Some may assume that the crunchy—and sometimes soft—pouches of dough filled with hot stews of shredded beef, chicken, and vegetables, better known as empanadas, were initially born in Argentina.
And they aren’t entirely off, much like the spinning meat spit, better known as a trompo, which is said to have been brought by Lebanese immigrants to Mexico. Empanadas also have a debate about their origin. Who created it and where?
Some food and culture sites will tell you that the empanada first appeared in Argentina in the kitchens of immigrants from northern Spain. And that the first empanada looked more like a “larger, double-crusted pie cut into slices.”…