Traditional Fried Empanadas with Tomato–Avocado Sauce 🥟🔥🌎

Latin American–Mexican–Chilean inspired, with Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition

Empanada Filling 🥩🧅🧄

• 1 lb ground beef 🥩

• 1 small onion, finely chopped 🧅

• 2 cloves garlic, minced 🧄

• 1 tsp smoked paprika 🌶️

• 1 tsp cumin 🌿

• ½ tsp oregano 🌱

• Salt & pepper 🧂

• 1–2 tsp Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition 🔥🐕💥

• 2 hard-boiled eggs, chopped 🥚

• ¼ cup green olives, chopped 🫒

Dough & Frying 🫓🍳

• Empanada discs 🫓

• Oil for frying 🍳

Tomato–Avocado Sauce 🍅🥑🔥

• 2 ripe tomatoes, chopped 🍅

• 1 ripe avocado 🥑

• Juice of 1 lime 🍋

• 1 small garlic clove 🧄

• Salt 🧂

• ½–1 tsp Mad Dog 357 Gold Edition 🌶️🔥

Instructions 👨🍳✨

1. Sauté onion 🧅 until soft. Add garlic 🧄, beef 🥩, spices 🌿, salt 🧂, and pepper. Cook until browned. Stir in Gold Edition 🔥🐕, eggs 🥚, and olives 🫒. Let cool slightly ❄️.

2. Fill empanada discs 🫓, fold, seal, and crimp 🔒.

3. Fry at 350°F until golden and crispy 🥟✨. Drain on paper towels 🧻.

4. Blend sauce ingredients until smooth, creamy, and fiery 🍅🥑🔥.

Serve hot empanadas 🥟 with the fresh tomato–avocado sauce 🥑🍅 on the side. Crispy outside, savory inside, and finished with serious Mad Dog heat 🔥🐕🌎