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Best Pork Empanada Recipe

Course Snack
Cuisine Filipino
Keyword Pork Recipes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 1781kcal
Cost $5-20

Ingredients

For Pastry

  • 6 cups Flour
  • ½ cup Suga
  • 1 teaspoon Baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 6 tablespoon Shortening
  • 1 cup Water
  • 2 cups Cooking oil

For Filling

  • 4 tablespoon Cooking oil
  • 4 cloves Garlic minced
  • 2 pcs White Onion cubed
  • 2 lbs Ground Pork
  • 2 teaspoon Seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon Salt
  • ½ teaspoon Ground black pepper
  • 2 pcs Potato large size, cubed
  • 1 pc Carrot small size, cubed
  • 1 pc Red bell pepper cubed
  • ½ cup Water
  • 3 teaspoon Sugar

Instructions

  • Prepare the pastry by combining flour, sugar, and baking powder in a bowl. Mix well.
  • Then add the shortening and water. Mix well for 10 minutes until it gets smooth. Cover and set aside.
  • Cook the filling by heating oil in a pan.
  • Saute garlic and onion for 5 minutes. Then add the ground pork, season with salt and pepper. Stir continuously until it boils or until the pork turns brown.
  • Then pour-in water and boil for another 10 minutes over low heat.
  • After 10 minutes, add the potatoes and carrots. Cover and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Once the potatoes soften, add the bell pepper and sugar. Cook for another 2-3 minutes. Set aside.
  • Get the pastry and transfer into a flat surface. Mold a large sphere out of it. Separate in half, and then create a disk shaped figure on each piece of pastry.
  • Scoop 2 tablespoon of pork filling in the center of the circular pastry. Secure it by folding both sides of the pastry towards each other. Use your thumb and index finger to pinch the sides for it to cling to each other. Secure it even more by pressing the tip of a fork on the sides of the empanada. Set aside.
  • Heat oil in pan. Fry the empanada until brown over low heat.
  • Then remove from the pan. Let it cool down.
  • Serve while hot. Enjoy!