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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Mexican >> Mexican

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Pre-heat oven at 375°F Pour some cooking oil in a skillet and press cloves over the pan.nAdd chopped shallots and fry on low heat, until soft but not browned. Add a bit of salt and the chopped red chili pepper. | 2. Add ground beef and let brown on med-high heat. Drain the mixture put back in skillet. Add bell pepper and cook on high for about a minute. | 3. Turn heat to med-low and add cumin, chili powder, cayenne pepper, flour, and tomato sauce. Turn off the stove and let cool to room temperature. | 4. Now mix some worcestershire sauce (to taste, I love it and put it in practically everything, but can be omitted), vinegar, lemon juice, habanero pepper sauce (or tabasco). To add a hint of sweetness, I add tomato ketchup, about 5 tbs.Stir in chopped egg, jalapenos and cilantro. Add pepper and salt to taste. | 5. Let pastry thaw and cut 5" circles. | 6. Put pastry on baking sheet. Put about a spoonful of the meat mixture on one half of the circle. Put some beaten egg on the edges and fold. press edges with a fork. Put some more egg mixture over the empanadas for glaze. Bake in preheated oven for about 20 mins until golden brown. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cooking oil	2	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
beef	2	lbs	ground	1796.2279	0.0	176.1755	115.4848
shallot	5		chopped	576.0	134.4	20.0	0.8
garlic clove	5			-	-	-	-
red chili pepper	2 -3		seeded chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
red bell pepper	1		chopped	-	-	-	-
cumin	1	tablespoon	ground	22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
chili powder	1/2	tablespoon		11.28	1.9880000000000002	0.5384	0.5712
cayenne pepper	1	teaspoon		5.724	1.0193	0.2162	0.3109
purpose flour	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
tomato paste	2 1/2	1/2	concentrated	32.8	7.564	1.7280000000000002	0.188
tomato ketchup	5	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
worcestershire sauce	1	tablespoon		13.26	3.3082	0.0	0.0
white wine vinegar	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
habanero sauce	1/2	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
lemon	1/2		squeezed	0.6404	0.2058	0.0243	0.0066
egg	3		chopped hardboiled	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
jalapeno pepper	1/4	cup	chopped	6.525	1.4625	0.2048	0.0832
cilantro	1	cup	chopped	3.68	0.5872	0.3408	0.0832
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
puff pastry	8	sheets		10936.8	895.72	145.04	754.6
egg	2		beaten	214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265

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