Empanadas, yall!!! I mean, for real!!! Low carb and so yummy!!!
I have made empanadas before, not low carb. I didn’t really care for them then.
But I am pregnant, and when I’m pregnant I crave things. I get some of my best recipes when I’m pregnant!!
So here I am right at the 2nd Trimester Mark and craving empanadas!
I need, first, a good dough! I remember the yummy looking Bagel Dogs that are going around the THM boards.
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Ummm yes, I think I might have found the dough!!
Here is the link to the dough… Everything Bagel Dogs by Primitive Palate! They have some pretty awesome looking recipes too!
I didn’t follow the recipe exactly. I added some of other ingredients, which I will break down in the recipe card.
I also tripled the dough to make enough.
Let’s start with the meat.
I have always been fascinated with flavors!
In fact, I LOVE spices and using different spices in my recipes.
I just mostly regular spices that everyone should have on hand but I also added Allspice to give it that spicy meat flavor!!
This meat filling is so full of FLAVOR! I love it!
Y’all these are so good!!! My husband was blown away (I love doing that to him)!
I even got a HIGH FIVE from my 7 year old! Haha!
These are an S for my Trim Healthy Mama buddies! I served with a side salad and a mixture sauce of sour cream & salsa! I was going to serve with guacamole but didn’t have the ingredients!
ENJOY!
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Empandas
Description
A Low Carb Empanada Recipe that is flavorful! An S meal for THMer’s!
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs of lean ground beef
- 1/2 cup of chopped onion
- 1/2 cup of chopped bell peppers
- 4 tbsp. of tomato paste
- 2 to 3 oz of cream cheese
- 1 cup of shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 tsp of Allspice
- 3 tsp of garlic powder
- 2 tsp of onion powder
- 2 tsp of chili powder
- 2 tsp of cumin
- Salt to taste
- Dough Recipe from Primitive Palate- http://theprimitivepalate.com/2015/01/20/everything-bagel-dogs/
- Triple this recipe.
- Do not add the topping.
- Add in 1 tsp to 1.5 tsp of garlic powder.
- Add in a sprinkle of salt.
- Egg for egg wash.
Instructions
- Chop the onion and bell peppers.
- Add meat to a skillet and brown with the onion and bell pepper.
- Add all the spices and mix well.
- If you need to add a little water add about 1/3 cup.
- Add in tomato paste and cream cheese.
- Mix well.
- Add in the shredded cheese.
- Mix up dough ingredients.
- Separate into 12 balls.
- Use wet hands and flatten out balls into big circles in your hands.
- Fill will 1/4 a cup of meat and close dough around the meat in the form of empanadas.
- Repeat, dipping fingers in a bowl of water to re-wet when needed so dough does not stick.
- Place on a nonstick baking mat or parchment paper on a cookie sheet.
- Mix an egg to create an egg wash.
- Brush each empanada with the egg wash and sprinkle with garlic powder and salt.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes until you get a golden brown!
- Serve with salad or guacamole & salsa.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
These look great, Sarah. Pinned and will share this week!
Thank you!! 🙂
I Cant wait to make these!! the link to the dough recipe is not working though….
If you look up towards the middle of the post you will see a link that does work! I cannot actually link the to it in the “recipe” part but the post link does work! 🙂
This would be a good way to make runzas also! Or a pizza pocket! The possibilities are endless! Lol! 🙂
Totally agree… really excited to find this dough recipe!!! Next a sweet filling in the dough!!!! 🙂
These look great. I love Mexican food also.
How many are considered an “S” serving? I know the hot dogs are 2, is it the same?
Thanks for the great recipe.
I think two are the perfect serving size! I couldn’t eat more than two. I am sure our hubbies can handle more!
Hi Sarah! Just read a post that told you lived in the Texas hill country. We lived in San Marcos for about 5 years and my husband worked in Wimberly for several of those years – so we are very familiar with the area. Where bouts do you live?
Anyhow – I wanted to give some encouragement from one [former] Texas, homeschooling, THMer to another – your recipes are amazing! Your site has enabled THM for me because I am not creative in the kitchen, but I require good food. Please keep up this work of yours – you are a blessing to so many and we appreciate your efforts! I am going to add this recipe to my MCK/THM arsenol – I have no doubts that it’s wonderful :o)
Yes, I do know exactly where San Marcos and Wimberley is! Wimberley is actually right down the road from us! How Cool! Thank you so much for your encouragement, it really means a lot to me!! 🙂
We love those bagel dogs! These look yummy too. They’ll be on my menu this week!
Thank you so much!!
Made these for dinner tonight. HUGE hit at our house! Thank you! Your recipes keep my husband stepping a few steps closer to being willing to jump on board THM. I am very grateful.
YAY! I am so happy to hear this!!! Credit goes to Primitive Palate for the wonderful dough recipe!!!
Thank you for all your recipes. I really enjoy reading your posts and your recipes are the bomb, including this one. I made the recipe as written and these are great. Just a comment on the construction part. I found it very difficult to form the dough in my hand to get them big enough. Maybe my hands are too small, I dunno ;). Anyhow, I ended up wetting my hands then placing the dough directly on my baking mat (the non-stick silicone kind) and spreading it out on that with circular motions. This worked like a charm. Then after filling them I used a spatula to flip the one end over to cover. The dough did not stick too badly (at all;) on the baking mat which made moving the dough around super easy.
P.S. I like the idea of some kind of sweet filling too. Maybe cream cheese based with some berries to keep this in the S category.
Thank you for this! This will be a good helpful comment for others! I have more pictures to post but was in a hurry to get this out, I didn’t include those pictures… I will try to go back and include more of the how-to pictures!! I did use a wetted spatula to scoot them over. Thank you!!
I’m so glad you’re pregnant (lol :)) so we can enjoy all these yummy recipes..and because babies are blessing from above! 🙂
This sounds so good I might just have to try it. Thank you for sharing all these recipes with us. You need a ‘go-pro’ camera so you can make videos of all this stuff!! I’m a visual learner. 🙂
Take care!
Hee hee… thank you! I do want to do more How-To videos! Those really are helpful!! Keep checking back for some! 🙂
I made these today and loved them!! Wondering if you’ve tried freezing them and then how to reheat them? There are only two of us so we can’t eat all of them at one meal.
Love your recipes and appreciate you sharing!!
That’s awesome!!! I haven’t tried freezing them… I will have to try and then see but what I would do is just pull them out of the oven and bake them for about 30 minutes at 350 degrees!
Wow, this looks good, can’t wait to try it. Just a question, the dough recipe calls for xanthan gum. Could glucomannan be used instead? For a sweet one, cream cheese and cinnamon in some form would be so good. Can’t wait to see what you come up with!
I do believe gluccie would work… now I haven’t tried it but I think it should!
Do you think these could be baked and frozen for later?
I think it would work… I haven’t tried it. Just freeze and take out of the freezer and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until heated thru! 🙂
I never see an option to Pin any of ur recipes. They all look soooo good! Am I just missing it? Are u able to add that option in for people? Thanks!
Hmmm… there should be a pin button at the top. I am not sure about a mobile pin but there definitely is a pin at the top of the website version! 😉 I did tweak it to make sure it was one of the first two buttons instead of the 4th button!
Hi Sarah,
I love your recipes, and your blog, but your excessive use of exclamation marks detracts from your wonderful story. (!!!) (Love from an English major)
Oh gosh, I hope you continue to read my blog! (<--yes, I meant that one) 😉 I do appreciate your feedback and will try to work on it. The (!) are so much apart of my personality and also a habit so it will be hard but I will try to cut back! 😉
I think an idea for something sweet would be figs. I’m from Louisiana and these Cajun ladies around here can make some amazing Fig Tarts. Just a thought. Thank you for all your wonderful recipes. You’re truly a Kitchen Goddess!!! Keep up the fantastic work! (I love your exclamation marks…I do the same!!!)
OH great IDEA!!! I will have to try that!!! 🙂
I work long days – do you think I could make the dough & filling in advance and fill them right before I put in the oven after work? Or would the dough not hold up to that? I have not tried the bagle dogs yet. Thanks for you help I love your blog ❤️
hmm… I have NOT tried it but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work… let me know if you do and how it goes!! And thank you!!!
I was thinking that making these into a breakfast pocket would be really yummy too. Maybe stuffed with chorizo, onions, garlic, and scrambled eggs and cheese with guac on the side for a really solid s
Oh that seriously sounds amazing!!!
I made the bagel dogs tonight and added a few TBS of golden flax meal, a TBS of nutritional yeast flakes and a tsp of baking powder to the mix. I
had reduced the almond flour to accomodate the flax. They came out a little lighter tasting than the original recipe. I wanted them to be more “bready”.
I will be making the empanadas this weekend. My whole family is happily eating low carb meals with my husband and I, and recipes like this one have really blessed me. THANKS!!
Great idea… thank you!!
Sarah, is the dough made with the cheese added to it? Thank you for your wonderful recipes.
Yes, the dough is made with cheese. 🙂
I just made my lunch based on your recipe using chopped dark meat chicken and sans the pastry part. Gonna call it Naked Chicken Empanada – ha! Thanks for all the delicious recipes you post. My recipes are usually ‘based’ on whatever I have on hand; therefore some are one hit wonders that are never replicated. ♥
That’s awesome!!!
On the breading, can you sub thm baking blend for the almond meal?
Thanks! Love your recipes!!
Hmmm, I haven’t tried that. I think it would work but use about half THM Baking Blend and maybe add more cheese.
Any chance you could give me the dough recipe? I can’t find it on the web site you game. Thanks
You have to go to the original dough site… I believe I listed it before the recipe. 🙂