I don't often find fish recipes that I like, but this one is easy to make, quick, tasty, and different. You can adjust the seasonings in the filling to suit your mood. These are small empanadas, so I usually double the recipe to feed me and three hungry boys. From What's Cooking.
Provided by Pinay0618
Categories Tilapia
Time 50m
Yield 10 empanadas
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Boil fish filets with a bit of salt until tender.
- In a saucepan sauté onion and garlic. Add fish and stir constantly. Fish should be tender enough so it falls easily apart.
- Add olives, tomatoes, parsley, and limejuice. Adjust seasoning to taste.
- Cook for 10 minutes and refrigerate.
- In the meantime, roll pastry dough out and cut circles with a cookie cutter or a round plastic container.
- When the filling is cool start making the empanadas.
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F (175°C)
- Brush some egg yolk in half of the edge of one of the circles with a pastry brush.
- Put a spoonful of filling in the middle of the circle and fold it in half; bringing it together the edge with egg yolk over the opposite edge.
- With a fork seal the empanada, brush some more egg yolk on top for coloring and sprinkle with coconut flakes.
- Place over greased cookie sheet.
- Repeat operation with the rest of the circles.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the edges start to turn golden brown. Cool before serving.
- For the rice:.
- Fry rice in butter until it starts turning golden, add coconut water and corn with the liquid it comes inches Season to taste. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low and cover. Cook for 15-20 minutes or until rice is tender and has absorbed the liquids.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 584.9, Fat 29.6, SaturatedFat 9.6, Cholesterol 72.7, Sodium 340.7, Carbohydrate 63.9, Fiber 2.7, Sugar 4, Protein 17.2
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