Pupusas Recipes

Stuffed Turned Corn Cakes

Original Recipe courtesy http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-
lagasse/salvadoran-pulled-pork-pupusas
-with-pickled-cabbage-recipe/index.html (Of course I tweaked it.)

Pupusas are similar to corn tortillas, only thicker and stuffed with cheese, beans or meat. The pupusa originated in El Salvador, but it is also popular in neighboring Honduras Wonderful as snacks! Masa Harina ( a type of corn flour ) is available in many supermarkerts today Note: see my other prior pupusa post that is stuffed with beans and cheese and the dough made a bit different

from guy's big bite- great gluten free food!

Salsa for pupusas...taste is great and low cal :)

round tortilla like pupusa but made differently

A Salvadoran Traditional Dish like a thick stuffed tortilla

I found out about pupusas, the national dish or El Salvador, this last week and felt I had to try them. Since you can stuff them with whatever you want I decided to make some breakfast ones.

BTW I actually ended up making 64, or 32 servings, of them. I reduced it down to 16, or 8 servings for you. I actually tried first to just make a recipe for only 4 servings but I'm not sure how to only use 1 1/2 eggs .

A favorite from Central America!

The filling can be almost anything. Traditionally:

Pupusas de Queso: With a cheese filling. Use grated quesillo, queso fresco, farmer's cheese, mozzarella, Swiss cheese or a combination. Add some minced green chile if you like.

Pupusas de Chicharrones: With a filling of fried chopped pork and a little tomato sauce. A reasonable facsimile can be made by pulsing 1 cup of cooked bacon with a little bit of tomato sauce in a food processor.

Pupusas de Frijoles Refritos: With a refried bean filling.

Pupusas Revueltas: Use a mixture of chicharrones, cheese and refried beans.

Pupusas de Queso y Loroco: With a cheese and tropical vine flower filling. Loroco can be found in jars at many Latin markets.

Pupusas de Arroz: A variety of pupusa that uses rice flour instead of corn masa.

Cooked potatoes or finely minced, sautéed jalapeño peppers are also tasty fillings.

I used the filling Gringo Re-Fried Beans as that is what I had on hand, it is in SP.

Try a mixture of different fillings.

The recipe uses masa harina, a special dried cornmeal flour used in making tortillas, tamales, etc. If you are able to get fresh masa, definitely use it instead. The flavor will be much fresher. Just substitute the masa harina and water with fresh masa. One pound will make about 4-6 pupusas depending on size.