I Am the Empanada Master!
Last weekend I tried making some Puerto Rican empanadas. I had tried making them before, but I had a hard time draining all the fat off the ground beef so they were pretty oily. This time around, I browned the beef separately and then ran it in a strainer under hot water to rinse off the fat. Also, I was constantly tasting the meat stuffing and decided to add a lot of extra sazón (magic seasoning!). I had a hell of a time trying to find some pre-made empanada dough, but found some at the local Caputo’s. I’m to lazy to make my own! As a side sauce, I decided to make some Argentinian chimichurri sauce, which was well blended this time around next to my favorite infomercial appliance, my Magic Bullet.
Just wanted to take some pictures of the whole process.
The Meaty Filling
Piling meat on the dough
Ready for the deep fry
I love to plate!
Zoomed to accentuate the fatty goodness
Who’d have known 5 years ago that I’d love to cook so much? Now if I could only learn how to make Filipino food!!! 
Wow! Looks yummy! Gimme! I’m actually pretty good at making Filipino food. So if I can do it, any idiot can do it… Too bad I’m too lazy to cook. hehehe… =P
melanie cooks? she has never cooked for me!
well, i learned the easy way of making sinigang from her mom… and she’s a good cook, too!
Filipino food is easy too cook… it does take practice and you’ll get the hang of it. i even know how to make pancit and that has like a million ingredients!!! and my pancit is GOOOD!!!
the empanadas look yummy!!! i need to get a Magic Bullet, too!!!
Looks yummy.
Jerome says we’re holding Firefly hostage for some fried empanadas too… hahahha
Mmm…empanadas….mmmmm. Those look yummy. Now, do you have an empanada press or do fold over and fork crimp it on your own? Because that takes some mad skillz!
Empanadas remind me of living in Panama. During my sophomore year in high school, we were allowed to go “off campus” to eat and I would always get 2 empanadas from this street cart vendor guy. I would get one for lunch (because they were pretty big) and one for an after school snack.
Good times, good times.
Earl’s mom would be proud! They look awesome! Now you gotta make that Puerto Rican Rice!
If you poke holes with the fork in the dough then the juice will drain out some.. My abuela and I make a shit load once a year.
The only thing more impressive than your cooking is your photography!
i have a magic bullet and LOVE IT! The food looks very festive!