Quick and easy low carb beef and chorizo empanadas. Your favorite Argentinian food is back on the table in a low carb and gluten free version
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I have been dreaming of these low carb empanadas for months. They make for a great quick and easy dinner recipe. To make these low carb and gluten free empanadas, I used a variation of fathead dough. There will likely be extra of the filling left over. It is great to eat on its own or to top with eggs and eat for breakfast. We used it to whip up a batch of egg muffins. These empanadas are amazing served with this Quick Balsamic Chimichurri Recipe
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Beef and Chorizo Low Carb Empanadas
- Yield: 12 empanadas 1x
Ingredients
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For the filling
- 8 ounces ground beef
- 8 ounces pork chorizo
- ½ cup diced onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 2 hardboiled eggs, chopped
- 3 green onions, chopped (white and green parts)
- 8 green olives, chopped
For the dough
- 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 3 tablespoons cream cheese
- ¾ cup almond flour (Get it here)
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (Get it here)
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
For the filling
- To a large skillet, add the ground beef, pork chorizo, onion, garlic, sea salt and pepper. Sauté over medium heat until the meat is cooked through. Drain excess grease and mix in tomato paste. Sauté for an additional 5 minutes.
- Transfer mixture to a bowl, mix in eggs, green onions and olives. Set aside.
For the dough
- In a large mixing bowl, combine mozzarella cheese and cream cheese. Microwave for 1 minute. Stir to combine and microwave 1 additional minute.
- Mix in almond flour, egg, garlic powder, onion powder, Italian seasoning, sea salt and black pepper. Mix until all ingredients are well combined.
Combining the two
- Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with a Silpat or parchment paper. Spread the dough out in a thin even layer across one of the sheets.
- Use the rim of a glass to cut circles into the dough. place the circles on the other baking sheet.
- Ball the dough up again, and repeat the process until you have 12 circles.
- Preheat oven to 425°
- Spoon some of the meat mixture onto each circle. Fold dough over the mound of meat and press the edges together. Use a fork to press the edges together.
- Bake for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
Per Serving - 2 Empanadas
Calories: 344 | Fat: 25 g | Protein: 26 g | Carbs: 7.5 net grams | Fiber: 1 g | Net Carbs: 6.5
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 2 empanadas
Sarah Garcia says
I have not made these yet but I'm getting ready to I'm just so excited because I love empanadas I put shrimp in mind it is so good. Then I make a salsa. So is that carb count just for the Empanada bread?
Erin swetlik says
What time of mozzarella cheese did you use? My was sadly very sticky but we made it work. Do you have a picture of the bag of cheese you used?
Michele renard says
I was so bummed, these just did not turn out well. I've made a similar dough before, like the 'fat head' and it worked well for previous recipes.
Something about this dough did not go right. It was very sticky, wet and unmanageable. Consistency was more like a clumpy batter than dough. There was no cutting the dough, it just mushed when I tried to cut shapes.
I didn't want to waste all the ingredients, so I par-baked the 'dough' and tried to cut shapes when it was firm. That sort of worked, except the dough was too thick and wouldn't fold well.
The taste was good and we loved the chimichurri sauce, but dang I was so mad about that dough!
I don't know what I did wrong!
KetoKitty says
And for a lot of us, 20 grams is what we aim for in a while day! ????
Peace Love and Low Carb says
Not sure where you were seeing 20g?? This recipe is 6.5 per serving for 2 empanadas.
Lorea says
Do you think these would freeze and reheat well?
Peace Love and Low Carb says
I haven't tried it. If you do, be sure to come back and let us know how it worked out. 🙂
Helaina says
I froze them and reheated from frozen. They were great!
Terry says
You could save alot of effort and just use a wonton wrapper. Granted it's only a few extra carbs but heck less than 20 for two.
Peace Love and Low Carb says
Two wontons would be really small for 20 carbs. Also, they are not gluten free. The empanadas are 6.5 carbs for two.
Carlie says
My dough was so very sticky I couldn't proces it. It wouldn't become dough. I used 3 whole mozzarella balls and shredded it myself. Any idea what I did wrong?
Peace Love and Low Carb says
There is likely too much moisture in the cheese that you used.
Deb says
I made these and have leftovers. How would you suggest re-heating? Oven versus microwave? Oven temp and how long /microwave heat setting and time? Thanks for your input 🙂
BTW I have made 4 of your recipes and they have been BIG hits with my husband.
You are AWSOME!!!
Susan says
Just made these and they were fantastic. I used my air fryer to cook them rather than baking!
Thank you!,
Peace Love and Low Carb says
Thanks so much for the kind words. So happy you liked them. I really need to look into getting an air fryer.
Teresa says
I tried this yesterday and it was delicious! However I had a very hard time getting the crust thin enough to work well and ended up with a lot more filling than crust. The flavors were great and my husband was impressed, but I need to get better with the "pastry"