How to Use empanada in a Sentence

empanada

noun
  • Once those empanadas are baked and cooled, stash them away on the baking sheet in the fridge.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Rosario chewed on his empanada.
    — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 18 June 2026
  • Grab a cheap but tasty empanada and a 1-euro fresh fruit juice.
    — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2019
  • Tacos will be priced at three for $16; empanadas will be two for $14.
    — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The empanadas are great and the desserts are amazing (almost all are filled with dulce de leche).
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Soup dumplings, shrimp dumplings, and bok choy are staples in my dim sum order and for empanadas?
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • In the case of Titi’s corn empanadas, looks were not deceiving.
    — Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 24 July 2024
  • Top the empanada filling with your choice of cheese, if using.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • There was also a dessert table and plenty of late-night snacks like empanadas to go around.
    — Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 7 July 2024
  • See step-by-step instructions here and get the chicken empanadas recipe here.
    — Elyssa Goldberg, Bon Appetit, 6 June 2018
  • See step-by-step instructions here and get the chicken empanadas recipe here.
    — Gaby Melian, Bon Appetit, 16 Feb. 2017
  • Lay out the empanada shells, fill with them with 2 tablespoons of the ground beef.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Pair your empanada of choice with a bottle of Rubia craft beer.
    — Megan Wood, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2021
  • Some people don't know what an empanada is by looking at it, but people like them.
    — Kristine M. Kierzek, Journal Sentinel, 7 July 2022
  • Spend the day seeing the sights and devouring plenty of empanadas along the way.
    — Food Drink Life, Orlando Sentinel, 27 June 2024
  • Sign up for the free newsletter here and never miss a face-sized empanada again.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • As this is Texas, of course, the best-seller is a brisket empanada with onions, cheese and chilies.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 21 May 2021
  • The empanada restaurant has not yet reopened its doors to dine-in customers.
    — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2020
  • At the bend of a river, the crowds were met by a man holding a platter of homemade empanadas for sale.
    — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
  • It was quickly followed by flaky empanadas with tuna and short ribs, the short ribs were my favorite.
    — Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Here are our favorites in cities around the Bay, bakeshops and restaurants that make their own empanadas from scratch.
    — Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • When dough has rested and filling is cooled, assemble and cook empanadas.
    — Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
  • These hand pies will be larger than the puff pastry version, closer in size to an empanada.
    — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 14 Oct. 2020
  • That line would give way to the Cronut line, the ramen line, the poke line and now the line starting over there by the empanada stand.
    — Kim Severson, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2016
  • Even a simple guava empanada dazzles with the freshness of its fruit and proves a good foil for a cup of thick hot chocolate.
    — Gary Shteyngart, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Dec. 2022
  • An icon of 2000s, the empanada is filled with warm apple pieces and a creamy caramel filling.
    — Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Soon those trucks will be joined by sandwich, empanada and coffee shops, as well as a big fitness center to burn off the calories.
    — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • Start with a Chamorro empanada ($8 for two), which comes with either mushrooms or beef.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The menu starts with croquetas or a beef empanada followed by a little gem salad or roasted beets with cheese.
    — Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In Buenos Aires, Melian would often come home from school and eat a leftover empanada.
    — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2022

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