Pupusas - Let's Make Easy Beef and Cheese Pupusas | S1 E9

shredded beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground beef

Ground turkey offers a leaner option while ground beef is often less expensive.

cheese

🥗Healthier: reduced-fat cheese

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Reduced-fat cheese cuts calories while processed cheese is often more affordable.

masa harina

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: cornmeal

Whole wheat flour adds fiber, while cornmeal can be a budget-friendly substitute.

refried beans

🥗Healthier: black beans

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Black beans are nutritious and canned beans save time and money.

Combine flour, salt, paprika, and water together in mixing bowl – mix well until a thicker consistency of dough forms, like playdoh, and set aside.

Combine meat and cheese and form into 1.5 inches in diameter balls.

Take about 2 tbsp scoops of dough and form into a bowl, add a ball of meat and cheese; mold into a ball covering the meat-cheese ball entirely with the dough.

Carefully flatten the dough ball with the meat-cheese inside into a 3/5 inch in diameter patty.

Heat 2 tbsp oil on medium high – add pupusa patties onto skillet and cook on each side for about 5-8 minutes until brown on each side.

Remove the patties onto a serving platter when cooked.

Garnish with crumbled queso and cilantro.

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