Sweet Plantain Empanadas
Empanadas de Plátano Maduro
Sweet plantain dough stuffed with extra lean beef seasoned with Loisa sofrito and adobo, plus melty mozzarella, cooked in the Ninja air fryer instead of a pot of oil.
Serves
4
Prep
25 min
Cook
35 min
Total
1 hr
Nutrition per serving
Calories
470
Protein
30g
Carbs
52g
Fat
13g
Estimated from the ingredients listed.
Why it's lighter
- 96% lean ground beef instead of regular ground beef
- Cooked in the Ninja air fryer at 390°F instead of deep fried
- Naturally sweet ripe plantains for the dough, no flour
- Organic Loisa seasonings instead of packets loaded with fillers
Ingredients
- 3ripe sweet plantains (the blacker the better)
- 3 tbspcornstarch
- 1 lb96% lean ground beef
- 1bouillon cube
- 1/2onion, diced
- 1/2bell pepper, diced (we used green and red)
- 2garlic cloves, minced in the pilón
- 1 tbspbutter for the pan
- 2 tbspLoisa Classic Sofrito
- 1 tspLoisa Organic Adobo
- 1 tbsptomato paste
- 1 cupshredded mozzarella
- lime and cilantro to finish
Steps
- 1
Cut the plantains into chunks with your Ninja knife and boil them in a Ninja pot until soft, about 15 to 20 minutes, then drain.
- 2
Dice the onion and peppers and mash the garlic in the pilón.
- 3
Melt the butter in a Ninja pan, sauté the garlic, then stir in the Loisa sofrito and tomato paste.
- 4
Add the peppers and onion and cook until soft.
- 5
Add the ground beef, bouillon and Loisa adobo and cook until browned.
- 6
Mash the plantains with the cornstarch into a smooth dough.
- 7
Roll a ball of dough flat between parchment paper.
- 8
Add a spoon of beef and a handful of mozzarella, fold over and seal the edges.
- 9
Brush the tops and air fry in the Ninja air fryer at 390°F until golden brown.
- 10
Finish with cilantro and a squeeze of lime. Buen provecho!
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