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Puff Pastry Black Bean Empanadas are full of black beans, corn and spices in a thick tomato paste and baked inside crispy phyllo dough.

Puff Pastry Black Bean Empanadas

Black beans, potato, corn and hashbrowns wrapped in a flaky puff pastry
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Course dinner, lunch, Snack
Cuisine latin, Mexican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 1-1/2 packages puff pastry - Pepperidge Farm is a great vegan option
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 1 small yellow onion - make sure these are finely diced.
  • ½ cup water
  • Salt to taste
  • tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp cumin
  • tsp paprika
  • 1 14 oz can black beans rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup canned corn
  • 4 frozen hash browns crumbled
  • 2 tbsp oil
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 clove garlic
  • Optional: Mexican crema sauce
  • Optional: hot sauce

Instructions
 

  • Allow puff pastry to thaw on counter for 30-40 minutes until it unrolls without breaking
  • Coat the bottom of a medium skillet with 1 tablespoon of oil and place it over medium heat.
  • Once the oil is hot, add hashbrowns and cook on low-medium until golden brown and remove from stove.
  • Crumble the hasbrowns into a bowl and set aside.
  • Place 1 tbs of oil on low-medium heat, add onions, cooking until light golden brown . Make sure to not burn them
  • Add cumin, paprika, and cinnamon. Stir everything and cook the mixture for about 1 minute
  • Add the beans, water, corn and tomato paste. Stir everything to blend the tomato paste with the water.
  • Bring the liquid to a boil, lower the heat, and let it simmer for about 3-4 minutes, stirring often until the beans have softened enough where they begin to get lightly mashed up. At this point, the sauce should have a thick consistency and remove from stove.
  • Stir in the hasbrowns and salt and allow to fully cool down.
  • Roll each puff pastry sheets on the counter, into a 9X14 square
  • Cut 6-inch circles out of the dough
  • Add about 2 tbs of the mixture to the middle of each circle
  • Fold the circle dough in half and pinch the edges tightly to seal. It may be easier to wet your fingers with water. Take a fork and seal around the outer edge.
  • Set empanadas on a baking sheet
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 15 minutes or until golden brown
  • Once cooled drizzle with crema sauce - eliminate if vegan
  • Serve with hot sauce if you'd like them spicier
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