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Easy Cheesy Beef Empanadas

Follow this Easy Cheesy Baked Empanadas recipe and the results will be one of the tastiest empanadas around. Filled with beef, chicken or pork, it's the perfect appetizer, snack or meal for Taco night or on any occasion
Author: Karin and Ken

Ingredients

  • ¾ pound ground chicken, ground turkey, ground beef or ground pork
  • 2 tubes refrigerated biscuits (10 each)
  • ¾ cup salsa
  • ½-1 small onion, diced
  • ½ pepper, green, yellow, orange or red, cored, diced
  • 1-2 tblsp garlic, minced
  • ½-3/4 cup cheese, shredded more or less to taste
  • 3 teaspoons chili powder
  • ¾ teaspoon cumin, ground
  • salt - to taste
  • pepper - to taste
  • 2 tblsp olive oil or another vegetable oil more or less to taste
  • cooking spray
  • 1-2 large eggs, beaten

Options

  • cayenne pepper, to taste instead of regular pepper
  • dashes hot sauce, to taste

Instructions

  • Prepare a rimmed baking sheet with tinfoil lightly coated in cooking spray. Set aside. 
  • Pull out and measure all of the ingredients.
  • In a large skillet, over medium heat, add olive oil until it shimmers or when flicking a drop of water in it dances. Add garlic, onion, peppers and ground meat. Cook until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender, 9 or 10 minutes. Drain if necessary.
  • Add salsa, chili powder and cumin. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and season with salt and pepper. Taste your mixture and add seasoning if necessary. 
  • Allow mixture to cool completely.
  • In the meantime, flatten or roll out each biscuit into a 4 or 5-inch flat round. 
  • Place 3 or 4 tablespoons of meat mixture in the middle of each flattened biscuit. As much as you can fit.
  • Top meat mixture with shredded cheese, then add another flattened biscuit on top.
  • Place Empanadas on prepared sheet.
  • Moisten edges of the flattened biscuit with water and seal edges with a fork. 
  • Brush beaten egg over top of each Empanada.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 17-20 minutes or until golden-brown.
  • Enjoy every bite! This recipe will make 10 empanadas.

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