Empanada Recipes

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Authentic Empanada Pastry Dough

Try this easy and authentic empanada pastry dough! Quick to make since all ingredients are mixed in a food processor, then kneaded just very quickly and it's done. You can make it in advance, just cut it into discs, and freeze for later use.

By Fioa

Fried Empanadas

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These fried empanadas are the best! Raisins and eggs make this recipe extra delicious believe it or not!

By CNCOOK

Empanadas (Beef Turnovers)

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The perfect pastry for all meals! Empanadas, or beef turnovers, are discs of pastry packed with meat. Some turnover recipes call for all manner of fillings, but this GOYA® Empanada recipe features a delicious tomato, onion, garlic and beef mixture. You can enjoy empanadas as an appetizer, a main dish, or even after your main course. Use GOYA® Discos, or frozen pastry rounds, for a flaky beef turnover that will make your mouth water.

By Goya

Mexican Pumpkin Empanadas

My take on a traditional pumpkin empanada! Adjust all spices to your taste.

By Esther Loveall Saunders

Empanada Dough

This basic dough can be filled with Empanada Pork Filling, then fried or baked.

By lola

Empanadas

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Better make plenty - these disappear fast. The unbaked dough may be frozen. The baked cookies may also be frozen.

By Rosina

Argentine Meat Empanadas

My original version for the Argentinean recipe. Rich and delicious. Any meat can be used for this recipe, just be sure to cut it up into tiny pieces.

By Liliana

Argentinian Beef Empanadas

My family loves these juicy meat pies with raisins, chopped olives, and hard-boiled eggs. This recipe is always a hit.

By MariaZoroza

Bolivian Saltenas

This is a Bolivian meat pastry, a cousin to the empanada. This recipe is one handed down from my grandmother. It makes 16 medium-sized saltenas.

By happymommyx4

Classic Empanadas

These classic empanadas are ubiquitous all over Argentina. Filled with minced beef, hard-boiled egg, green olives, and potatoes, they make a filling snack or packed lunch treat.

By Fioa

Empanadas de Pollo (Easy Chicken Empanadas)

Transform your leftover cooked chicken into these tasty empanadas. This delicious, crispy, and tender Mediterranean-inspired finger food is easy to make!

By Fioa

Chilean Empanada

My mother is from Chile and these have been a staple of our household for years. I have searched and searched and never seem to find the right one, so here is our family favorite. My mom likes to sprinkle sugar on hers. I prefer a little mustard to dip it in. We all have our own cravings. This recipe makes about a dozen large empanadas, depending on the size.

By Alicia Moore Lutz

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Classic Empanadas

"These are ubiquitous all over Argentina. Filled with beef, hard-boiled egg, green olives, and potatoes, they make a filling snack or packed lunch treat." – Fioa

Chilean Empanada

"My mother's from Chile and this recipe is almost exactly like hers!" – Aminah

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Empanadas Abiertas de Humita (Creamy Corn Empanadas)

Creamy corn empanadas are an Argentinean classic. These can be made open like a tart or closed like a pasty - the choice is yours! You can opt to make the pasty-like version; find the method in the footnote.

Empanadas Fritas de Queso

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Baked Apple Empanadas

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Empanadas de Tomate, Queso, y Albahaca (Tomato, Basil, and Mozzarella Empanadas)

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Empanadas de Pina (Pineapple Pastry Cookies)

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Empanada Filling

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More Empanada Recipes

Empanada Pork Filling

This pork filling can be made way ahead of time to shorten the preparation time for these Filipino empanadas. Use my recipe for empanada dough.

By lola

Authentic Chicken Empanadas (Empanadas de Pollo)

My husband and I returned recently from a wonderful trip to Puerto Rico. While there we fell in love with "empanadas de pollo" (chicken pies), that we found at roadside stands along Route 3. Here is a version we came up with once we returned--delicious!

By NatalieC

Beef Empanadas

This authentic recipe was given to me by a visiting Argentinean professor while I was studying Spanish in college. They have become a staple food in my household as they are both simple to make, and delicious.

By slatkasamrica

Empanadas Salteñas

These are truly traditional beef empanadas from Salta, one of the Northern Provinces in Argentina. Made with ground beef, potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and a fluffy homemade empanada pastry, these are just to die for!

By Anonymous

Empanadas I

This is a fairly quick and easy recipe for empanadas. A friend recently gave it to me, and my whole family loved them!!! Just about any kind of fruit, including melon, is fine. Or make the meat filling by using your favorite type of meat. Make one of the fillings or double the dough and make both!

By Andrea McKay

Black Bean & Beef Empanadas

Empanada dough is filled with a tasty combination of ground beef, onion, black bean soup and queso fresco and is baked until golden perfection. They're loaded with flavor and guaranteed to become a weeknight favorite.

By Campbell's Kitchen

Easy Mushroom-Goat Cheese Empanadas

Go deep this Super Bowl Sunday: Serve empanadas. These turnovers are perfect 'finger food' -- no knife and fork required. And because the recipes use refrigerated biscuit dough, it's an easy score. All you have to do is make the fillings.

By USA WEEKEND columnist Pam Anderson

Valencian Savory Empanadas

Small pockets of dough filled with ham, onion, tomatoes, parsley, and hard-boiled eggs. These are as tasty as they are easy and impressive. They make great appetizers!

By IIJUAN12

Fried Beef Empanadas with Olives and Sofrito

Quick, easy, and yummy beef empanada recipe. Perfect as a meal served with my rice and beans recipe or as appetizers at a party.

By JillianC

Squash and Kohlrabi Empanadas

Need to sneak some vegetables by a picky eater? These empanadas, inspired by a trip to Mendoza, Argentina, are the perfect vehicle for spicing up boring vegetables. Use homemade dough if you want, but for those short on time as we all usually are, store-bought pie crust works great. Switch up the vegetables with what is in season.

By Jennie

Jamaican Patties

These are delicious meat turnovers made with delicately seasoned ground beef. You can use a pie crust from a mix, or make your own. These are great to freeze, and bake when you want a quick snack.

By Ms. Baker

Beef Empanadas with Olives and Raisins

Super tasty, sweet, and salty beef empanadas from my mom's recipe.

By Joelorado

Empanada Pie

Serve this empanada pie with a salad, hard-boiled eggs, salsa or sour cream, and shredded Mexican cheese (optional).

By KIMBERJS

Empanadas de Jamon, Queso, y Huevo Duro (Ham, Cheese, and Hard-boiled Egg Empanadas)

These are my easy to-make delicious empanadas when I am in a hurry, and of course, they are my kids' favorite! Gouda, hard-boiled eggs, and ham empanadas are light and full of flavor, a perfect easy midweek Mediterranean dinner.

By Fioa

Easy Empanada Samosas

This is a cross between a samosa and traditional empanada... using ground chicken! I like mine with aji sauce, but feel free to try any kind of hot sauce or yogurt sauce you like.

By Karen Warshaw

Sweet Plantain Empanadas

A Salvadoran treat. The outer layer is made from sweet plantains and the inner filling is a delicious cinnamon cream. Serve sprinkled with confectioners' sugar.

By csantare

Baked Chicken Empanadas

These are quick and easy to make. And for an easier prep, I used diced rotisserie chicken and jarred salsa.

By Yoly

Roast Beef Hash Breakfast Empanadas

Breakfast empanadas are perfect for brunch or made ahead to freeze for those lazy mornings. Hormel® Mary Kitchen® Roast Beef Hash is the star of this breakfast empanada along with eggs and other delectable ingredients.

By bd.weld

Banana Empanadas

I love banana empanadas and I wanted to see if I could make them. This is what I came up with and I wanted to share. They're pocket pies. You can make them with other fresh fruits (peaches, apples, apricots, pears, etc.) or with canned fruit filling. The good thing about bananas is that you don't have to add any sugar and the empanadas still taste great. If you use other fresh fruits you may want to consider adding about 1 tablespoon of sugar to the inside of each pocket. You may also sprinkle them with cinnamon-sugar as soon as they come out of the oven.

By AUKALOU

Baked Chicken Empanadas with Hatch Chile

Empanadas get elevated with the addition of Hatch chile. Serve with avocado, salsa, and sour cream if desired.

By thedailygourmet

Ground Beef Empanadas

These ground beef empanadas are always a hit at potlucks and picnics, even when lukewarm. Many of the specialty ingredients (sofrito, adobo, sazon, frozen empanada discs) can be bought in regular grocery stores, or you can make the sofrito or empanada dough yourself.

By Praha3

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Empanada Recipes

Staff Picks

Authentic Empanada Pastry Dough

Fried Empanadas

Empanadas (Beef Turnovers)