Do you love Mexican food? Like many people, I love making a variety of food at home, but sometimes, tacos can get a bit boring. For this reason, I love to spice it up and try a variety of fun recipes. After having a few types in various restaurants, I have decided that I want to try making empanadas – even bought a little empanada press at the store when I saw it on clearance! Having never made them before, however, I was a bit intimidated, especially after seeing some of the recipes on Pinterest. I mean, who really wants their dinner to look like one of those ‘Nailed It’ recipes (even though I’ve done it MANY times).
To make the process less intimidating, I decided to look at some of my favorite blogs to see how they made empanadas. After a bit of searching, I finally found some amazing recipes that don’t just look amazing, but seem fairly simple to make. Knowing that you guys would love it just as much as me, I put the 20 best recipes I had found in a round up below, allowing you to see these yummy and super tasty recipes for yourself.
Like or tried any of these 20 Tasty Empanada recipes? Make sure to tell us in the comments below!
About Susan Bewley
Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.
Elvz Angeles says
January 5, 2017 at 1:20 amLooks yummy.. gonna try this.. thanks for sharing.
Debbie Campbell says
January 5, 2017 at 1:41 pmI love Mexican food of all kinds, but I have never made an Empanada. I will surely try out some of these!
Bridget Breslin says
January 5, 2017 at 6:09 pmThese look fantastic! Thank you for the great ideas! We love empanadas!
LAMusing says
January 5, 2017 at 6:44 pmI’ve never made them, but these look so good I may give it a try
Maryann D. says
January 6, 2017 at 5:55 amI do like Mexican food, but not too spicy. These recipes look tasty and different to try for my family.
lisagee1234 says
January 6, 2017 at 11:31 pmI have a toaster oven that is actually like a big ez bake oven for adults. Uneven cooking but sure like to try any of these.
Fran @ G'day Souffle' says
January 7, 2017 at 2:30 amSusan, thanks so much for including my recipe for ‘Flaky Mexican Empanadas’ (no. 5 recipe). It’s also interesting to see what other cooks are doing with empanadas!
Susan Bewley says
January 7, 2017 at 10:14 pmThank you for the amazing recipe! 😀
Jeanna Massman says
January 8, 2017 at 8:32 pmThere are several recipes I’d like to try.
A. Roland says
January 8, 2017 at 8:52 pmI will definitely be adding these empanada recipes to my recipe box. Thank you for sharing these delectable recipes.
Danielle Porter says
January 9, 2017 at 9:22 pmI love empanadas! when I was in college there was a Mr. empanadas, but i’ve never thought of making them myself!
Brigid OHara Koshko says
January 10, 2017 at 8:32 amI love empanadas but have never tried to make them. You gave me so many ideas I can’t wait to start!
Kelly says
January 11, 2017 at 3:10 pmWe eat a lot of empanadas. My husband fills them with lots of different yummy things, but there are so many other things in the list that I am going to try. Thanks for the ideas.
Sue E says
January 13, 2017 at 9:14 amMy favorite foods are Italian and Mexican! Sometimes I find that a few of their recipes taste familiar. I have never made empanadas before, but my daughter has. She made a cheese pizza empanada recipe before. I don’t know where she got it from. I would like to try a couple though.
April Monty says
January 13, 2017 at 9:29 pmMy hubby is cape verdean and adores these ,can’t wait to make some of these for him to try .
rochelle haynes says
January 14, 2017 at 8:36 amLooks good like to try this
lisa says
January 14, 2017 at 12:34 pmI’ve never tried to make these. The corner store sells a spicy ground beef empanada that are really good.
desiree says
January 14, 2017 at 12:44 pmi like the recipe the thing you can put in freezer and then pop in micro wave
Mia says
January 14, 2017 at 5:39 pmSo many yummy recipes to choose from. These would make a great game day snack.
Courtney H says
January 14, 2017 at 6:40 pmThose look so good, haven’t made them in awhile, we use corned beef
Sara B Solida says
January 14, 2017 at 9:41 pmThese all sound so good! I love Mexican food.
Sandra McFadden says
January 15, 2017 at 1:09 amThank you for sharing. I have never made these but I am sure going to now.
Karen Beckett says
January 16, 2017 at 8:07 amI have never made Empanadas. I must give it a try one day!
Renee Rousseau says
January 16, 2017 at 3:16 pmI’ve never made or tried an empanada but after viewing and reviewing the recipes they are on my list of must try’s!!
June S. says
January 17, 2017 at 12:01 pm(20 Tasty Empanada Recipes) I have never tried empanadas yet, they sure do look good. Going to have to make some sometime.
Sarh S says
January 20, 2017 at 5:52 pmPizza empanadas! Genius! I’d also love to try the baked beef empanada!
Kimberly Flickinger says
January 27, 2017 at 2:24 pmI honestly have never had one, will definitely try these recipes.
Karen Dietrich says
February 15, 2017 at 4:15 pmI love empanadas but haven’t had one in years. Can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing.
Lynne B says
March 6, 2017 at 8:32 pmIs it bad that I want to eat them all? I’ve made empanadas before but I’m terrible at making the dough.
Terry Poage says
March 17, 2017 at 4:40 pmThese all look so good. I have never tried to make an Empanada before.
lisa says
April 17, 2017 at 1:22 pmThis sounds like a good basic recipe. You can pretty much add any filling that you like.
Edward says
May 13, 2017 at 1:56 amThese look so delicious. I really need to try these, thanks for sharing.
tammy says
August 11, 2017 at 12:19 pmThis recipe will be perfect for tonight. I can already smell it cooking! Im writing up the list of ingredients now.
tammy says
August 22, 2017 at 9:21 amIncredible! I cant wait to get started on this. My family can be hard to impress, but I have a feeling this meal will be met with amazement!
Sandra Caballero says
December 29, 2017 at 1:47 amI have tried to make empanadas but never came out good. I’m going to try these recipes. Hopefully I make them good this time.
Lauryn R says
September 20, 2018 at 7:22 pmI love empanadas but I had no idea that there was so many ways to make them! I have never tried making them before, but I can’t wait to try! Thank you so much for sharing these!
Deborah D says
September 23, 2018 at 2:06 amAll these recipes sound and look delicious! I don’t know which one to make first!