Easy pastelillos

Name: Easy pastelillos
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 10 servings
Cuisine: American
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

alovely5236 @cook_3051339

I use the frozen & prepackaged items to get food faster to the table. It tastes so close to homemade. I use Goya brand for everything. You can use different fillings too (pork, chicken, crab, or pie fillings etc). You can serve these with Spanish rice & beans or by themselves.

alovely5236 @cook_3051339

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Ingredients

1 hour

10 servings

2 1/2 lbground beef
1 mediumchopped onion
1 largediced potato
1 envelopesazon (Spanish seasoning)
1 1/2 tbspadobo (Spanish season salt)
3 tbspheaping frozen sofrito (Spanish fresh seasonings)
8 eachgreen olives with pimento & a little dash of juice
20 eachfrozen pastelillos/empenada discs, thawed to slightly cool
1 packagesshredded cheddar or mix cheese
3 cupvegetable oil

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Steps

1 hour

1

Heat 1 tbsp of olive oil & place potatoes in until done.
2

Brown beef with adobo & adding onion 3/4 way through cook time.
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After beef mixture done, drain. Keep on meduum heat & add potatoes, olives/juice & rest of seasonings for 3 more minutes.
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Let meat mixture cool.
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When meat has mostly cooled, roll out a pastelillo disc & place about 1 tbsp of meat mixture & some shredded cheese in middle.
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Then fold over disc, wetting inner edge with warm water & pinch together fingers then a fork. Repeat for rest of discs.
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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.