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Recipe by Shena Dominitz

Yuca Meat Empanadas

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Meat Meat
Easy Easy
8 Servings
Allergens

Contains

- Egg
1 Hour, 50 Minutes
Diets

Yields 15 to 18 empanadas

Ingredients

Meat filling

  • 2 pounds ground beef

  • 2 shallots (or 1 red onion), chopped

  • 4 cloves garlic, chopped

Yuca Empanadas

  • 3 pounds yuca (cassava)

  • 1/2 a red pepper

  • 1 tablespoon garlic powder

  • 2 teaspoons paprika

  • 1 cup parsley, cleaned and chopped

  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

  • 1 egg

  • 2 tablespoons Gefen Tapioca Starch, plus an additional 1/2 cup for assembly (you can make this year-round using flour)

  • beaten egg, for brushing

Directions

Prepare the Meat Filling

1.

Sauté your shallots until tender. Add in garlic and sauté together for approximately 30 seconds.

2.

Add in your ground beef and mix with BBQ sauce until all cooked and brown. Set aside.

Prepare the Yuca

1.

Peel and cut down the yuca. Boil in a large pot of water until tender; approximately 25 minutes. Let cool and remove hard center thread.

2.

Mash with a potato masher and add in chopped pepper, garlic powder, parsley, salt and egg. Blend all together with two tablespoons of tapioca starch and set aside.

Assemble the Empanadas

1.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Have prepared a half cup of tapioca starch and your meat filling.

2.

Place a bit of tapioca starch in your hands. Scoop approximately a quarter cup of the yuca mixture and flatten out into a two-and-a-half-inch circle.

3.

Place one heaping tablespoon of cooked ground meat in the center. Bring one end to the other, closing the empanada into an oval shape. Place on the prepared baking sheet.

4.

Brush each with egg and bake for 20 to 25 minutes.

Yuca Meat Empanadas

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isaac lekach
isaac lekach
1 year ago

yummy

Sabrina Goldfarb
Sabrina Goldfarb
1 year ago

Love this gluten feee empanada alternative! Delicious!!!

Vicky Cesani
Vicky Cesani
1 year ago

I love these empanadas.

Ilana Uretsky
Ilana Uretsky
1 year ago

Love the consistency, so easy to mold-tastes even better!!!

Ilana Uretsky
Ilana Uretsky
1 year ago

Love the consistency,so easy to mold-tastes even better!!!

judy adouth
judy adouth
1 year ago

perfect for my gluten free husband… delish!

Nicole
Nicole
1 year ago

Can’t wait to try it

Chaya
Chaya
1 year ago

Hope to try this recipe soon !!

d fal
d fal
1 year ago

10/10! Go Shena!

rena rosner
rena rosner
2 years ago

what is yuka