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    15 Pastelones, Pastelitos, and Empanadas Fillings

    Empanaditas / Pastelitos (Savory Turnovers)

    En Español

    Unique empanada fillings to bring variety and extra flavor to your gatherings: from savory to sweet, and from meaty to vegan. These are also the best rellenos de pastelones you can find.

    Beef empanada filling.
    Minced beef filling.

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    1. How to use them
    2. Beef fillings
    3. Pork fillings
    4. Chicken empanada filling ideas
    5. Seafood fillings
    6. Vegan fillings
    7. Sweet empanada filling ideas

    Usually, pastelitos, and empanadas are filled with minced beef and shredded chicken, but there are many other ways to make them: pick from beef, pork, seafood, chicken, vegan, and sweet fillings for your pastelitos and empanadas. Some of these are also great rellenos for pastelones (casserole stuffing).

    And we have those traditional recipes here, but we also have a larger collection of fillings to make your gathering a smashing success.

    How to use them

    You can use these in our traditional fried pastelitos and empanaditas, my no-butter baked empanadas, the gluten-free yuca empanadas, these sweet empanadas, or crispy dough sticks (the easiest way to make empanadas).

    Beef fillings

    Beef empanadas recipes are very popular, so it stands to reason that we'd have a lot to offer here. Check out our minced beef filling recipes with 3 variations to make your empanadas and pastelitos, and the traditional one to also use in pastelones.

    Or try something new: our tasty carne ripiada is great too as a pastelito and empanada filling.

    Beef Empanada Filling [Recipe + Video] Ground Beef 4 Ways

    Pick your favorite of four choices to stuff your empanadas, pastelitos, and pastelones with this juicy, tasty minced beef filling.
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    3 Bowls of Minced Beef Filling

    Dominican Carne Ripiada Recipe (Shredded Beef)

    Carne Ripiada Recipe (Shredded Beef): juicy, flavorful, easy to make. Venezuela has carne mechada, Cuba has ropa vieja, and Dominican Rep. has carne ripiada.
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    Pork fillings

    Chorizo Empanadas [Recipe + Video] Filling + 3 Types of Dough

    Looking to try a new filling for your pastelitos, empanadas, or pastelones? This extra-flavorful, easy-to-make chorizo filling is just perfect.
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    Relleno de empanada de chorizo.

    Pulled Pork Empanadas [Recipe + Video] Filling and 3 Dough

    Bring extra flavor and joy to your celebrations with this pork empanada filling bursting with flavor and combined with apples for a fantastic empanada experience.
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    Apple and pork empanada stuffing

    Chicken empanada filling ideas

    [Recipe + Video] Chicken with Tomato Sauce Filling for Empanadas

    Let not your pastelones, empanada, and picaderas be boring for lack of choice. This tasty, juicy filling will make you add it to the favorites list.
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    Chicken with Tomato Empanada Filling

    [Recipe + Video] Creamy Chicken - Filling for Casseroles and Party Foods

    A lovely, creamy, rich, tasty chicken breast filling that you can use to stuff your pastelones and picaderas, or to serve as the meat dish in your meal.
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    Seafood fillings

    Lambí Guisado [Recipe + Video] Stewed Conch

    Try this simple Lambí Guisado (Stewed Conch) recipe to make this tasty dish that will keep you coming for more.
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    Lambí guisado (Caribbean conch stew).

    Masa de Cangrejo Guisada (Easy Crabmeat Recipe)

    Another " fancy" option for filling your pastelitos is masa de cangrejo guisado. Just be sure to let all the liquid evaporate when preparing the crabmeat so that the dough doesn't break when filling.
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    Masa de cangrejo guisada (Crabmeat).

    Vegan fillings

    Vegan Mince [Recipe + Video] Pastelones and Empanadas Filling

    So many of our pastelones and picaderas can be adapted to a vegan version by just changing the filling. And now we have a tried and tested meatless mince that our vegan readers will love.
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    Vegan mince.

    [Recipe + Video] Vegan Vegetable Mix Stuffing

    Our original vegan pastelitos and empanadas stuffing just got so much better. It's so good that everyone --vegan or not-- will have seconds.
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    Sweet empanada filling ideas

    Guava Jam [Recipe + Video] Salsa, Dulce y Pasta de Guayaba

    Make this dulce de guayaba into guava paste (pasta de guayaba) to serve as candy, guava jam (mermelada de guayaba) that you can use to fill cakes, and guava sauce (salsa de guayaba) to serve with your favorite sweets. It's a three-in-one recipe!
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    [Recipe + Video] Pineapple Jam Filling for Dominican Cake

    Nothing goes better with the heavenly Dominican cake like the classic pineapple jam that gives it a hint of sour.
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    Dulce de Leche Cake Filling Recipe

    Make this dulce de leche cake filling recipe for Dominican cake, or any cake, spread on fruit, or as a sauce topping for frozen desserts.
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    Dulce de leche cake filling.

    Which one is your favorite of these empanada fillings? Is there one missing you'd like me to write a recipe for? Let me know in the comments.

    Buen provecho!

    Tia Clara

    Published Sep 21, 2021, revised Dec 12, 2022

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    Edited: Dec 12, 2022 | Publish: Sep 21, 2021

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