Empanadas (NFL Championship Game)

• 1 lb venison or beef ground meat
• 1/2 lb ground pork
• 1/2 lb bacon
• 2 long hot peppers
• 1 onion
• 6 clove garlic
• 2 packages sazon
• 2 tbsp sofrito (tomato cooking base)
• 2 tbsp recaito (cilantro cooking base)
• 1 salt & pepper
• 1 packages empanada shells

1. Chop up the bacon & cook in pan (not crisp) & remove bacon & set aside
2. Leave bacon fat in & cook the ground venison or beef & the ground pork & set aside leaving grease in the pan
3. Dice peppers, onions & garlic & cook in the meat fat.
4. Add all the meat back in with the sazon, sofrito & recaito & cook for a minute & salt & pepper for taste.
5. Fill the empanada shell in the middle with just enough room to fold over the edges & pinch
6. Fry empanadas in 350 canola oil for 3 minutes on each side.

ground meat, ground pork, bacon, long hot peppers, onion, clove garlic, sazon, tomato cooking base, recaito, salt, empanada shells

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/357987-empanadas-nfl-championship-game (may not work)