The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2009
Oh, my God! I'm Chilean. Empanadas, are among my favorite traditional food. Chilean empanadas are unique in texture and taste. This recipe is great! You can also substitute the meat filling ("el pino") for Mozarella cheese, poultry, or seafood. When you use cheese, don't use any of the ingredients for the meat one, just the cheese! Sparkle confectioner sugar on the top of the fried cheese empanada before serving. This recipe should've been called "Fried Meat Empanadas" (Empanadas Fritas de Pino). "Pino" is what we call the mix of all the ingredients in the meat. For all empanadas, slide ur clean, wet index finger on the edge of the dough before folding and cooking. This prevents the filling from dripping or falling out while fryng the empanada. Poke the top of the dough with a fork about 3 times before frying so air can exit and prevent dough for exploding while frying. Look for the recipes for all of them and try them. You and ur family will just love them all! Your guests will love them, too. Make at least a dozen of them for a family of three or four. For parties, make sure you make at least 2 per guest. Cook time is less than 5 minutes. Two or three minutes of deep fry should be enough. IMPORTANT: Pls, don't use supermarket dough. The dough recipe is as important as the filling to taste the true Chilean empanadas. Add spices to the filling as per your taste. Don't substitute anything! Enjoy! :)
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Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2009
Recipe said to cook 5 minutes, but that seems too long. I pulled mine out after a minute or two and although they didn't gave a nice brown look they were lighter, crispy and the filling stayed moist. Next time I'll try a higher temp and less time. Great recipe!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 3 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2009
I don't know what I did wrong, but it was very very dry and tasted like eating dry hamburger. I've had these before though and they are very good...when made correctly.
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Reviewed: Oct. 22, 2009
The recipe was a good one, but I ended up using left over pot roast (which was delicious) and store bought refrigerated dough. I do not recommend going the store bought route - it made these very greasy as it soaked up the grease in the pan (and they are already heavy with fats.) The mix was very good - I was a little hesitant on adding the egg and raisins, but it was really good.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed: Sep. 17, 2009
I started out by chopping into cubes onions, green peppers and tomatoes. I sauteed the vegetables once it started to brown I added the ground beef and I seasoned with salt, garlic powder, black pepper. Once the ground beef cooked well, I drained the oil/grease out of the pan. With the ground beef fully cooked I added it back to the pan and I then added enough raisins (to taste). After a few minutes of the meat and raisins blending I removed the pan from the stove top and I added chopped hard boiled eggs..I used more egg white (higher in protein). Let the meat cool off. I purchased the Goya disks and since they're thick I actually used a rolling pin to stretch out the disc...this was a great idea because I could add alot more meat. To some empanadas I added White Spanish Cheese (lite salt) on top of the ground. I tightened the edges and covered the empanada lightly with egg white. I lightly covered the baking pan with vegetable PAM spray and lined up the Empanadas. I baked as recommended for 20 minutes @ 400 degrees. Once I saw the empanadas browning I took them out of the oven and lightly brushed Molasses over each. I let them cool for a few minutes before we began to enjoy them...they were Awesome!!! Everyone loved the Empanadas and definitely a healthy way eat them. Give it a try and let me know your thoughts.
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Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2009
You must be an argentinean!! This is the real thing!! I am from Argentina and the recipe is the same, except I also include pimento filled green olives. Great dough!! Thanks for your recipe !!
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Reviewed: Aug. 20, 2009
I made the dough in the morning so when I got home I only had to take care of the meat. I didn't put in eggs and cut back to 1/4 cumin. I made the recipe for 16, but to me the size should be a bit bigger than your palm so it only made 10; this was a good amount for my husband and myself for dinner. I had a LOT of meat left over so I guess my sizes are wrong. I didn't use a roller, just my hands to shape the circle. After pinching closed with my fingers, I used a fork tines around the edge also for looks. I baked it for 25 minutes. The raisins are great otherwise it would be just like a meatloaf or sloppy joe taste. I found it easy for a beginner cook and the presentation looks great!
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Reviewed: Jun. 4, 2009
This was really good but needed more seasoning.I added a teaspoon of garlic and extra teaspoon of cumin,mixed in 1&1/2 cup of mexican spiced cheese blend. My family love it,not as hard to make as I thought it would be.
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Reviewed: May 11, 2009
We made this dough but with a different filling. It was very good!
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Reviewed: Apr. 27, 2009
Excellent recipe! My Argentine friend thought they were fantastic, so I would recommend this recipe to anyone.
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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2009
These are SO yummy! I 1/2 the dough and left the meat mixture the same and ended up having more then enough meat. We didn't have any raisins so I didn't put them in, if you're a little weirded out by the raisins (like we kind of were) you don't need to ad them. I did however ad a green pepper to the meat mixture, and that just added a little more zing. Also we dipped our Empanadas in guacamole which was a nice compliment, although not needed as the empanadas were nice a juicy.
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Reviewed: Mar. 29, 2009
Very very good, fairly easy to make, I thought the meat needed a little more. I personally like my food more heavily seasoned and medium spicy. So, I added the following to the meat mixture: Mrs. Dash Southwestern Chipotle seasoning, Smoked paprika,McCormick "Season All" seasoned salt, a little more cumin. The pastry came out great, nice and flaky and crispy.
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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2009
These were really good I had never had them before. I did change a few things however. First I did buy the Goya discs, I added some chopped potatoe, green onion, crushed red pepper, garlic and onion powder and in my husband's added some haberno sauce to really spice it up. I also did half ground beef and had 1 chicken breast left over so I did chicken in half with all the same spices. The chicken ones were so much better than the ground beef even my husband who's not a big chicken lover liked the chicken better. Next time, I think I'll do chicken and shaved steak and maybe try baking them :) Great recipe thanks for sharing.
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Reviewed: Mar. 11, 2009
Very good! The dough was tuff to roll out. I tried half of the batch in the oven for 400 degrees per the other reviews, I didn't care for it too much. The other half I fried and it was way better!! Definitely fried is better, the dough was so much softer and flaky than when it was baked. I did my own filling, I used ground beef and added chorizo. I also added small cubes of potatoe and minced garlic and a fresh jalepeno with the onion. I used Goya seasoning, salt, pepper, cumin, oregano, and crushed red pepper and tomatoe.
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed: Jan. 25, 2009
I loved this recipe! I left out the eggs, but I thought it was delicious without.
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Reviewed: Jan. 19, 2009
This was not good at all. The dough remained "doughy" no matter how long I fried it. The outside would be brown & inside would be doughy. We also had to find something else for dinner since it was basically burnt raw dough. I hate throwing food away so thank goodness I only made a few before I quit.
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Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2008
We both liked this recipe. She declared it a keeper. I cheated by using the pre-made Goya empanada wrapper, they are located in your grocers freezer section. Just defrost and roll out abit with a rolling pin and add this filling, easy. Now about the two ingredients everyone comments on, eggs and raisins. I liked both, but I wouldn't go to the trouble to boil eggs just for this recipe. It would be fine without. Now the raisins really added a nice sweetness. Thanks for a new household favorite recipe!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed: Dec. 8, 2008
These were a hit at our Christmas party. I did leave out the raisins.
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Reviewed: Nov. 13, 2008
Great basic recipe, but keep in mind the ingredients are all pretty mild. A pinch of salt is a little too little for our taste. Spiced up to personal taste and these are yummy!
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The reviewer gave this recipe 5 stars. This recipe averages a 4.4 star rating.
Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008
Recipe is great. To save time on the dough, I used frozen Goya Discs. Thaw them and add the filling.
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