A few people mentioned substituting the egg roll wrappers (and I agree after all this is a Puerto Rican dish) for Goya's "frozen wrap or yellow thing". The formal name is an EMPANADA. That's the name you should look for when shopping. Goya Tampas para Empanadas are frozen turnover patties. Put the mix in the middle, fold, and then take your fork and seal the edges with it leaving little fork imprints along the edges. Beef is very plain tasting, don't cheat yourself....season your meat liberally with garlic powder, sazon, seasoning salt, adobo and, if on hand, you can never go wrong w/ sofrito. Be creative and add what you like because you really can't go wrong w/ this one....it's only beef in a patty.

Reviewed On: Jun. 19, 2009

My son loves this recipe. The first couple times I made it as the recipe as is then I changed a few things which made it way better. One, more meat is definitely needed at least 2 or 2.5 lbs to offset the other ingredients. After browning the meat and adding the seasoning, I mix in half the can of refried beans,half of the salsa, and some of the cheese (you can add more or less of these ingredients according to your liking and how much meat you used). Then I mix it on the stovetop melting the cheese. I put the meat mixture in the pan (w/o the cheese) and bake it about 20 minutes, then add some cheese to the top layer and bake the last ten minutes so the cheese on top isn't burned. To me this is way better than layers. The flavors blend together very well. I definitely prefer this way better!

Reviewed On: Jun. 28, 2008

QUICK, EASY, AND DELICIOUS! Did I say delicious? I didn't have garlic on hand so I put the asparagus in the pan and sprinkled liberally with garlic powder! It tasted great and full of flavor. The best part is that you have a side dish in less than 10 minutes. I didn't cook for 10 minutes because I like mine with a lil crunch so I just watched/ turned them until they were the texture I wanted and took them out. My 13 y.o. raved and said he couldn't stop eating them and my neighbor who was over for dinner commented how good the asp was. Definitely a keeper!!

Reviewed On: Apr. 11, 2007