The Venezuelan Shredded Beef Empanada is prepared with crispy corn our dough, stued with beef, tomatoes, sautéed onions, and traditionally molded into a half-moon shape. It is the perfect companion to any meal of the day or as a snack all by itself.
SHREDDED BEEF
The Venezuelan Shredded Beef Empanada is prepared with crispy corn our dough, stued with beef, tomatoes, sautéed onions, and traditionally molded into a half-moon shape. It is the perfect companion to any meal of the day or as a snack all by itself.
CRUST:
Yellow com, sugar, tapioca starch, salt, chicken base (salt, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, monosodium glutamate, yeast, extract, corn starch, maltodextrin [from com], hydrolyzed soy protein, dried chicken meat, chicken fat, sugar, turmeric, lecithin [emulsifier], caramel color, natural flavoring, prsley flakes, garlic powder, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate).
FILLING:
Beef, bell peppers, onions, ketchup (tomato concentrate from red ripe tomatoes, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, corn, salt, spice, onion powder, natural flavoring), soybean oil (soybean oil with TBHQ and citric added to help protect flavor, dimethylpolysiloxane an antifoaming agent added], annatto), garlic, salt, beef base(salt, rendered beef fat and hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil, maltodextrin [from corn], sugar, hydrolyzed soy protein, dextrose, caramel color, monosodium glutamate, natural flavoring, onion powder, garlic, spices, disodium inosinate, and disodium guanylate),spices, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodiumn benzoate, less than 1% as preservative), wine (seasoned with salt, contains sulfites as preservative)
Preheat frying vegetable oil to a 3250 temperature then fry for 3 to 5 minutes.