Air Fryer Beef Empanadas

🥄 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 plum tomato, (diced)
• 1/4 medium yellow onion, (diced)
• 2 cloves garlic, (minced)
• 1 pound 93% lean ground beef
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt, (plus more to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 small potato, (diced)
• 1 medium carrot, (diced)
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/4 cup frozen peas
• 2 sheets frozen puff pastry dough, (thawed)
• 1 egg, (whisked)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1

   Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add tomato and onion and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

2. 2

   Add garlic and cook for 30 seconds, until fragrant.

3. 3

   Add ground beef, chili powder, salt, ground cumin, dried oregano, and ground coriander, and cook for 6-8 minutes, using a spoon to break up the meat into smaller pieces and stir occasionally.

4. 4

   Add potato, carrot, and water. Stir to combine, lower heat to medium-low, cover, and cook for 10 minutes until the potatoes and carrots are soft and tender.

5. 5

   Remove skillet from heat, taste, and season with more salt if desired.

6. 6

   Add frozen peas, mix together, and set aside. (The frozen peas will thaw and warm up with the residual heat.)

7. 7

   Roll out puff pastry into two large rectangles, roughly 19x14-inches, then cut the dough into 7.5-inch rounds. (I used the lid of a storage container I had in the pantry as a template.) Repeat this process with the remaining scraps of dough until you get a total of 12 rounds.

8. 8

   Place a heaping 1/4 cup of the ground beef mixture into the center of each round.

9. 9

   Fold the dough in half over the filling and crimp the edges together with your fingers or the tines of a fork.

10. 10

    Brush the tops of each empanada with the whisked egg.

11. 11

    Preheat the air fryer to 400°F.

12. 12

    Spray the air fryer basket with olive oil or nonstick cooking spray, and carefully add as many empanadas that will fit in the basket without touching.

13. 13

    Cook for 8 minutes, flipping halfway through. Remove from the air fryer, and repeat with the remaining empanadas.

14. 14

    Let the empanadas cool for 3 minutes before eating. Serve with your favorite salsa and some sour cream.

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.