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Empanadas de Platano 🥟🍌

415kcal
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Prep 25 minutes
Cook 20 minutes
Total 45 minutes
Servings 7
Course Appetizer, Snack
Cuisine Dominican / Caribbean

Ingredients

For the Carne molida
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 tbsp Red onion
  • 1 tbsp Green Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Red Pepper
  • 1 tbsp cilantro
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp sofrito recipe for sofrito can be found under the main course section.

    You can also just use the store bought

  • 1 Packet of Sazon Sazon Goya con culantro y achiote
  • 1/2 tsp Adobo all purpose seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp Dominican oreganopinch of Black Peppersalt to taste
  • 8 oz can of tomato sauce
For the plantain dough and cheese
  • 2 ripe plantains
  • 1/3 cup cornstarch
  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese frying oil I used vegetable
  • 1 pinch of salt

Method

  1. Cut two ripe plantains in thirds, leaving the peel on
  2. Boil in water for 10 minutes
  3. Remove the peel, and smash the cooked plantains in a bowl. Remove the string with seeds
  4. Add the cornstarch and salt and mix well
For the ground beef:

  1. in a pan with some oil, add the chopped onion, green pepper, red pepper, finely chopped cilantro, chopped garlic cloves, sofrito, sazón packet, adobo seasoning, oregano, salt and pepper
  2. add the ground beef and smash/mix well until almost fully browned.
  3. add the can of tomato sauce and mix/cook until well combined for about 5 minutes (you don’t want to mixture to be too wet, but also not too dry
Forming the empanadas:
  1. Roll a good amount of the plantain dough into a ball. Then place on a plastic ziplock bag and cover with another ziplock bag.
  2. using something flat like a plate, press on the ball to flatten it
  3. Add the ground beef and cheese in the center.
  4. Then fold the empanada over to close it using the bottom ziplock bag press the edges to seal, then with the back of a knife, you can cut a bit of the seal for a clean close
  6. Fry on medium heat in oil until golden and crispy
  7. ⁠remove and rest over some paper towels or a rack to drain excess oil then and enjoy! 🔥

Nutrition

Serving7empanadasCalories415kcalCarbohydrates34gProtein26gFat19gSaturated Fat8gPolyunsaturated Fat1.5gMonounsaturated Fat7gTrans Fat0.5gCholesterol85mgSodium890mgPotassium680mgFiber3gSugar14gVitamin A1250IUVitamin C22mgCalcium210mgIron3.2mg

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