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 Empanadas Colombianas

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Empanadas Colombianas

Main Dish
⏱ 60 min
👥 Serves 4
Difficulty ⭐⭐

Corn-dough hand pies stuffed with potato and ground beef, deep-fried until crisp — Colombian-style empanadas.

#Colombia#Corn#Beef#Fried#StreetFood
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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Unlike wheat-dough empanadas found in Argentina and elsewhere, Colombian empanadas use corn dough. A beloved street food snack, typically served with a spicy aji sauce or cilantro-based dip.

🌆 Where it's eaten: A popular grab-and-go snack from street stalls and bus terminals, always eaten with a drizzle of aji sauce.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

👩‍🍳 Instructions

  1. Boil the potato and mash it.

  2. Finely chop the onion and garlic and cook with the ground beef, seasoning with salt.

  3. Mix the mashed potato with the cooked beef mixture to make the filling.

  4. Knead the corn flour with water and roll into thin rounds.

  5. Add the filling and fold into half-moons.

  6. Deep-fry at 180°C (350°F) until golden to finish.

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