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Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

Published January 19, 2016 Last Updated February 4, 2018 By Courtney 2 Comments

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These Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day have been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #VivaLaMorena #CollectiveBias 

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day
Whenever I make anything that calls for Chipotle Peppers in Adobo sauce I go right for La Morena. I LOVE their Chipotle Peppers and it’s all I know. I’ve also used their Chipotle Pepper sauce, yum! It’s VERY spicy, so I love to use it as an ingredient, not on it’s own. I put it into main dishes often. My family loves the chipotle flavor, even our little one. When we make food for game day we always like to have a little heat. Typically we have rice and beans as well, but I really wanted to keep it a little more grab and go and I think we definitely achieved it! I love our spicy mayo sauce that whips in no time and tastes like it was cooked all day. Just drizzle it over when your guests arrive so they can see the cute football meatloaf before it has sauce! 😉 Guests love football shaped food!Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game DaySpicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game DayThe sauce is a beautiful orange color from the roasted red peppers and the chipotle pepper with adobo sauce. Since I made it for hubby and his friends I poured some of the adobo sauce and used a whole chili. For my myself and the kiddos I only used a half of a chipotle pepper. Trust me, a little bit goes a long way! The flavor is incredible and definitely concentrated into that tiny pepper! I love making a HUGE batch of this in the beginning of the week. You can use it on all sorts of things and trust me when I say it.. you’ll be making it more than once! Great for fries, burgers, meat loafs, nuggets and I even like it on chicken wings and my empanadas! SPICY SAUCE ON EVERYTHING!!!!!

Spicy Meatloaf

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs, perfect for game day!
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 130kcal
Author: Courtney

Ingredients

  • 1 La Morena Chipotle Pepper in Adobo sauce
  • 3/4 cup ketchup
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/3 cup bread crumbs
  • 1 tablespoon freeze dried onion
  • 1 teaspoon freeze dried garlic
  • 1 teaspoon parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 425 degrees
  • In a blender, blend the chipotle pepper, ketchup and mustard. (reserve a little for topping)
  • Add mixture to large bowl with beef, egg, bread crumbs, onion, garlic, parsley salt and pepper.
  • Shape meat into mini meatloaves and place onto a parchment lined cookie sheet.
  • Spread remaining ketchup mixture onto meatloaves.
  • Cook for 20 minutes, or until desired temperature.

Nutrition

Calories: 130kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 194mg | Potassium: 160mg | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 95IU | Vitamin C: 0.6mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg
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Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

 

Now truth right here.. I’ve never made a full blown beef empanada. I’ve made chicken and pork, but never beef. I have always seen the La Morena Pickled Jalapeno Peppers at Walmart so I picked them up with the Chipotles in Adobo.

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

I know some put capers or olives into their empanadas so I used some of the pickled jalapeno peppers juice for my empanadas. My family loves handheld foods so empanadas and mini football meatloaves were bound to be a hit. I saved the picked jalapenos for snacking with some hard boiled eggs and green olives.

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

 

 

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

Beef Empanadas

Tasty Beef Empanadas for Game Day
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Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Mexican
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 10
Calories: 43kcal
Author: Courtney

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound of lean ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
  • 1 tablespoon chili powder
  • 1 tablespoon cumin
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons freeze dried onion (use fresh if can't find)
  • 1/2 tablespoon freeze dried garlic (use fresh if can't find)
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon juice from La Morena Pickled Jalapenos
  • 1 14.5 oz can chopped tomatoes
  • empanada wrappers
  • oil for frying

Instructions

  • In a large skillet brown beef and discard fat.
  • Add <g class="gr_ gr_125 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Grammar only-del replaceWithoutSep" id="125" data-gr-id="125">in </g>the smoked paprika, chili powder, cumin. freeze dried onion, garlic, pickled jalapeno juice and chopped tomatoes.
  • Cook for five minutes for flavors to combine
  • Once the meat is fully cooked and cooked down <g class="gr_ gr_128 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins doubleReplace replaceWithoutSep" id="128" data-gr-id="128">place</g> into the empanada wraps and close.
  • Fry them for about 3-4 minutes or until nice and crispy.
  • Drain on paper towel and serve.

Nutrition

Calories: 43kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 14mg | Sodium: 332mg | Potassium: 191mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 405IU | Vitamin C: 4.1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 1.5mg
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We decorated our table using our favorite team’s colors and we even used purple cabbage for “garnish”. Now why did I put “” for garnish? Well that’s because it serves as a garnish and a side. Yes!! Scoop up that slaw and mix it with our spicy mayo sauce and enjoy!

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

Our guests loved everything and even enjoyed No Bake Cheesecakes that my daughter made earlier!

Spicy Meatloaf Footballs and Beef Empanadas for Game Day

I hope you enjoyed our recipes for game day! We’re thrilled to work with La Morena as we’re huge fans of their products. They over the highest quality products made in with the taste and style of Authentic Mexican at home. They have used traditional recipes for over 25 years and I’m so glad to be a customer of the leader in chiles and peppers!

 

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Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She married Chris in summer of 2008 and they had Sweet Baby summer of 2012. Now sweet baby has grown into quite the Mini Chef and has her own series called Mini Chef Mondays! Find recipes, product finds, and more on our blog!

Comments

  1. Susan says

    February 5, 2016 at 6:09 pm

    Your football meatloaf are so cute and perfect for the Super Bowl this weekend.

    Reply
    • Courtney Lopez says

      February 6, 2016 at 8:09 am

      thanks, Susan! 🙂

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