Pulled Pork with Mango Barbeque Sauce Empanadas
Author: sprinkles and sauce and joyfulhealthyeats.com
Recipe type: Appetizer
Serves: 8-10
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 2 kg boneless pork shoulder
- 355 ml can of ginger ale
- 2 mango pits
- 8-10 store bought empanada wrappers
- ½ red onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and diced
- 2 T. of olive oil
- 15 oz. can of tomato sauce
- ½ cup plus 2 tablespoons of brown sugar
- ¼ cup of apple cider vinegar
- 1-2 tablespoons of chili paste or sambal oelek
- In a slow cooker, add your pork shoulder, onion and mango pits and pour the ginger ale on top.
- Cook for about 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.
- When the pork is fork tender, take it out of the slow cooker and shred the meat with two forks.
- Season it with salt and pepper.
- Put olive oil in a large skillet at medium high heat, toss in the red onion, garlic cloves, and mango.
- Saute until mango is slightly browned and onions are translucent, about 4-5 minutes.
- Add tomato sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, chili paste and salt and pepper.
- Bring to a soft boil.
- Put all ingredients in a blender or use a handheld blender and blend until smooth.
- In a large bowl, combine your shredded pork with the mango barbeque sauce.
- Spoon a bit of the filling on one side of your empanada wrapper.
- Fold the other half of the wrapper over your filling.
- Using a fork, press down on the edge of your wrapper to make sure it's completely sealed.
- Using a fork, poke holes on top of your empanada to let steam out when you're baking them.
- Repeat until you've used up all your wrappers and filling.
- To bake empanadas, preheat your oven to 375F.
- Whisk an egg in a small bowl.
- Arrange the empanadas on a non stick sheet pan or a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Brush the top of each empanada with the egg wash.
- Bake for about 15 minutes until golden brown.
- Increase the baking time if baking from frozen.
Recipe by sprinkles and sauce at https://sprinklesandsauce.com/pulled-pork-with-mango-barbeque-sauce-empanadas/
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