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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Heat 1 tbsp oil in large nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. | 2. Cook pork with green chiles, 1/2 cup onion, 2 tsp garlic, cumin, chilip powder and salt, stirring and breaking up clumps until meat is no longer pink, about 5 minutes. | 3. Transfer pork filling to a bowl and stir in raisins, nuts and cilantro. | 4. Salt and pepper to taste and let cool. | 5. FOR RED PEPPER SAUCE. | 6. Clean skillet and heat remaining 3 tbsp oil over moderate heat until hot but not smoking. | 7. Cook remaining 1/2 cup onion, 1 tsp garlic and peppers, stirring until onion is tender, about 3 minutes. Puree pepper mixture in a food processor until almost smooth and transfer to a bowl. Stir in vinegar and salt and pepper to taste. | 8. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. | 9. Working with one sheet of pastry at a time, unroll onto lightly floured surface. Roll out with a flowered rolling pin to thin out pastry sheets. Use a 3 inch cookie cutter or glass to cut out as many rounds as possible from one sheet. | 10. Repeat with remaining pastry sheets until you have 30 rounds. | 11. Please a level teaspoon of filling in the center of pastry, brushing 1/2 of edge with egg, and fold pastry over filling, pinching edges of dough to seal, forming a half-moon. Brush tops with egg and prick with a fork. | 12. Bake empanaditas on a large cookie sheet lined with wax paper(to avoid sticking) 12-15 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
olive oil	4	tablespoons		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
pork	1/2	lb	ground	852.768	0.0	31.5479	79.5388
green chilies	1	can	chopped drained	89.955	21.2744	4.4978	0.4498
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic	3	teaspoons	minced	12.515999999999998	2.7769999999999997	0.5342	0.042
cumin	1	teaspoon	ground	7.875	0.929	0.374	0.4677
chili powder	1	teaspoon		7.614	1.3419	0.3634	0.3856
salt	3/4	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
raisin	3	tablespoons		93.4312	24.6015	1.0488	0.1423
pine nut	3	tablespoons	toasted	170.3531	3.3109	3.4653	17.3062
cilantro	1/4	cup	chopped	0.92	0.1468	0.0852	0.0208
red pepper	1	jar	roasted drained	-	-	-	-
sherry wine	2	teaspoons		-	-	-	-
puff pastry	1	package		-	-	-	-
egg	1		beaten	71.5	0.36	6.28	4.755

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.