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Beef Empanada Filling [Recipe + Video] Ground Beef 4 Ways

Pick your favorite of four choices to stuff your empanadas, pastelitos, and pastelones with this juicy, tasty minced beef filling.

Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 416 kcal
Course: Snacks
Cuisine: South American , Dominican

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoon olive oil [20g]
  • 1 red onion (medium-size, minced [65 g]
  • 3 cloves garlic [20g]
  • 1 pound minced beef [454g]
  • 1 cup tomato sauce [115g]
  • 1 bell pepper (diced [76g]
  • 1½ teaspoons salt (or more, to taste)
  • ½ teaspoons pepper (freshly-cracked, or ground)
  • 1 prig cilantro (chopped)
Optional additions (pick one)
  • ⅓ cup raisins [35g]
  • ½ cup fritos maduros (diced)
  • ½ cup diced boiled potatoes

Instructions

1. Cook meat
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  1. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-low heat. Stir in onion and cook and stir until it turns translucent. Add garlic and cook and stir for a minute.Add minced meat and cook and stir, breaking it into small clumps until it browns.
2. Season
  1. Pour in tomato sauce. Add bell pepper, salt, and pepper. Stir and cover. Simmer for 3 minutes.
3. Add extra ingredient
  1. Uncover and mix in the optional ingredient of your choice, or none at all if you so prefer. Taste and season with salt and pepper to taste if needed. Remove from the heat. 

Nutrition Information

Calories 416kcal (21%) Carbohydrates 14g (5%) Protein 21g (42%) Fat 30g (46%) Saturated Fat 9g (45%) Cholesterol 80mg (27%) Sodium 3017mg (126%) Potassium 723mg (21%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 7g (14%) Vitamin A 1440IU (29%) Vitamin C 48.4mg (54%) Calcium 42mg (4%) Iron 3.2mg (18%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4people

Amount Per Serving

Calories 416

% Daily Value*

Calories 416kcal 21%
Carbohydrates 14g 5%
Protein 21g 42%
Fat 30g 46%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 80mg 27%
Sodium 3017mg 126%
Potassium 723mg 15%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 7g 14%
Vitamin A 1440IU 29%
Vitamin C 48.4mg 54%
Calcium 42mg 4%
Iron 3.2mg 18%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.