Empanadas are one of the most popular entrees, as they can be filled with endless combinations of ingredients. There is one for every taste, however during the Holy Week and Easter season, one of the best options is the vegetable one. That is why on this occasion we bring you some delicious vigil empanadas with assorted vegetables. It is a very easy to prepare and very rich recipe, ideal for getting everyone at home to want to eat vegetables.
We invite you to stay with us to discover how to make vegetable vigil empanadas, we assure you that you will love them!
Ingredients to make Vegetable Vigil Empanadas:
- 1 kilogram of corn dough
- 2 pieces of Carrot
- 2 pieces of green bell pepper
- 2 pieces of onion
- 3 pieces of red tomato
- 1 clove garlic
- 100 grams of string cheese
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- ½ cup of oil
How to make Veggie Vigil Empanadas:
In the following image you can see the ingredients that we will need to prepare these delicious vegetable vigil empanadas. We have opted for a corn dough to make gluten-free empanadas, but if you prefer you can use any other type of dough for empanadas. We are going to start the recipe by finely chopping the onion and the red tomato, as well as slicing the carrot and the bell pepper into thin strips.
Once the vegetables are ready, fry them in a frying pan with hot oil, add a pinch of salt and pepper to season and cook everything together for 10 minutes. Once ready, we remove it from the fire and reserve a moment.
On the other hand, we take the corn dough for empanadas, we add a little water to make it more watery but without going overboard, since it could be too watery and we will not be able to form the empanadas. Then, we take a little dough and form a tortilla, you can help yourself with a machine to make tortillas or follow my technique. I do it with the help of the base of a plate, this is how I shape my tortilla. Once the tortilla is ready, we fill it with a little of our vegetable stew, add a little string cheese and fold the tortilla in half to form our gluten-free vigil empanada.
Now, fry the vegetable empanadas in a pan with enough very hot oil, let them brown on both sides and, once golden, remove them from the oil and place them on absorbent paper to remove excess fat.
And ready! We serve the vegetable vigil empanadas hot and accompanied by sour cream, grated cheese and the sauce that you like the most, such as the Mexican red sauce.
