Keto Empanada Dough Recipe

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These keto empanadas are a perfect low carb snack or meal. A cheesy, flaky keto crust folded around savory seasoned ground beef and sautéed veggies, then baked to perfection. Even the carb-eaters in your family will love these low carb empanadas!

Shredded Mozzarella Cheese – Keto pro-tip: use a fresh mozzarella and grate it/shred it yourself. The prepackaged stuff is convenient, but they usually contain fillers and anti-caking agents to prevent clumping. The downside to those add-ins? Unnecessary carbs.

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Almond Flour – We haven’t tested this recipe with any other low carb flours, so we can’t recommend any substitutions here. If you try any, let us know how it goes!

Mexican Keto Empanadas

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Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 empanada using the ingredients listed. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

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Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used.

To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed. Weigh the finished recipe, then divide the weight of the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) by the desired number of servings. Result will be the weight of one serving.As someone who's had her fair share of the real thing, I can tell you that they taste amazing and are surprisingly close to real empanadas!

Keto Beef Empanadas Recipe (no Fathead, Zero Carbs Dough)

I started making this recipe after we visited Buenos Aires. Needless to say, while in Argentina, we enjoyed lots of great steaks and lots of deep-fried empanadas!

Upon returning home, I just had to make them. But I wanted to bake rather than fry them, and I wanted them to be low-carb.

These keto empanadas are so good! I make them for my family once a month. It's one of my favorite ways to use ground beef (this Korean ground beef recipe is also very good).

How To Make Gluten Free Empanada Dough

Here's an overview of the ingredients you'll need to make these keto empanadas. The exact measurements are listed in the recipe card below.

One option is to place a heaping tablespoon of the beef mixture in the center of one circle. Then top it with another circle and pinch the edges closed.

The second option is to place a heaping tablespoon of the beef mixture on one half of each circle, leaving a ½-inch border. Then fold the dough over to make a half-circle and pinch the edges closed.

Keto Empanadas Recipe

The second option is tastier, in my opinion, because the ratio of filling to dough is better. It also produces more of the pastries (albeit smaller ones).

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The drawback to this option is that since Fathead dough is more fragile than wheat dough, the circles tend to form small tears when you stretch them over the filling to make a half-circle.

However, this is not really an issue, because (a) you'll likely have additional scraps of dough and can patch the tears, and (b) as they bake, the dough puffs up, and everything comes together beautifully - no spills.

Suuuper Flaky!) Gluten Free & Keto Empanadas

Traditionally, the edges of empanadas are crimped with a fork to make a pretty pattern. But I find that the keto dough is a bit too sticky for that. So I skip this step.

In Argentina, they were almost always filled with a seasoned mixture of ground beef, and that's how I make them too - I use onion, garlic, ground beef, and spices. It's a delicious, very flavorful filling that's great all on its own if you happen to have leftovers.

Every time I work with this dough I'm amazed at how it comes together as a real dough (albeit more sticky and harder to work with).

Baked Keto Empanadas

I am especially impressed with how well it bakes, puffed and golden and tender and so very tasty! It's a miracle keto dough.

But sometimes I serve them as a main course, and then I serve three per person accompanied by an easy salad such as arugula salad, tomato salad, or cucumber salad.

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Empanadas are best when enjoyed freshly baked. But you can keep the leftovers in the fridge, in an airtight container, for up to 4 days.

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Traditionally, the edges are crimped with a fork to make a pretty pattern. But I find that the keto dough is a bit too sticky for that. So I skip this step.

Empanadas are best when enjoyed freshly baked. But you can keep the leftovers in the fridge, in an airtight container, for up to 4 days. Reheat them gently, covered, in the microwave at 50% power. You can also freeze them for up to 3 months.

Keto Empanadas Recipe (chewy & Crispy!)

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Vered DeLeeuw, LL.M., CNC, has been following a low-carb real-food diet and blogging about it since 2011. She's a Certified Nutrition Coach (NASM-CNC), has taken courses at the Harvard School of Public Health, and has earned a Nutrition and Healthy Living Certificate from Cornell University. Her work has appeared in several major media outlets, including Healthline, HuffPost, Today, Women's Health, Shape, and Country Living. Click to learn more about Vered.How to Make Empanadas: These Ground Beef Empanadas are made with a ketogenic and low carb fathead dough then filled with flavorful ground beef.

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Keto Empanadas (with My Flaky Pie Crust!)

Speaking of warming your soul, these Ground Beef Empanadas are definitely one of my favorite keto recipes. It’s really easy to make and so delicious plus super versatile because you can make all different kinds of flavor combinations.

I’ve made Buffalo Chicken Empanadas before and obviously they’re delicious but ground beef is probably my personal favorite (at least so far!). So long as you make the meat flavorful, your empanadas are going to be delicious.

These also freeze and re-heat really well. I’ve even taken them camping (empanadas in the woods, incredible). Put them in a gallon sized storage bag and freeze them then when you’re ready to eat, take one out and put it in a pan or in the oven until warm. You could also use the microwave but I like the way it cooks in a pan or oven better. If you’re worried about the empanadas sticking together while freezing, lay them out individually on a cooking sheet then put it in the freezer and let them freeze partially, then transfer them to the bag.

Keto Cheesy Beef Empanadas

If the dough is too sticky to work with, you can do a couple things to help: add a little more Almond Flour to the dough, put the dough in the fridge or freezer for 15 minutes before working with it or rub some olive oil onto your hands.

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It’s really important to use Almond Flour instead of Almond Meal. Almond Meal will cause the dough to be kind of crumbly

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