How to Make Super Quick Homemade Beef and Cheese Empanadas

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, beef and cheese empanadas. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Beef and Cheese Empanadas is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Beef and Cheese Empanadas is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

You can also use store bought empanada dough to make this an easy recipe. It can be so discouraging to take a bite of a freshly baked empanada and instead of sheer delight your first reaction is…Wait, what happened? They look good, they smell good, but why are they so dense and tough? It turns out that pastry dough is a finicky bird.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook beef and cheese empanadas using 27 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Beef and Cheese Empanadas:

1. Get EMPANADA FILLING
2. Take 1 lb lean ground beef
3. Prepare 1 tbsp chili powder
4. Get 1 tsp ground cumin
5. Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp black pepper
7. Make ready 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
8. Prepare 1 tsp chopped parsley
9. Make ready 1 poblano pepper, chopped
10. Make ready 1 red bell pepper, chopped
11. Get 1 medium onion, chopped
12. Get 3 cloves of garlic, minced
13. Make ready 4 oz button mushrooms, chopped
14. Prepare 1 10 ounce can Rotel tomatos,with mild chilis
15. Take 1 tsp honey
16. Make ready 1 large egg, beaten
17. Take 1 tbsp cream, heavy, light or half and half
18. Get 1/4 cup grated romano cheese
19. Get 1 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese, or your favorite cheese
20. Make ready 1 tsp olive oil
21. Prepare EMPANADAS WRAPPERS
22. Make ready 20 thawed frozen empanada pastry rounds, I used Goza brand or homemade
23. Take 1 egg wash, which is 1 large egg beaten with 1 teaspoon water
24. Make ready 2 tbsp grated romano cheese
25. Get 1 tsp granulated garlic or garlic powder
26. Prepare FOR SERVING, AS A DIPPING SAUCE
27. Prepare 1 recipe Chipotle Ranch dipping sauce. Recipe attached in directions

This Easy Beef Empanadas Recipe is the perfect appetizer loaded with ground beef, melted cheese, and seasoned to perfection with homemade taco seasoning. The dish comes together quickly using Goya empanadas wrappers. This South American and Puerto Rican dish is perfect for any gathering. This beef and cheese empanada recipe is just as good baked or fried, and you don't have to change ANY ingredients.

Instructions to make Beef and Cheese Empanadas:

1. Combine the ground beef with chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes and parsley.
2. Chop all vegetables.
3. In a large skillet , heat oil, add seasoned ground beef and brown..Add all.chopped vegetables and cook until.vegetables are tender about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes with all juices, cream and honey. Cook until well blended and not much liquid remains, about 5 minutes. Add beaten egg and mix in thoroughly.
4. Off heat add cheddar and romano cheese, mix in and cool filling completely. This can be made and refrigerated up to 2 days before filling pastry.
5. FILL EMPANADA PASTRY CIRCLES
6. Lay pastry flat on work surface, brush inside edges with egg wash.
7. Put a heaping tablespoon filling in the center of pastry.
8. .lift pastry over to Completely enclose filling. Press all edges to seal.
9. With the tines of a fork press to completely seal in filling.
10. Brush empanada with egg wash
11. With a quick stab poke the tines of a fork in top of empanada for venting.In a small bowl mix the romano and granulated garlic, sprinkle evenly on tops of empanadas
12. Preheat oven to 375. Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
13. Place empanadas about 2 inches apart on prepared sheet. Bake 18 to 23 minutes until puffed and golden brown.
14. Serve with Chipotle Ranch Dip/ Sauce recipe attached bellow - - https://cookpad.com/us/recipes/341757-chipotle-ranch-dip-sauce-spread-andor-dressing
15. NOTE; These can be individually frozen after cooling completely. Reheat in a 400 oven on a rack until just hot and crisp about 5 to 10 minutes.

This South American and Puerto Rican dish is perfect for any gathering. This beef and cheese empanada recipe is just as good baked or fried, and you don't have to change ANY ingredients. And so, I decided to revive the empanada, not just because it's the Hotpocket's way cooler cousin, but because we could all use a little bit of shameless gooey cheese and beef time. Find the recipe for our beef and cheese empanadas at Chatelaine.com. HEAT a large non-stick frying pan over medium.

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