I love a warm and flaky empanada! Empanada's are so much fun to eat because they come in so many different variations and you don't need a fork! These empanadas are stuffed with a delicious, flavorful ground beef mixture and served with a creamy chipotle aioli dip that is absolutely melt in your mouth delicious!
Ground Beef Empanadas
Ingredients:
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- 1 empanada dough < click for recipe
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- Ground Beef Mixture:
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- ½ lb ground beef
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- ¼ cup finely chopped onion
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- ¼ cup finely chopped carrots
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- ¼ cup finely chopped red bell pepper
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- 2 cloves minced garlic
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
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- 2 tablespoon water
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- 2 teaspoon worcestershire
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- 1 teaspoon chili powder
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- 1 ½ teaspoon red wine vinegar
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- ¼ teaspoon cumin
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- ¼ teaspoon oregano
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- ¼ paprika
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- salt and pepper
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- Creamy Chipotle Aioli Dip:
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- 1 tablespoon chipotle in adobo sauce
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- ¼ cup mayo
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- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Directions:
1. For the ground beef mixture: Place olive oil, carrots, onion and red bell pepper in a saucepan over medium low heat and stir. Cover and let cook for about 5 minutes or until the veggies begin to soften. Turn the heat up to medium and add the ground beef and garlic. Cook about another 5 minutes until beef browns. Add remaining ingredients and reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes to really let your flavors develop. Then, Remove from heat.
2. Chipotle Dip: place chipotle, mayo, sour cream and lime juice in a blender and blend just until combined. Then, place in the fridge until your empanadas are ready.
3. Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
4. Now, it's time to assemble your empanadas. Get out your empanada dough, cut into 8 equal pieces and roll out each piece into a circle. Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoon of the meat mixture onto one side of your empanada. Repeat for all 8 empanadas. Then fold over the other side of the empanada and seal edge shut with a fork.
5. Place empanadas on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper. Bake for about 15 minutes or until they begin to golden. Enjoy with your creamy chipotle aioli dip! YUMM.
Ground Beef Baked Empanadas
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 1 empanada dough < click for recipe
Ground Beef Mixture:
- ½ lb ground beef
- ¼ cup finely chopped onion
- ¼ cup finely chopped carrots
- ¼ cup finely chopped red bell pepper
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 tablespoon water
- 2 teaspoon worcestershire
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 1 ½ teaspoon red wine vinegar
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- ¼ teaspoon oregano
- ¼ paprika
- salt and pepper
Creamy Chipotle Aioli Dip
- 1 tablespoon chipotle in adobo sauce
- ¼ cup mayo
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
Instructions
Directions:
- For the ground beef mixture: Place olive oil, carrots, onion and red bell pepper in a saucepan over medium low heat and stir. Cover and let cook for about 5 minutes or until the veggies begin to soften. Turn the heat up to medium and add the ground beef and garlic. Cook about another 5 minutes until beef browns. Add remaining ingredients and reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for another 10 minutes to really let your flavors develop. Then, Remove from heat.
- Chipotle Dip: place chipotle, mayo, sour cream and lime juice in a blender and blend just until combined. Then, place in the fridge until your empanadas are ready.
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.
- Now, it's time to assemble your empanadas. Get out your empanada dough, cut into 8 equal pieces and roll out each piece into a circle. Scoop about 1 to 2 tablespoon of the meat mixture onto one side of your empanada. Repeat for all 8 empanadas. Then fold over the other side of the empanada and seal edge shut with a fork.
- Place empanadas on a baking sheet covered in parchment paper. Bake for about 15 minutes or until they begin to golden. Enjoy with your creamy chipotle aioli dip! YUMM.
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