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Pupusa with chicharron and cheese

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Salvadoran Origin

Recipe

Pupusa with chicharron and cheese

Salvadoran Origin

Ingredients

  • 2 cup of Juana corn meal  
  • 2 teaspoons of salt 
  • 2 ¼ cup of water 
  • 2 cups of chicharrón  
  • 2 cups of cheese 

 

 

Chicharrón  

  • ½ large head of green cabbage, thinly sliced  
  • 2 libras of chicharron 
  • 5 medium tomatoes  
  • 3 green chiles or campana  
  • 1 big onion  
  • 1 tablespoon of sal or as needed 

Preparation

  1. Preheat the griddle. 
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the Juana flour, and salt.   
  3. Pour in the cold water and using a spatula, stir the masa until mostly combined.  
  4. Then, using your hands, mix the dough until a very soft dough forms. The dough will be very soft.   
  5. Working one at a time, flatten the balls gently until they’re about 1/2-inch-thick discs.   
  6. Place 2 tablespoons of chicharron and 2 tablespoons of cheese into the center and wrap the dough around the filling creating a half-moon shape. Pinch the edges to seal it completely. And then, pat the dough gently, flattening it and alternating hands until it reaches about 1/4-inch thick and about 4 inches in diameter. Feel free to re-grease your hands as needed. Repeat with the remaining balls of dough.  
  7. Add a teaspoon of neutral oil and brush the surface with a silicon brush. Add the pupusas to the pan, fitting two to three at a time.   
  8. Cook each pupusa for 4 to 6 minutes per side.  

 

Chicharron Preparation  

  1. Put the cabbage, the carrots, the onion and the chiles on a cutting board. 
  2. Cut the vegetables: the tomatoes in cubes, the chiles verdes into long pieces and the onion in slices.  
  3. Mix everything in a bowl, putting first the chicharrones and then add the previously cut vegetables.  
  4. Once everything is mixed, ground it in a meat processing machine or in a blender.  
  5. Fry everything in a pan with a little bit of oil.