I've been craving empanadas for quite awhile. Last week I decided to make the Argentinian style. I used turkey meat and I didn't fry them....I know I know why!! I wanted to make them a little healthier and I had turkey meat. I bought los discos!! or the empanada shells, they sell them in the goya section in the frozen food aisle. I went orange but the white ones are just as good.
I chopped some onion about 1/2 a small onion. I let the onion cook in a little vegetable oil.
I used about 21 oz of the ground turkey meat any fat content works really. I dumped in the meat while the onions were still cooking. Added some salt, pepper, garlic powder, and about a tablespoon of the chopped jarred garlic. I left it cook about 75% of the way and then I added a few handfuls of Spanish olives in the jar, already chopped and I put some juice into the meat. Let it cook all the way through and let it sit. You can make the meat stuffing one day and stuff and bake or fry the next. It gives the meat more time to flavor up.
I boiled 2 eggs and chopped them up and added them to the meat mix.
I left the shells / discos on the counter for a bit for them to thaw out. I put the shell in my hand and I filled the shell slowly stretching it a bit. I fill them enough to just close them. I than fork them closed. Pressing the fork into the edges. I spread them out on a pan and pre-heated the oven to 350. I than do a quick egg wash and take them out when golden brown around 25 minutes to bake.
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