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For fifty years, Sergio’s in Miami has been the home of Cuban comfort food — built on the recipes of two women who cooked from memory and fed a community. This hand-folded empanada sampler features ropa vieja, vaca frita, and carne with sweet plantain, each sealed inside a golden, flaky crust that shatters at the first bite. Featured on the Cooking Channel’s Cheap Eats, these empanadas carry the soul of three generations in every golden fold.
This package includes 15 hand-folded empanadas
- Each empanada measures approx. 5.5" and weighs approx. 3.3 oz.
Flavors Include
- 5 Beef & Sweet Plantain
- 5 Ropa Vieja
- 5 Vaca Frita
- Items ship frozen with ice packs, may thaw in transit.
- If items arrive partially thawed but are still cool to the touch, that’s normal for frozen shipping; simply freeze or refrigerate right away.
- Upon arrival, place all items in the freezer until ready to prepare.
- For best quality and safety, keep frozen for up to 1 month.
To Serve
- Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
- Remove frozen empanadas from freezer.
- Place on a greased, parchment-lined baking sheet.
- Brush tops evenly with egg wash.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes, or until lightly golden brown.
- Let sit for 2-3 minutes before serving.
- Beef & Plantains Empanadas – Filling: Ground Beef, Onions, Whole Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, Bell Peppers, Cooking Wine, Red Pepper, Olives, Soybean Oil, Garlic, Complete Seasoning, Salt, Spices, Sazon Tropical With Coriander And Annatto, Plantains. Dough: Wheat Flour, Water, Margarine (Refined Tallow Fat, Water, Emulsifier (Mono & Diglycerides), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, BHT)), Salt, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate), Acidulant (Citric Acid). Egg Wash Applied. Contains: Soy, Wheat (Gluten), Eggs.
- Shredded Beef In Sauce Empanadas – Filling: Cooked Beef (Beef, Water, Onions, Bell Peppers, Salt, Complete Seasoning), Whole Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce, Onions, Bell Peppers, Cooking Wine, Red Pepper, Soybean Oil, Iodized Salt, Garlic, Complete Seasoning, Spices, Sazon Tropical With Coriander And Annatto. Dough: Wheat Flour, Water, Margarine (Refined Tallow Fat, Water, Emulsifier (Mono & Diglycerides), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, BHT)), Salt, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate), Acidulant (Citric Acid). Egg Wash Applied. Contains: Soy, Wheat (Gluten), Eggs.
- Shredded Beef & Cheese Empanadas – Filling: Cooked Beef (Beef, Water, Onions, Bell Peppers, Salt, Complete Seasoning), Mozzarella Cheese, Onions, Sweet Orange Juice, Margarine, Garlic Sauce, Lime Juice, Iodized Salt, Spices, Beef Broth, Spanish Marinating Sauce, Iodized Salt. Dough: Wheat Flour, Water, Margarine (Refined Tallow Fat, Water, Emulsifier (Mono & Diglycerides), Preservatives (Potassium Sorbate, BHT)), Salt, Preservatives (Calcium Propionate And Potassium Sorbate), Acidulant (Citric Acid). Egg Wash Applied. Contains: Soy, Milk (Dairy), Wheat (Gluten), Eggs.
Miami's Legendary Cuban Kitchen Since 1975
From Emeril Lagasse's Cooking Channel to an official holiday on the South Florida calendar, the croqueta empire built by two Cuban women has collected honors most restaurants only dream about.
On TV: Cooking Channel's Emeril's Florida (Emeril Lagasse), Cooking Channel's Cheap Eats (Ali Khan), Fox News and Fox Business (including Neil Cavuto), MSNBC, BBC
Awards & Honors: Key to the City as an iconic Cuban restaurant brand in Miami, voted Best Cuban Restaurant in Miami, Small Business of the Year for Main Street (2021), written into the Congressional Record, home of the World's Longest Croqueta
On Film: Subject of Croqueta Nation, the award-winning documentary executive produced by Emilio Estefan, featuring WWE's Dana Brooke and SNL's Marcello Hernandez
Community: South Florida's official Croqueta Day, recognizing more than 20 million croquetas sold, and a family that includes the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Board of the National Restaurant Association
In Miami, the croqueta has a holiday. Sergio's is why.
Miami's Legendary Cuban Kitchen Since 1975
Fifty years into a Miami love affair, Sergio's Cuban American Kitchen is the institution behind croquetas so beloved that Miami-Dade and Broward celebrate an official Croqueta Day. It started with two Cuban women: grandmother Maria Elsa, who left Cuba with her recipes, and daughter Blanca, who bought a 1975 sandwich shop in the 1980s to get her mother out of factory work and cook the food they remembered from home.
Grandson Carlos Gazitua now runs the business, which has sold over 20 million croquetas and built the six-foot showstopper at the heart of the documentary Croqueta Nation, executive produced by Emilio Estefan. Ropa vieja, Cuban sandwiches, empanadas, and guava pastries, cooked from the family recipes, are shipped nationwide on Goldbelly.
