Empanadas, Mambo Cafe, Pleasantville (Peter Genovese I NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

The empanada is the economical compact car of the fast-food universe — cheap, maneuverable, dependable, long-lasting.

The baked or fried pastry likely had its origins in Spain, but today many countries put their own spin on empanadas, also known as pastellitos, empadas, empanadillas, empadinhas and saltenas.

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