EMPANADA

PUERTO RICAN/ MEXICAN FOOD

• My favorite Puerto Rican food is an empanada but there are other foods.
• Mofongo it is a soup including vegtables and grains and spices.
• Arroz con gandules a special rice dish.
• ASopao a soup normally made with rice and chicken

THE DOUGH

• FIrst you mix together 3 cups of flour 1 tbs of baking soda 2 tbs of sugar
• And pinch of salt then mix in half a cup of lard to strength en the dough
• Then add 1 egg and 3/4 cups of chicken stock
• Mix in with the flour mix
• Cover and refridgerate for thirty mins

FILLING

• In a nonstick skillet cook at medium heat 1 tbs of vegtable oil and 1 pound groud beef
• Add one tbs of garlic salt to the beef cook till completely brown then drain the
• Liquids . In the same pan add 1 tbs of oil, 2tbs of tomato paste, 2tbs of vinegar
• 2 tsp of cumin, oregano, seasoned salt 1 tsp if both , 5 garlic cloves
• Green bell pepper 1 , and 1 onion

DOUGH AND FILLING TOGETHER

• Lightly flower a pan then roll out dough on pan.
• Cut 4 in half circles in the pan then put the filling inside .
• Fry the empanadas in a deep fryer for six to seven minutes at 350 degrees f
• For the sauce mix together mayonaise ,adobo sauce, and lime juice
• To add flavor.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

• 20.5 mg carbs
• 6.65 g protien
• Meat ( ground beef ) vegtables ( peppers,onions )
• 215 percent vitamin a, 21 percent vitamin c
• 10 calories

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