Empanada: Spanish for Super Bowl Snack

I love football, and I love food, so this is kind of a special week for me. I’ve written about clam chowder for those cooking for the big game, and New York-style pizza and Boston cream pie for those picking something up.

But just because New York and New England are playing doesn’t mean you have to eat their food. I stumbled upon this video, which combines my two favorite cooking show chefs, the PBS icons Christopher Kimball of “America’s Test Kitchen,” and Oklahoma City-native Rick Bayless of “Mexico: One Plate a Time.” Rick is showing Christopher how to make Mexican-style picadillo-stuffed empanadas. For me, this video was watching my two favorite teams play in the Super Bowl and share the Lombardi Trophy over Mexican Food at the end.

The recipe for these Minced Pork Empanadas is super simple, and I have no doubt the result is a game-winner. Check out the video, it’s the cooking show equivalent of Ron Swanson and Dwight Shrute stealing the same scene.