What Empanada means
Empanada is a Mexican antojito name of Spanish origin meaning "wrapped in dough". It comes from Spanish empanar (to coat in bread or dough) + -ada. It is pronounced em-pah-NAH-dah, and it is most associated with the whole country.
A Spanish word and a Spanish form that arrived with the colony. In Mexico the shell may be wheat pastry or corn masa depending on the state.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Antojito means "little craving". These are the masa-based street foods named for their shape more often than their filling: a sope is a small mound, a huarache is a sandal, a gordita is a fat little one, a tlacoyo is an oval patty.
