Easy Spicy Tuna Empanada Recipe

By Ang Sarap Editors  On  In Fish Recipes 

Try cooking these super easy and yummy Spicy Tuna Empanada! You can even have it as a business product. See full recipe below:

INGREDIENTS:

For the Empanada Dough:

  • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 stick (1/2 cup) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch cubes
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 cup ice water
  • 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar

For the Empanada Filling:

  • 1 medium onion, diced 2 small tomatoes, minced
  • 1 can (6 oz) hot and spicy tuna, drained
  • 1/2 cup frozen sweet peas, thawed
  • 1 medium potatoes, boiled and diced
  • 1/2 cup cheese, grated
  • 1/2 teaspoon Spanish Paprika
  • salt and pepper to taste

2 tsp cooking oil for sauteing

For the Egg Wash:

  • 1 egg + little milk

HOW TO MAKE:

For Empanada Dough:

  1. In a large bowl, sift flour and salt into and blend in butter with your fingertips until mixture resembles coarse flour and some butter lumps.
  2. In another bowl, beat egg, add water, and vinegar with a fork. Then add it to your previous flour mixture, stirring with fork until blended. (Texture is kind of shaggy.)
  3. Transfer mixture onto a floured, flat working space. Gather it together and knead gently with heel of your hand once or twice, just enough to bring dough together.
  4. Form dough into a flat rectangle and chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, at least 1 hour.

For Empanada Filling:

  1. In a pan, heat cooking oil, then saute onion until soft. Then, add tomatoes, cook until soft, add drained tuna flakes. Season with paprika, and add in potatoes and peas. Cook until peas are tender, turn off heat and add cheese.
  2. Taste it and season accordingly with salt and pepper.
  3. Make sure to let it cool before filling each dough.
  4. Scoop the filling by the spoonful into your prepared empanada dough, fold the dough and filling into a half circle shape, brush edges with water or egg wash and fold the edges like a frill. Do not overfill the empanadas.
  5. Deep fry the filled empanadas at 190°C for 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly golden. Drain on paper towels. Cool slightly before serving.
  6. Or if you want to use an oven, you can bake the empanadas in a preheated 190°C oven for 15-20 minutes. They should be lightly golden.

Note: Makes 12 empanadas

Also try: Easy Chicken Empanada Recipe

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