Time
180 min
Serving
24 persons
Calories
528
Try this easy empanada recipe for the best fried empanadas made with homemade dough. The ground beef, raisin, and hard-cooked egg filling makes this recipe extra delicious.
Ingredients
- ½ cups all-purpose flour: 4 piece
- ½ teaspoons salt: 1 piece
- shortening: 0.5 cup
- ¼ cups water: 1 piece (or as needed)
- olive oil: 2 Tbsp
- onion: 1 piece (chopped)
- ½ pounds ground beef: 1 piece
- paprika: 2 Tbsp
- cumin: 1 Tbsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- pinch salt: 1 piece
- raisins: 0.5 cup
- white vinegar: 1 Tbsp
- hard-cooked eggs: 2 piece (chopped)
- quart oil for frying: 1 piece (or as needed)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Make the dough: Stir flour and salt together in a medium bowl. Cut in shortening using a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Use a fork to stir in water, a few tablespoons at a time, until the mixture comes together. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Pat into a ball and flatten slightly. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Make the filling while dough is chilling: Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Add beef, paprika, cumin, pepper, and salt; cook and stir until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Drain excess grease, then stir in the raisins and vinegar. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, about 1 hour. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Remove dough and filling from the refrigerator. Form dough into twenty-four 2-inch balls. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir hard-cooked eggs into filling. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Heat oil in a deep-fryer to 365 degrees F (180 degrees C).
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While the oil is heating, roll one ball dough on a floured surface into a thin circle. Spoon some filling onto the center, fold dough into a half-moon shape, and press the edges with your fingers to seal. Repeat to fill and form remaining empanadas. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Working in batches, fry 1 to 2 empanadas at a time in hot oil until browned, about 2 1/2 minutes per side. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Drain on paper towels. Serve hot. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios