Pork and Green Bean Empanadas

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Chef Stephanie Izard’s look for empanadas is casual to set based connected what you person successful your refrigerator and pantry. Once you person the dough and pork, you tin play it immoderate mode you like, adding much vigor oregon substituting your favourite dried spices.

NOTES: For the dough, marque your ain oregon bargain frozen pastry dough, preferably 1 that tin beryllium rolled to immoderate shape, specified arsenic Pillsbury, which comes successful 14.1-ounce packages of 2 crusts. Cut the dough successful rounds oregon squares, whichever makes much consciousness based connected the signifier of the frozen dough you have. The extremity is to trim the magnitude of wasted dough.

No request to blanch oregon thaw the chopped greenish beans if they’re frozen. The cooking clip successful the cookware with the crushed pork is enough.

Anchovies are optional. If they are not used, further brackish whitethorn beryllium needed.

Use lone freshly grated Parmesan.

Allow baked empanadas to chill earlier storing successful the refrigerator. Baked oregon unbaked empanadas tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 3 days. If baking refrigerated empanadas, determination is nary request to alteration the baking time. If freezing, spot unbaked empanadas connected a parchment-lined rimmed baking expanse and frost until solid. Once frozen, transportation them to resealable, airtight containers and frost for up to 3 months. Add a fewer minutes to baking time, if cooking frozen empanadas. Fully cooked empanadas besides tin beryllium frozen, but the crust volition astir apt beryllium little crisp and flaky.

From cook Stephanie Izard, proprietor of Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner and Duck Duck Goat successful Chicago.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 6-8

For the empanadas

3 tablespoons ghee oregon extra-virgin olive oil
1 tablespoonful minced ail (about 3 cloves)
1 lb crushed pork
1 spoon crushed coriander
1 spoon blistery sauce, specified arsenic Tabasco, oregon much to taste
1/2 spoon kosher salt, oregon much to taste
1/2 spoon freshly crushed achromatic pepper, oregon much to taste
1 tablespoonful minced anchovies, astir 6 fillets (optional)
1 cupful tiny dice greenish beans (if utilizing frozen, nary request to thaw oregon blanch)
2 tablespoons chinkiang vinegar (may substitute sherry vinegar)
1/2 cupful (scant 2 ounces) finely grated parmesan cheese
2 pieces frozen pastry dough, specified arsenic 14.1-ounce bundle Pillsbury, thawed (See NOTE)

For the dipping sauce

1 cupful mayonnaise, preferably Duke’s
2 tablespoons gochujang(Korean chile paste) oregon sambal oelek
Juice of 1 lime

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
146
Fat
11 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
9 g
Sodium
186 mg
Cholesterol
19 mg
Protein
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cook Stephanie Izard, proprietor of Girl & the Goat, Little Goat Diner and Duck Duck Goat successful Chicago.

Tested by Tom Sietsema.

Published April 22, 2020

Updated March 16, 2026