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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> Central American >> Honduran

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. On medium high in a large pan, cook the ground beef and drain extra fat. To the cooked beef, add in the rice, cilantro and salt to taste. Cook for about 2 more minutes to heat thru. Set aside and let cool for about 7-10 minute. | 2. Meanwhile, In a large bowl, mix the masa harina, paprika, chicken bullion and pepper. | 3. Using a Pastry blender or fork, cut the lard into the masa mix until the masa is crumbly and the lard is pea size or smaller. | 4. Add the warm water, 1 cup at a time, to the masa and using your hands, mix well until the water is fully incorperated. The masa should not be sticky or dry. If it is sticky add a little bit more masa (1 tspn at a time) or if it is dry add water (1 tbspn at a time). | 5. Rub a little bit of cooking oil into your hands to make the following step easier. Take out about 2 table spoons of masa and roll into a ball. Using a tortilla press or a rolling pin, make the ball into the size of tortilla but be careful not to roll out to thin. The thickness has to be twice as thick as a tortilla or about the thickness of a pita bread. If it is too thin, the pies will not hold when you stuff them. | 6. Heat your deep fry oil on a large frying pan on medium high heat (almost high heat). | 7. Place rolled out dough on a flate surface and add about 2 tablespoons of the beef mixture in the middle. Close in half (creating the shape of a meat pie or half moon). Seal in edges with your fingers and creat small indintations with the end of a fork all around the edge of the pie. | 8. Before frying, test oil readiness by dropping a small piece dough into the oil. If it automatically sizzles and floats to the top, it is ready. Carefully slide in meat pies into the hot oil and cook about 3-4 minutes per side or until deep golden brown. | 9. Drain very well on paper towels. You can also slightly press a paper towel against the fried pies to remove excess oil. You can serve whole over a bed of shredded green cabbage or cut in half and serve Sarita's All purpose Tomato Sauce on the side. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
masa harina	3	cups		1241.46	261.9378	28.9332	12.6198
paprika	1	tablespoon		19.176	3.6713	0.9615	0.8765
chicken bouillon	2 1/2	tablespoons		40.05	2.7015	2.499	2.082
salt				-	-	-	-
pepper	1	teaspoon		5.773	1.4708	0.239	0.075
lard	2	tablespoons		230.912	0.0	0.0	25.6
water	2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
beef	1 1/2 - 2	lbs	ground	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
white rice	1/2	cup	cooked	337.625	73.9538	6.5952	0.6105
cilantro				-	-	-	-
oil enough	3	cups		-	-	-	-

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