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Pupusas con Cortido

[heart_this] · Aug 26, 2016 · 8 Comments

Pupusas con Cortido

Crispy golden brown corn pancakes stuffed with plenty of melted cheese and served topped with curtido!

Today I have a recipe for Salvadoran pupusa for you! Pupusa are basically stuffed tortillas or pancakes made with masa harina, aka corn flour, that are typically stuffed with cheese and optionally other things like pork and/or refried beans. These stuffed tortillas are really easy to make! You just mix some water and corn flour, form balls, flatten them, add the filling, fold them up (back into balls), flatten them again and then cook them in a pan! The final result is a like a pancake that is crispy on the outside, soft and warm on the inside and just bursting with melted cheese! The only tricky part is getting the right consistency for the dough since if it’s too dry it will crumble and if it’s too wet it will be difficult to work with but if you add the water a little at a time it’s pretty easy to get it right! Once you have mastered the basic cheese pupusas try adding other filling like the refried beans or pork! Serve the pupusas topped with curtido, a Salvadoran lightly fermented cabbage and hot sauce!

Pupusas con Cortido
Pupusas con Cortido
Cheese!!!!!

Pupusas de Chicharrón con Queso
Add pork (aka Chicharrón)!!!

Pupusas con Cortido
Or refried beans!

Pupusas con Cortido
Pupusas con Cortido
Pupusas con Cortido

Pupusas con Cortido
Pupusas con Cortido
Pupusas de Chicharrón con Queso
Pupusas con Cortido

Pupusas con Cortido

Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Servings: 4

Crispy golden brown corn pancakes stuffed with plenty of melted cheese and served topped with curtido!

ingredients
  • 2 cups masa harina (corn flour)
  • 1 1/2 cup warm water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup monterey jack cheese (or queso Oaxaca, or mozzarella), shredded
  • oil
  • 1 cup curtido
  • hot sauce to taste
directions
  1. Mix the masa harina, water and salt adding enough water to get a play dough like consistency. (The dough should not break up and crack a lot along the edges when you form it into a ball and flatten it.)
  2. Form into 8 2 inch balls, flatten the balls, top with the cheese filling, fold the edges up forming a ball and flatten it into a pancake.
  3. Heat a lightly oiled heavy bottom pan over medium-high heat, add the pupusas and cook until lightly charred, golden brown and crispy on both sides, about 2-4 minutes per side.
Option: Add 1 tablespoon refried beans to the filling!
Option: Add 1 tablespoon pulled pork such as carnitas or pork al pastor or pork tinga or pork pibil or lechon asado to the filling!
Option: Add a 1-2 tablespoons lard or bacon grease to the dough.
Option: Serve with guasacaca (avocado sauce).
Nutrition Facts: Calories 318, Fat 10.7 (Saturated 5.7, Trans 0), Cholesterol 25, Sodium 451mg, Carbs 44.7g (Fiber 5.9g, Sugars 1.1g), Protein 12.5g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
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Comments

  1. Heather Christo says

    August 28, 2016 at 12:23 am

    OMG- these look off the charts good Kevin!!

    Reply
  2. drama_mama says

    August 28, 2016 at 2:58 am

    My husband is Salvadoran. I learned to make pupusas from his mother. I wouldn't quite say they are "easy" as the construction takes a bit of practice but they are worth the effort. I will say that we don't oil our pan and a good tip is to keep that masa wet. Keep a towel over it and keep your hands wet. It really helps. 🙂

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  3. L Garay says

    December 9, 2017 at 1:30 am

    I’m Salvadoran. That’s not a pupusa con chicharron. Pupusas are not pancakes. We don’t use whole bean and meat chunks in pupusas.

    Reply
    • Clau77 says

      February 14, 2021 at 10:09 am

      Totally agree!! Man this is an insult to a traditional plate, do love that he is trying totally give him a 5 on that but this is no Pupusas salvadoreñas my friends. The originals are 9times different and better!

      Reply
  4. L Garay says

    December 9, 2017 at 1:41 am

    I’m Salvadoran. That’s not a pupusa con chicarron. Pupusas are not pancakes. We don’t use whole beans, meat chunks or hot sauce. The beans are refried, the masa is molida “thinned out”, and we use tomatoe sauce not hot sauce. Avocados with pupusas?

    Reply
  5. Itstime2makeitmine says

    March 10, 2019 at 2:30 pm

    There is no right or wrong way to make them. It’s her own version and ingredients she prefers to use. Even Latin American families prepare them many different ways. No big deal!

    Reply
  6. Clara says

    February 23, 2020 at 12:20 am

    You can call these anything else but Pupusas, as these are not near what a real pupusa is. Pulled pork? Hot sauce? Avocados? I can’t even phantom the thought of what this is… one thing for sure, they’re not pupusas!
    If you are interested in the real deal, better pass this page and continue your search for an authentic recipe.

    Reply
  7. VM says

    September 21, 2020 at 5:18 pm

    Salivating at this. Can’t wait to make them. Will add some diced jalapeño!

    Reply

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