Chorizo Empanadas [Video+Recipe] 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.
Servings 4 people
Calories 410kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound Mexican-style chorizo sausages [454g]
- 1 red onion (medium-size, minced [65 g]
- 1 red bell pepper or green bell pepper (diced [76g]
- ⅓ cup pitted green olives sliced
- 1 cup tomato sauce [115g]
- Salt (optional)
- 1 sprig parsley for garnish, chopped (optional)
Optional additions (pick one)
- 2 egg (medium) hard-boiled, minced
- ½ cup diced boiled potatoes
- 1 cup cheddar cheese (or cheese of your preference
Instructions
1. Removing casing
- Slice the casing with a knife and remove and discard the casings.
2. Cooking meat
- Heat a skillet over medium heat. Add the sausage. Cook stirring, breaking down the clumps, until the chorizo is browned and cooked through (about 7 minutes. Discard excess grease if you find it necessary (it wlil depend on the sausage you use).Stir in onion and cook and stir until it turns translucent. Add pepper and olives and cook stirring for a minute.Pour in tomato sauce and stir until it is heated through. Season with salt to taste (I didn't add any). Remove from the heat and sprinkle with parsley (optional).
3. Using extra ingredients
- For empanadas and pastelitos, you can mix in the minced boiled egg or the diced boiled potato. Alternatively, you can stuff empanadas with cheese and this chorizo stuffing.
Video
Notes
The nutritional information is calculated as if this will be served as a meat dish, which would yield 4 servings.
Nutrition
Calories: 410kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 23g | Fat: 29g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 203mg | Sodium: 2375mg | Potassium: 495mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 2248IU | Vitamin C: 71mg | Calcium: 265mg | Iron: 3mg
