Cooked by Julie

Passionate About Food

  • Contact
  • Recipe Index
    • appetizers
    • Bread
    • breakfast
    • Cakes & Brownies
    • Cuban Recipes
    • Cupcakes
    • desserts
    • Holiday Recipes
    • Keto
    • Low Carb Recipes
    • Main Entrees
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches & Sliders
    • sides
    • Soups
    • Vegetables
  • About
  • Food Blogging Resources
  • Privacy Policy

Jamaican Beef Patties

appetizers, delish

Easy Jamaican beef patty recipe made from scratch! Flaky crust filled with a delicious seasoned ground beef filling.

Jamaican Beef Patties from Cooked by Julie

Jamaican Beef Patties can be hard to find when you’re out and about but they are very easy to make. These sort of remind me of these homemade empanadas but with a little more spice and flavor. The spices give it a unique taste and pack it full of flavor. This dough recipe is easy to make and even if you aren’t a baker, it’s straightforward and simple, and well worth the effort to make these hand pies.

The first time I tried Jamaican beef patties was at a fried chicken place in NYC. They weren’t good. I went a couple years claiming I didn’t like Jamaican beef patties until I went to a Jamaican restaurant and had the most amazing Jamaican beef patties!

I make these all the time now because they’re so good and like I said, not easy to find. Not good ones at least. Hopefully, you’ll give this recipe a try and enjoy them as much as I do.

Don’t let the dough part intimidate you if you’ve never made the dough from scratch before it is literally the easiest dough to make.

The Basic ingredients to make a flavorful dough.

Of course, we’re making the dough from scratch!

Close up shot of the wet and dry ingredients in a food processor.

All purpose flour, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, curry powder, turmeric, and water is all you need for the dough.

You can see the spices blended well in the dough.

The dough should be slightly sticky and soft. Place in the fridge for 20 minutes

 

The ground beef and the veggies used to flavor the filling are pictured here. Gather them all up!

These are the ingredients you’ll need for the filling

Cut out the hand pie shapes

I used a yogurt container top to shape these, you may use a bowl 🙂

Place the filling directly in the middle.

You may add cheese at this point if you’d like

Cheese is optional at this stage. Crimp and seal.

Brush these with egg yolk and then bake for 25-30 minutes

Add the egg wash to give it that fresh baked shine

How to make Jamaican beef patty

The first thing you want to do is prepare the dough, Place all of the ingredients except the water into a food processor and mix it while you pour the water through the feed tube. Wrap the dough with plastic and refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Cook the beef, onions, peppers, and garlic in a large skillet. When the beef has browned, add the paprika, curry powder, thyme, granulated onion, granulated garlic, chicken stock, bread crumbs, soy sauce, salt, and pepper. Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface and cut out 5-inch rounds

Add about 2 tbsp of the beef filling to each round and fold. Brush the patties with some egg yolk and then bake for 25 minutes.

Finished product! These are flaking and the filling is moist and tender

Print

Jamaican Beef Patties

Jamaican beef patties in a basket and a white plate

★★★★★

4.5 from 2 reviews

Easy Jamaican beef patties with a homemade flaky crust and delicious beef filling.

  • Author: Julie
  • Prep Time: 30 minutes
  • Cook Time: 50 minutes
  • Total Time: 80 minutes
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Cuisine: Jamaican

Ingredients

Dough

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp curry powder
  • 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup water

Filling

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 2 scallions
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
  • 1/2 tsp granulated onion
  • 1/2 tsp curry powder
  • 1/2 tsp thyme
  • 1/2 cup bread crumbs
  • 2 scotch bonnet or habanero peppers
  • 1/2 cup chicken stock
  • 1 tsp soy sauce *optional*
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. To make the dough, place the all purpose flour, butter sliced in pieces, sugar, salt, curry powder, and turmeric into a food processor and pulse it a couple times.
  2. Pour the water through the feed tube and continue to blend the mixture until it forms a ball of dough.
  3. The dough will be slightly sticky and soft if it’s too sticky add more flour.
  4. Wrap the dough and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
  5. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
  6. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat with some vegetable oil.
  7. Add the green onions and peppers to the skillet and cook fro 1 minute.
  8. Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant.
  9. Add the beef to the skillet and crumble it as best as possible.
  10. When the beef has browned, add the paprika, curry powder, thyme, granulated onion, granulated garlic, chicken stock, bread crumbs, soy sauce, salt, and pepper.
  11. Cook the beef for 15-20 minutes over low heat, then let the beef mixture cool a bit.
  12. Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch thick on a floured surface.
  13. Cut out 5-inch rounds and add some meat filling to each round, careful not to overfill it.
  14. Fold the dough over in half to close the empanada and use a fork to press the edges.
  15. Bake the patties for 25-30 minutes.
  16. Serve warm and enjoy!

Keywords: Jamaican beef patties

Learn how to make Jamaican Beef Patties from scratch at CookedbyJulie.com

Share this:

  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)

Related

Share This Post:
Comment:
3 Comments
Posted On:
February 27, 2017

Comments

  1. Cynthia Cardona says

    August 27, 2018 at 3:21 pm

    Hi Julie, I just came across your video on Youtube. I am looking especially forward to making these Jamaican Beef Patties. However, you’re in Central NJ and if you’ve ever stopped in Perth Amboy, there’s a spot called Moby’s on Smith St and my goodness they make a mean patty, on cocobread and mayo, lettuce and cheese. Yum-

    ★★★★

    Reply
    • Julie says

      September 4, 2018 at 12:34 pm

      Hi Cynthia, I’m like 30 minutes from Perth Amboy so I’ll definitely be paying them a visit! Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply
  2. Raul Llerena says

    January 26, 2019 at 11:12 am

    These look delicious! i am a huge fan of Jamaican Beef Patties and i am so excited to make these this weekend! thank you so much for this recipe Julie 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    ★★★★★

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆ ★☆

Email Newsletter

Subscribe to receive delicious recipes!

About Julie

I'm Julie, a twenty-something year old, Jersey based woman, who's passionate about food...


Yum

Browse The Blog

  • Recipe Index
    • appetizers
    • Bread
    • breakfast
    • Cakes & Brownies
    • Cuban Recipes
    • Cupcakes
    • desserts
    • Holiday Recipes
    • Keto
    • Low Carb Recipes
    • Main Entrees
    • Salads
    • Sandwiches & Sliders
    • sides
    • Soups
    • Vegetables
  • About
  • Food Blogging Resources
  • Privacy Policy

Recently On Instagram

  • New Recipe Honey Butter Fried Chicken Bonein fried chicken cooked
  • The only gingerbread house Ill be making this year
  • Crab Stuffed Salmon Make sure to make this cause its
  • Ive been on a kick latelyor maybe I just bought
  • The best lemon cake ever! Recipe and video on my
  • New Recipe Instant Pot Chicken Noodle Soup instantpot chickensoup thefeedfeed

Like Us On Facebook

Cooked by Julie
Recipes

© 2019 · Cooked by Julie | Designed & Created by Jelly Design Studio