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Puerto Rican Fried Meat Pies

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Beef empanadas really turn out awesome..Chicken are okay..

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Ingredients

  • Filling:
  • 1-2 packages of Goya pot sticker wrappers (Disco Grande) in frozen food aisle
  • 1 lb. browned ground beef or cooked shredded chicken
  • 1/2 medium onion, diced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
  • 3 garlic cloves, crushed
  • 1/8 c. chopped fresh cilantro
  • 1/8 c. sliced green olives
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 1/4-1/2 jalapeno, minced (optional)
  • 1 tbsp. tomato paste
  • 1 pkg. Goya Sazon with annato
  • For cooking:
  • 1 cup vegetable oil for frying.

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

FILLING: Brown ground beef (drain excess grease), or sauté shredded chicken in 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Add all the ingredients and cook for an additional 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Let cool.

COOKING: Preheat the vegetable oil in a frying pan at about a medium temperature. Place about 2 tablespoons of the filling in the dough and seal the edges with a fork.

Deep fry for about 5 minutes on each side, then place on dish lined with paper-towels. Press another layer of paper towels over the top.

Serve. Makes 12 Empanadas.

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