Dumplings and Empanadas - Cook Along Event Ft. Tegan Faran
Dumpling Wrappers (or use [insert brand] wrappers!)
250g flour
125ml water
pinch of salt
Mix and rest covered for an hour. Knead and rest again. Finished dough should be the texture of an earlobe more or less. Form small balls and roll out with a wine bottle.
Brendon’s Spicy Dumps
½ pound ground pork (or turkey)
1 egg
½ c chopped cilantro
½ chopped chives or leeks (I use chives)
2 diced scallions
2 T minced ginger
1 T minced garlic
1 T soy sauce
1 T sriracha
1 T crushed red pepper flakes
1 T brown sugar
1 T rice vinegar
1 T sesame oil (bonus spice - use chili sesame oil!)
1 t MSG
1 t salt
½ t ground black pepper
Mix all ingredients and wrap. Boil for 5 minutes.
Teagan’s Roasted Veggie Dumplings
½ eggplant
1 red bell pepper
½ c mushrooms of choice
½ c edamame
2 T minced ginger
1 T garlic
1 T + 1 T sesame oil
1 T rice vinegar
1 T soy sauce
1 T flour
1 t salt
½ t black pepper
Drizzle chopped eggplant and red bell pepper in 1T sesame oil oven at 350 deg for 20 minutes (add bonus seasoning here as desired). Once cooled, mix all ingredients and wrap. Boil or steam for 5 minutes.
Dumpling Sauce
2 T soy sauce
1.5 t (chili) sesame oil
1 t rice vinegar
Empanada Wrappers (or use Goya wrappers! whoops nvm)
2 c flour
½ t salt
1 stick butter
1 egg
¼ c water
Mix and rest and mix and rest!
Empanadas Norteñas (Carne)
250g ground beef
½ yellow onion
¼ bell pepper
½ potato
1 egg
2 scallions
(¼ c chopped olives if you like them)
½ t each of salt, pepper, paprika, and oregano
Lemon wedges for serving
(sometimes I add some chorizo, but then my Kroger stopped selling chorizo)
Pan fry the beef, onion, and bell pepper until meat is cooked. Boil the potato and egg together. Chop all ingredients and mix, then wrap and bake at 375 deg for 20-25 minutes.
Empanadas de Verdura
5oz frozen spinach, thawed
½ c shredded white cheese
½ c bechamel (I use the “white queso” from the grocery store…)
1 t minced garlic
Mix ingredients and stuff your wrapper! Bake at 375 deg for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.
Chimichurri
2 T parsley
1 T oregano
1 T thyme
1 T paprika
1 t cayenne
1 t garlic powder
Vinegar of choice
Olive oil
Mix dry ingredients and add just enough vinegar to wet them. Let it rest for 20-30minutes and add in oil.
Timing it all! (this is mostly guessing on my part - feel free to edit or not pay attention to timings at all!)
0:00 - mix dumpling and empanada wrappers and leave to rest; preheat oven to 350.
0:20 - chop and roast vegetables for veggie dumplings
0:30 - put on water to boil empanada stuff and start chopping
0:40 - take out veggies and turn off the oven; leave to cool
0:45 - boil and pan fry meat empanada ingredients
0:55 - remove from heat and leave to cool before combining
1:00 - give doughs some love and chop all the things
1:30 - start assembling it all → roll out dough balls, stuff with fillings, wrap, and set aside
2:30 - put on water to boil dumplings
2:40 - put empanadas into oven and mix Chimichurri dry ingredients
2:50 - start boiling dumplings - five minutes per batch
3:00 - add oil to Chimichurri and mix dumpling sauce
3:05 - take (last batch of) dumplings out of pot to cool
3:10 - take empanadas out of the oven and plate it all!
3:15 - eat so much food
Shopping List
Kitchen tools needed
6 large mixing bowls
6 mixing spoons
Rolling pin (I use a wine bottle for better or for worse)
1 small saucepan
1 wok or frying pan
1 large pot
Your favorite knives
Cutting board
2 small bowls for sauces
2 small spoons for sauces
Plates and utensils for eating