Langostino and Andouille sausage empanadas – Laylita's Recipes

Ingredients

• Homemade empanada dough for frying or baking or store bought empanada discs
• 2 tablespoons of butter or oil
• 1 medium white onion (diced)
• 1 green bell pepper (diced)
• 1 red bell pepper (diced)
• 2 celery stalks (finely diced)
• 2 teaspoons of smoked paprika
• ~1 tablespoon of Tabasco Garlic Pepper sauce or regular Tabasco (adjust to taste)
• 12 ounces of fully cooked Andouille sausages (diced (can use chorizo or any spicy sausage))
• 1 lb fully cooked crawfish or langostino (or shrimp, diced)
• 1-2 green onions or scallions (diced)
• 2 tablespoon of finely chopped cilantro
• Salt to taste
• Oil as needed
• 1 egg (whisked to be used as egg wash)
• ~1tsp of Tabasco sauce – optional (for a spicy glaze)
• Avocado cilantro dipping sauce