The Argentinian Empanadas

Although we know the empanadas were actually inspired by older european recipes, we could say Argentina is the motherland of the empanadas in latin America! The empanadas are very popular throughout latin America including Mexico, but it is in this country that people first started making them and have since perfected making empanadas to an art! There are litterally dozens of recipes to make empanadas... as we will see in this section of the site.

First there are the basic recipes, then you will quickly notice the local recipes from each province, as many provinces are proud to have their own unique way to make their empanadas; it is up to you to decide which is your favorite empanada recipe!

Generic Recipes for Empanadas:

Making Galician empanadas

Onions and cheese empanadas

Argentinian Fried Meat Empanadas


Local Traditional Empanadas from Argentinian Provinces:

Empanadas Catamarqueñas

Empanadas Entrerrianas

Empanadas Mendocinas

Empanadas Tucumanas