The Dish: Argentinian beef empanadas from Jezabel’s Argentine Cafe in West Philadelphia [Video]

WEST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — In today’s The Dish, we head to West Philadelphia where a chef is serving up the authentic flavors of her Argentinian culture.

At Jezabel’s, every ingredient, every design element and every touch is hand crafted and home grown.

“I grew up around the kitchen,” says Jezabel Careaga. “I just I was one of those kids that I love hanging out in the kitchen.”

Careaga grew up in Northwest Argentina making empanadas with her family.

“As kids, we were only supposed to do work on the dough,” she recalls. “The older women, like my mom and my aunt, would shape them. I didn’t learn to do it myself until I was an adult and I opened my space in Fitler Square.”

She opened Jezabel’s Cafe in Fitler Square shortly after she moved here in 2009.

Why Philly?

“An ex-boyfriend,” she laughs.

Careaga is now about to mark a milestone of making HER …