Recipe: Delicious Guatemalan Empanadas/Dobladas

Guatemalan Empanadas/Dobladas.

You can cook Guatemalan Empanadas/Dobladas using 14 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Guatemalan Empanadas/Dobladas

1. It's 3 cup of Corn flour such as Maseca.
2. Prepare 1 cup of warm water as needed..
3. It's 2 tsp of goya adobo seasoning.
4. You need 1 small of onion.
5. You need 1 small of roma tomato.
6. It's 1 1/2 cup of mozzeralla cheese ( shredded ).
7. You need 1/2 cup of queso fresco.
8. It's 1 of oil as needed for frying..
9. Prepare 1 of salt as needed.
10. You need 1/2 dozen of fresh radishes, sliced.
11. Prepare 1/2 head of lettuce, shredded.
12. You need 1/2 small of red onion, sliced.
13. It's 1 of fresh salsa as needed.
14. You need 1 of sour cream as needed.

Guatemalan Empanadas/Dobladas instructions

1. Prepare masa( dough ) as said on package,( with warm water ) add goya adobo seasoning,and a pinch of salt. Cover and set aside..
2. In a small frying pan on meduim heat add a teaspoon of oil. Finely chop onion and add to pan to brown..
3. Once onions have browned add the tomatoes ( finely chopped h and cook untill tomato is done. Remove from heat . Set aside to cool..
4. In a meduim bowl combine cheeses and start to knead untill cheese becomes soft and dough like( you may have to add a little hot water to make it softer).
5. Combine onion/tomatoes mixture with cheese. Add salt to taste..
6. Put enough oil to fry ...about two inches deep in a frying pan on medium heat..
7. While oil is heating prepare empanadas to fry..
8. Using a tortilla press lined with plastic take some of the masa and form a one inch ball in your palms. Place on the tortilla press and flatten it out..
9. Add a small amount of the cheese mixture ( about a tablespoon ) to the flattend disk..
10. Using the plastic fold the dough over to make the empanada.... seal edges with a fork. Add to hott oil and fry untill golden on both sides. Carfully remove empanada and place on a paper towel to soak up access oil..
11. Serve with a salad of shreeded lettuce,radish,and thinly sliced onion. Top with salsa and sour cream to taste.
12. NOTE: if you are not comfortable making the masa dough yourself, they sell frozen premade ones made by goya, if you cant find them you may use eggroll wrappers..