Baked Beef Empanadas!

I’m so excited to share this Baked Beef Empanada recipe with you and even more excited to share the story of an amazing lady named Hipatia Lopez, creator of the Empanada Fork!

Growing up in my father would make homemade empanadas, it’s kind of a staple recipe in Mexican households! He would make the sweet ones filled with pina (pineapple) or calabaza (pumpkin).  As I got older my Puerto Rican friends would invite me over for dinner and that was when I first had beef filled empanadas…. they were so amazing, and this recipe has become a family favorite in our household!

I love how food brings people together across all backgrounds.

What has been wonderful about the world of blogging for me is the amazing, talented and creative people that I have the pleasure of connecting with! People like Hipatia Lopez of New Jersey, the creator of the Empanada Fork. She had an idea, that she turned into a reality, to make her dreams come true. A strong educated wife and mother, Hipatia did all the steps needed to have her product created, patented and now she is one of the 5 finalist in the HSN Project American Dreams! How amazing is that!!! Hipatia had an idea for making the Empanda Fork, when cooking for her large Ecuadorian and Dominican families, she would be responsible for making close to 100 empandas and she could not find anything to make the job a little easier… so she created one! I can tell you from personally using the Empanada Fork myself that it was so easy to use and it was so much better then using a regular fork! Hipatia has been featured on Telemundo and won the Women of the Year award given to her by the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey!  You can connect with Hipatia on Instagram to follow her journey and root her on as she moves forward in making this dream a reality!

Enjoy this Baked Beef Empanada recipe and make sure to enter to win your very own Empanada Fork below!

Print Recipe

Baked Beef Empanadas

Another family favorite made on the healthier side. These Baked Beef Emapanadas made with my special picadillo recipe has a great taste without all the frying!!! Enjoy!

Course

Main Dish

Prep Time

30 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Servings

people

Ingredients

• 2.5 lbs ground beef season with, salt, pepper, onion, garlic, tomato sauce and sazon.
• 1 package empanada dough pastry disc's are in the freezer section of most grocery stores
• 1 Egg whisked

Course Main Dish Prep Time 30 minutes Cook Time 30 minutes Servings people Ingredients 2.5 lbs ground beef season with, salt, pepper, onion, garlic, tomato sauce and sazon. 1 package empanada dough pastry disc's are in the freezer section of most grocery stores 1 Egg whisked

Instructions

1. Fill each empanads disk with the seasoned beef, directly in the middle,

   
2. Fold the dough over to make a half-moon shape. Don't worry if your dough rips or tears, you can easily put it back together with your fingers!

   
3. This is the fun part! I used my new Empanada Fork to seal my empanadas. Usually this part was done with an actual fork and you would go around over and over again sealing your dough, But with the Empanada Fork, all I needed was one good push and the dough sealed easily and quickly!

   
4. One you've sealed all your empanadas, put them on a foil covered tray. Then take the whisked egg and brush it over the top of the empanadas! This will give your empanadas thee golden crisp color and taste, just like you would get if you had fried it.

   
5. Bake the emapandas at 350 for 30 minutes until they are golden brown,

   

Recipe Notes

So obviously the best part of this recipe is seasoning the beef to perfection.  Picadillo is one of my favorite things to make because we can eat it with veggies, rices or even on nachos!

I recommend making only the amount you wish to eat that day. Re-heating can cause it to get soggy, but I always have extra beef and if I want more in a few days, it doesn't take much time make them with the Empanada Fork!

Share this Recipe

a Rafflecopter giveaway

[ctt template=”4″ link=”136dS” via=”yes” ]Make an easy Baked Beed Empanada Recipe and enter to win your own @empanadafork #TastyMoments #inventor #smallbiz @meximoments[/ctt]