Thursday, July 28, 2011

Empanadas Por Favore

Spanish, I don't speak it, but I can eat it like a pro so I attempt to speak it when in the presence of the food and it never gets offended if I mis-pronounce things or just put e's on the end of words (porke, mushroome..you get the picture e). And if it does, I'm about to eat it which is the ultimate diss...
I made empanadas and I will say, they were supere awesomee. So I'm going to share my recipe/process with you...
Things you'll need...

Empanada wrappers 10 or so...( you can buy them, Goya makes them or here's the recipe for home-made) (but you're not better than me if you make them yourself just so you know...you're not)
1 lb ground pork or chicken or beef Whatever you want (I used pork)
1 Portabella mushroom
3 cloves garlic (less or more, I love garlic so..)
1 white onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons soy/teriyaki sauce (I know it's not spanish but it's GOOD trust me)
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Red Chili peppers to taste (or chili powder)
Cooking oil for frying

SO...brown the meat in a pan until it's totally cooked. In the meantime chop your onion, garlic, mushroom and mix together in a bowl. Add your spices/sauce and mix together.I chopped the SHIT out of that mushroom.
Once the meat is cooked take it out of the pan and set aside in a bowl. Add 2 tablespoons olive oil and all the veggies/spices. Cook those babies up until they're, um, cooked? it's about 8-10 minutes.
Now add your meat to the veggie mixture and mix it up like an empanada filling party.
Lay out your empanada dough circles and glob about 2 large spoonfulls into the center. Fold that sucker over and make a little half circle pouch of friendship.
I pressed the edges down with a fork to trick my friends into thinking I'm fancy (by friends I mean Chloe, she wasn't impressed). I froze a bunch for later use, but the amount of dough I had was perfect for the amount of filling I had (because I'm a culinary master).
Final step is to fry them. I'm scared of being blinded by flying oil, and so should you so use a large pot and fill it about 1 1/2" worth of oil. Over medium heat pop those babies in the oil and it takes max 1 minute (30 secs on each side). Basically until they're a golden brown..."Gracias por las empanadas amable seƱora"
"De Nada...de nada"

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