How to Make El Salvadoran Pupusas, Part 1

masa harina

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: corn flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber while corn flour is more economical.

pork

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: ground turkey

Chicken is leaner and ground turkey is often less expensive.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

refried beans

🥗Healthier: black beans

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Black beans are nutritious and canned beans save time.

Make the dough with masa harina and water until it is a homogenous, malleable dough.

Let the dough rest in the refrigerator to hydrate and develop elasticity.

Prepare the filling with precooked red beans, pork skin, and mozzarella cheese, mixing until it reaches a paste consistency.

Form small balls of the filling.

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