CAJUN HAND PIES – The Southern Lady Cooks

If you love hand pies, this is a great one to add to the list! Filled with hamburger, sausage and seasonings!

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE

We love hand pies and this one is a true winner! The flaky crust with the meat mixture just really goes together. We didn’t feel these needed to be dipped in anything but a little hot sauce is a great addition! You can also make the sauce in this recipe if you want to add one. It would go great!

SWAPS

You could switch out the ground beef for ground turkey if you needed to, but if you do I would add more seasonings to give the turkey a better flavor. You could also just use onion powder if you need instead of onions. We love to make this pie crust, but if you are short on time, you can always just buy a premade roll-out pie crust for a great shortcut.

⭐TIP

You can make the circle for the pies any size you like. Want a bigger hand pie, use a larger circle, want to make these more like an appetizer, use a smaller one!

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Cajun Hand Pies

Judy Yeager

The crust and the meat mixture just really goes together. These can be a main dish or an appetizer.

Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Appetizer, Main Course

Cuisine American

Ingredients for pie filling:

• 1/2 pound ground beef
• 1/2 pound pork sausage
• 1/4 cup onions chopped
• 1/4 cup sweet green pepper chopped
• 1/4 cup celery chopped
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic or 1 clove fresh garlic chopped
• 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning I used our recipe
• 2 teaspoons flour

Dough Ingredients for making homemade pie crust:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cold shortening we use Crisco
• 3/4 cup ice water

Egg Wash Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon of milk

• Combine beef, sausage, onions, green pepper, celery in a skillet on top of the stove. Sprinkle on garlic, Cajun seasoning and flour.

• Brown all ingredients, remove skillet and let mixture cool.

• Make your dough for pies using recipe below or you can use 2 store bought 9 inch pie crusts. Add a couple tablespoons of the meat mixture to each round of dough. Fold over and crimp together with a fork.

• You can brush each pie with an egg wash but this is optional. Spray a baking sheet and bake in a preheated 400 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes until brown.

• Makes 8 to 10 pies depending on size you make them.

Pie Crust Instructions

• Cut shortening into flour until resembles coarse crumbs. Add ice water into the flour mixture and stir together until you can form into a ball in the bowl. Refrigerate dough uncovered for 30 minutes. Remove and roll out to about 1/8 inch thick. Use a bowl, saucer or whatever you have to place on dough and cut out about 6 inch rounds.

You can fry these in oil about 3 minutes on each side with an oil temperature of 350 degrees. They can also be frozen before or after cooking.

Keyword Cajun Hand Pies, Meat Hand Pies

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