I&J’s Spicy Beef and Pork Empanadas

Ingredients

1lb Pork, ground

1lb Beef, ground

1.4oz Onions, yellow, chopped

1.2oz Spinach, baby, chopped

2oz Cilantro, chopped

2.5oz Garlic, cloves

2tbsp Silver Swan, Soy Sauce

5tbsp I&J’s Habanero Pepper Sauce #5

1tsp Oil, Sesame

2tbsp Soy Sauce, Kikoman, Lite

2tbsp Kikoman, Soy Sauce

6tbsp I&J’s Habanero Pepper #5

1tbsp Worcestershire Sauce

2tbsp Oil, Olive, virgin

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Powders/dry seasonings:

2tsp Onion

4tbsp Adobo

3tsp Garlic

3tsp Curry

1tsp Cumin

2tbsp Sazon, Tropical, Badia

2tsp Paprika

2tsp Corriander

1tsp Pepper, black

1tsp Salt

1½tbsp annatto, powder

1tbsp Sazon, Complete Seasoning

1tbsp Tamari, Soy Sauce

1c Water, tap

Instructions

Step 1: Add ingredients in a large bowl and mix thoroughly.

Step 2: Preheat the stove to Med Hi, add 2tbsp of olive oil in a 5-quart pot, let the oil heat up, add the mixture until it’s all in the pot.

Step 3: Let cook until the meat is cooked down until the juices have dissipated and let brown a little.

Step 4: Add a cup of water, puree the mixture using a hand blender, let it cook, down a second time, but this time let the mixture be a little moist.

Step 5: Take off the heat, cover it and let rest for 10 minutes. Place in a covered bowl and place in the refrigerator for a couple hours or overnight.

Empanadas Pastry

Ingredients

3pkg Pastry, Puff, dough

¼c Flour

1 Egg

¼tsp salt

2tbsp Water, tap

Instructions

Step 1: Sprinkle 1/4c flour out on a clean countertop, roll out your pastry dough using a roller pin to under 1/8” thick and cut out a 5” discs.

Step 2: Using a empanada press, place a pastry disc on the press add 1tbsp of the filling in the center of the disc and close the empanada press.

Step 3: Place the empanada on cookie sheet

Step 4: Repeat this process until all the filling is gone.

Step 5: Preheat the oven to 375F degrees.

Step 6: Take an egg crack it into a bowl, add 2tbsp of water and a pinch of salt, beat the egg for 2 mins.

Step 7: Apply with a basting brush, the eqq wash over the top of each empanada

Step 8: Place in the oven and cook for 10 - 15 minutes or till golden brown.