Colombian Empanadas

Name: Colombian Empanadas
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Colombian
Ingredients: 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 1½ cups yellow cornmeal (masarepa); 2 cups water; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; ½ tbsp sazon seasoning with saffron (azafrán); ½ tsp salt; 2 cups potatoes; 1 pc chicken or vegetable stock cube; 1 tbsp olive oil; ¼ cups white onion; 1 cups tomatoes; ¼ cups spring onions; 1 pc garlic clove; 2 tbsp red bell pepper; 0.3 kg ground pork and beef; ¼ tsp black pepper; ½ tsp sazon seasoning with saffron (azafrán); ½ tsp salt; 2 tbsp fresh coriander (cilantro); 1 tbsp vegetable oil (for frying); 1 pc lime wedges; 1 tbsp ají

Crispy half-moon Colombian empanadas filled with a spicy ground-meat and potato filling.

105 min 162 kcal/serving serves 12

162kcal6gprotein17gcarbs8gfat

Erica DinhoView the original on mycolombianrecipes.com More from Erica Dinho on Mello

🫗vegetable oil

🌽yellow cornmeal (masarepa)

💧water

🫗vegetable oil

🫙sazon seasoning with saffron (azafrán)

🧂salt

🥔potatoes

🍗chicken or vegetable stock cube

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About Erica Dinho

Colombian home cook and founder of My Colombian Recipes

Erica Dinho is the creator of My Colombian Recipes, a long-running blog dedicated to traditional Colombian home cooking. She has spent years documenting regional dishes and family recipes, helping introduce Colombian cuisine to a wider audience online.

Her recipes stay close to traditional Colombian home cooking, built around staples like plantains, corn, pork, and beans, with dishes ranging from hearty soups such as ajiaco and sancocho to fried snacks like patacones and buñuelos. She favors classic techniques and familiar regional flavor combinations over reinvention, aiming to make dishes like tamales antioqueños and bandeja paisa approachable for home kitchens.

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