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Our empanada recipe features chicken filling seasoned with manzanilla green olives and a rich achiote spice blend. Craft your own dough from scratch and watch these hand pies bake to a crispy perfection before devouring them with a bright, zesty, sofrito dipping sauce.
Introducing Chef David Dippong
We’re excited to introduce the mastermind behind this recipe, Chef David Dippong! He was most recently a Google chef in Venice Beach, CA. Prior to Google, David was a private chef in Beverly Hills and Provence, France. "One of my greatest joys is sharing new foods with others. I believe that if you don't like a certain food, you just haven't had it your way yet."
Get the Malbec Ready!
Empanada-making is a fun night in or get-together activity. Heads up: this recipe takes longer than our other recipes (60 min active cooking time). So grab some friends who don’t mind working for their food, share bottle(s) of Malbec or Torrontes, and get crafty in the kitchen!
Speak food with us: repulgué
In cafes around Argentina, you can tell the filling of an empanada just by looking at the pattern on the edge. This fold pattern is known as repulgué.
Empanada dough mix
Tomato sauce
Sunflower oil
Green olives
Achiote spice blend
Honey
Egg powder
Lemon
CilantroFrom customers of our Argentine Empanadas kit, 2017–2020. We no longer sell the kit, but the recipe on this page is free.
4.6 out of 5 · 14 reviews
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Shocked by cost
The food itself was fine, but I can’t believe how pricy it is for how much food is given... meat not included and it costs more for two than going to get empanadas from a restaurant
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Empanadas
The empanadas were delicious and pretty easy to make. I have made empanadas before and I believe this is the best filling recipe I have had!
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Not Difficult to Make and Delicious
The level of this is is set to "expert" so I was a bit concerned before receiving the kit, but it was actually quite easy! The most difficult part is making the empanada dough, but the instructions are very easy to follow. If you have done any sort of baking from scratch, making the empanada dough will be easy. I
★★★★★
Tasty but makes a ton!
My in-laws loved this kit and said it tasted very good, but they were under-prepared for the number of empanadas they got out of it - they said they got about 70! And I guess the recipe is written for 80. This was a lot for them to eat by themselves, but I can imagine it'd be fun to serve these at a party. Now we know for next time!
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Made for Vegetarians
I know this is advertised as a meat meal, but without the chicken, this was a perfect veggie dish. I used a pkg of veggie crumbles (Morningstar Farms or Gardein) with one entire can of the enclosed El Pato (a product we use regularly) and continued as written. So perfect, not too spicy for my husband, spicy enough with the sofrito for me. This kit does take more prep time than the other dozen we’ve tried, but so worth the trouble. In fact, this may be my favorite.
★★★★★
Delicious and fun to make
Great date night or dinner party activity!
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Wow
Excellent directions and good quality ingredients. Wonderful date night dinner at home.
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It was fun to make
It was fun to make and I liked the little magnets that came with. They were a pleasant surprise. The sauce paired nice with the Empanadas and it was a good time.
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Fun to make
These were really good and my son had fun helping me make them.
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Delicious and Fun!
Wow, were these ever yummy and fun to make! They made me look more creative than I actually am when I served them to friends. :):)
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Yum!
I made these last night and we loved them! It wasn't difficult at all and the filing and sauce are very flavorful. It was my first time making empanadas and I'll definitely be ordering this kit again.
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Not bad but won't buy this kit again
I tried this kit after loving 2 others--Burmese Curry Noodles and Spanish Paella, but I didn't love the flavor of this one as much, and I had trouble making the empanadas. I wish the flavor profile had been more pronounced/stronger and a better balance between the different flavors. The bigger issue was being unable to successfully execute the empanada dough through the included instructions; my dough ended up being too difficult to stretch out and too chewy once baked.
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Gift
I gave this as a gift. He said the empanadas that they made from last month's kit were delicious!