Empanada Filling

This delicious mixture of ground beef, onions, raisins, olives, and hard-cooked eggs is a Peruvian recipe for empanada filling.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 35 mins
• Calories: 318 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 large onion, diced
• 3 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
• 1 pound ground beef
• 12 pitted kalamata olives, diced
• 0.5 teaspoon paprika
• 0.5 cup raisins
• 0.5 teaspoon ground cumin

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Stir flour into water in a small bowl until dissolved. Set aside.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Sauté onion in hot oil until softened, about 5 minutes. Add ground beef, olives, cumin, and paprika. Cook and stir until beef is crumbly and completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes.

Step 3

Pour flour-water mixture into beef mixture and stir to coat evenly. Stir in raisins and cook until raisins are plump, about 5 minutes. Fold hard-cooked eggs into beef mixture; season with salt and pepper. Set aside to cool before using to fill empanadas.