Empanada is one of my favorite street food in Vigan, Just walk around and you will see empanada merienda everywhere. If in case you want to try cooking empanada for your friends…..
Below are the ingredients and easy-to-follow steps.
Ingredients:
(For casing): rice flour, egg or longganisa, orange food color, water, oil (for greasing), oil (for frying)
(For filling): grated green papaya (blanched & squeezed with salt to extract bitter taste), parboiled mongo, salt, ground pepper (optional), monosodium glutamate (MSG), garlic, vinegar-chili dip
Procedure:
1. Using the basic piecrust preparation technique, prepare the rice-flour wrapper
2. For the filling, sauté garlic in small amount of oil.
3. Add grated papaya, cooked and shelled mongo, salt, pepper, and monosodium glutamate to enhance taste.
4. Cook until done. Set aside.
5. Spoon out 2-3 tablespoon filling and add a piece of fresh egg or longganisa into prepared rice flour wrappers.
6. Seal the sides. Deep fry in a preheated frying pan with oil for 10-15 minutes.
Serve hot with vinegar-chili dip.


on May 27th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I am so grateful for the recipe for the Vigan empanada. It has been 8 years since I have first tried it during a visit to Vigan for my graduating class seminar.
Its taste has been long awaited for.
on Jun 14th, 2007 at 11:43 am
I can’t wait to try it. Any chance of getting the recipe for babinka (not sure of the spelling) - the place right next to the stalls that sell this. It was the most delicious thing I ever tasted!
on Jul 23rd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
nagimas ti mangan ti Vigan Empanada.
on Aug 13th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
I love your vigan langonisa. Can you give me the contact nos. of the vigan langonisa
Many thanks
on Feb 27th, 2008 at 5:07 am
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