes.cuppylicious.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}