# Empanadas Argentinas

- Servings: 1 servings
- Difficulty: medium
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- equal to meat part onion
- equal to onion part beef, minced or chopped with a knife
- pork lard
- black pepper
- paprika
- cumin
- allspice
- olives (optional)
- raisins (optional)
- green onion
- hard-boiled egg (optional)
- wheat flour
- butter
- lard

## Instructions

1. Slowly fry the onion in pork lard.
2. Add the meat, sauté quickly to brown, then season with black pepper, paprika, cumin, and allspice.
3. Mix ingredients for the dough and knead to form a ball.
4. Chill dough in the fridge.
5. Roll out dough, fill with the meat mixture, olives, raisins, green onion, and hard-boiled egg.
6. Fold edges to seal and fry until golden.

## Equipment

- pan
- Mexican tortilla press

## Tips

- Frying the stew in pork lard helps the filling solidify when cool, making it easier to fill and juicier once cooked.
- Chopped meat is better than minced meat for the filling.
- Using a Mexican tortilla press is the easiest way to flatten the dough.
- If not folding by hand, use a fork to seal the edges.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnxd18xujoA
- Creator: Diegodoal
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/05aa08c1-29b1-48d9-8817-89f73ffb9ab3
- Extracted: 2026-09-28

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