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Empanadas de Cazón — traditional dish from Margarita Island, Venezuela
Snack Fish & Seafood

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Nutritional Values

🔥600kcal
💪24gProtein
🌾50gCarbs
🥑30gFat
🌿6gFibre
⚖️200 gServing

* Per serving · 200 g. May vary.

Allergens

🌾 Gluten 🐟 Fish

Empanadas de Cazón

How to order / say it
Say it Empanadas de Cazón — [em-pah-na-das de ka-zon]
Order I'll have the Empanadas de Cazón.
Locally Quisiera las Empanadas de Cazón.
Say locally

Fried turnovers filled with seasoned shark meat.

Why try it?

This dish embodies the island’s connection to the sea and its ability to transform simple ingredients into fulfilling meals. It’s a taste of local marine life.

How it tastes

Crispy outer shell encasing a savory, mildly spiced shark filling. Bursting with seafood flavor, aromatic with hints of garlic and herbs.

Origin & History — first documented: 1905

Introduced in the early 20th century, these empanadas became a staple due to the island’s rich fishing culture, utilizing abundant local shark as the main ingredient.

Recipe

Ingredients

  • 🐟 200 g shark meat
  • 🧄 100 g onion
  • 🥕 100 g bell pepper
  • 🌾 250 g corn flour
  • 🫒 500 ml oil for frying
  • 🧄 2 cloves garlic

Method

  1. 1 Sauté onion, bell pepper, and garlic until soft.
  2. 2 Add shark meat to the mixture and cook until done.
  3. 3 Prepare dough with corn flour and water.
  4. 4 Fill dough rounds with shark mixture and seal.
  5. 5 Fry until golden brown and crisp.
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