Easy pastelillos

10 ingredients
9 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 1/2 lb ground beef
  • 1 medium chopped onion
  • 1 large diced potato
  • 1 envelope sazon (Spanish seasoning)
  • 1 1/2 tbsp adobo (Spanish season salt)
  • 3 tbsp heaping frozen sofrito (Spanish fresh seasonings)
  • 8 each green olives with pimento & a little dash of juice
  • 20 each frozen pastelillos/empenada discs, thawed to slightly cool
  • 1 packages shredded cheddar or mix cheese
  • 3 cup vegetable oil

Directions

  1. 1
    Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil & place potatoes in until done.
  2. 2
    Brown beef with adobo & adding onion 3/4 way through cook time.
  3. 3
    After beef mixture done, drain.
  4. 4
    Keep on meduum heat & add potatoes, olives/juice & rest of seasonings for 3 more minutes.
  5. 5
    Let meat mixture cool.
  6. 6
    When meat has mostly cooled, roll out a pastelillo disc & place about 1 tbsp of meat mixture & some shredded cheese in middle.
  7. 7
    Then fold over disc, wetting inner edge with warm water & pinch together fingers then a fork.
  8. 8
    Repeat for rest of discs.
  9. 9
    You can either wrap with wax paper & place them in a freezer bag to freeze for a later date or fry them immediately in 3 cups vegetable oil on each side until golden brown.

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