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Lay out the empanada shells, fill with them with 2 tablespoons of the ground beef.
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Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Even a simple guava empanada dazzles with the freshness of its fruit and proves a good foil for a cup of thick hot chocolate.
—Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
Their pescadillas were thin and shattering; Aguilar’s are puffy, nearly a masa empanada, encasing shrimp and tilapia in a marinade of tomato, onion, cilantro and oregano.
—Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
On the restaurant's website, Nunez, an Argentinian native, describes an empanada as the perfect finger food.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2022
That includes Venezuelan empanada food truck Que Rico, operated by the mother-daughter team of Jeannette Aragones and Jessica Hahn.
—Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
The dish seemed to take the best parts of a Mexican concha and a classic char siu bao — as if a sugar cookie had a kid with a baked empanada.
—Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2022
In Buenos Aires, Melian would often come home from school and eat a leftover empanada.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
Some people don't know what an empanada is by looking at it, but people like them.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
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Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Even a simple guava empanada dazzles with the freshness of its fruit and proves a good foil for a cup of thick hot chocolate.
—Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
Their pescadillas were thin and shattering; Aguilar’s are puffy, nearly a masa empanada, encasing shrimp and tilapia in a marinade of tomato, onion, cilantro and oregano.
—Bill Addisonrestaurant Critic, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
On the restaurant's website, Nunez, an Argentinian native, describes an empanada as the perfect finger food.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2022
That includes Venezuelan empanada food truck Que Rico, operated by the mother-daughter team of Jeannette Aragones and Jessica Hahn.
—Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 31 July 2022
The dish seemed to take the best parts of a Mexican concha and a classic char siu bao — as if a sugar cookie had a kid with a baked empanada.
—Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2022
In Buenos Aires, Melian would often come home from school and eat a leftover empanada.
—Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022
Some people don't know what an empanada is by looking at it, but people like them.
—Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
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“Empanada.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empanada. Accessed 23 Mar. 2023.
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