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Definition of empanada
: a turnover with a sweet or savory filling
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Recent Examples of empanada from the Web
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The empanada is a fried pastry that mixes minced green crab meat with onions, corn, cayenne pepper and thyme.
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Each sandwich and empanada arrives alongside a scoop of Ox's mustardy ensalada rusa and a Grandma Agnes pickle spear (those familiar with the martini of the same name will enjoy them just as much without the booze).
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Chef Maria’s empanadas are popular, as is The Hulk smoothie, composed of spinach, kale, banana and mango.
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There were bouncy castles and empanada trucks and a blowup figure of a giant Marine in fatigues watching over it all.
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As for the food, Half Moon Bakery is the first to be tapped to serve their empanadas and sandwiches.
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In Yountville, ten miles southeast on Highway 29, Protéa opened last spring with Latin American street food (mushroom and cheese empanadas, shrimp tacos with cabbage slaw) that’s a welcome alternative to Napa tasting menus.
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See step-by-step instructions here and get the chicken empanadas recipe here.
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That line would give way to the Cronut line, the ramen line, the poke line and now the line starting over there by the empanada stand.
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Origin and Etymology of empanada
American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of empanado, past participle of empanar to bread, from em- (from Latin in-) + pan bread, from Latin panis — more at food
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