Green plantain empanadas with cheese - Laylita's Recipes

Name: Green plantain empanadas with cheese - Laylita's Recipes
Total time: 65 min
Ingredients: 4 green plantains; 1 egg – optional (can use some of the cooking water from the plantains instead of the egg); 2 tablespoons of butter (room temperature – or oil); ~ 1 teaspoon of salt; 1 cup of grated or crumbled cheese (can use quesillo, queso fresco, or mozzarella); 1/3 cup finely diced white onion or scallions; Oil for frying; Aji criollo hot sauce; Tamarillo or tree tomato aji hot sauce; Cebollas encurtidas or pickled red onions

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Green plantain empanadas with cheese, or Ecuadorian empanadas de verde con queso, are gluten free empanadas made using a green plantain dough and filled with ch

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Ingredients

4 green plantains
1 egg – optional (can use some of the cooking water from the plantains instead of the egg)
2 tablespoons of butter (room temperature – or oil)
~ 1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of grated or crumbled cheese (can use quesillo, queso fresco, or mozzarella)
1/3 cup finely diced white onion or scallions
Oil for frying
Aji criollo hot sauce
Tamarillo or tree tomato aji hot sauce
Cebollas encurtidas or pickled red onions

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