Plant Based Empanadas

A vegetarian twist on a Spanish delicacy!

What You’ll Need:

🥦 Goya discs (10 Pack)

🥦 Goya Alcaparrado

🥦 Trader Joe’s Beefless Ground Beef

🥦 2 tbsp. tomato paste

🥦 Salt and pepper to taste

First, sauté your Trader Joe’s Beefless Ground Beef in a large saucepan over medium heat until cooked and broken up evenly. When cooked, turn burner onto low and add tomato paste, mixing until it coats all of your protein. Still over low heat, add ¼ cup of juice from Alcaparaddo jar and allow it to seep into beefless ground beef for flavor. Now chop the drained capers and pimentos from the jar of Alcaparrado and add them to the pan as well, along with salt and pepper to taste!

Once ingredients are fully mixed in with beefless ground beef, add about 3-4 tbsp. onto each Goya disc. After adding protein, fold the disc over and use a fork around the outside edges, pushing one edge of the disc to the other tightly, sealing opposite ends of the disc together.

Once all your empanadas are made, you will fry them. Fill a large saucepan with vegetable oil so that it reaches about ¼ up the side of the pan. Heat this oil on medium-low and once warmed, add your empanadas. To ensure they cook evenly, brush the tops of the empanadas with vegetable oil as well, and flip when ready.

Allow the empanadas 10 minutes to cool after frying, and enjoy your delicious plant based dish!