Salvadorian Chicharon Pupusas

pork chicharrón

🥗Healthier: lean ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground pork is often more affordable while still providing a similar flavor.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

sour cream

🥗Healthier: Greek yogurt

💰Cheaper: plain yogurt

Greek yogurt maintains creaminess with fewer calories.

hot sauce

🥗Healthier: salsa

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Salsa can add flavor without the heat of hot sauce.

Put on an apron and ensure hands are clean.

Gather all ingredients: Monterey cheese, garlic cloves, chicken bouillon, 3 cooked potatoes, 1 tomato, 1 red onion, 1 white onion, 1 bell pepper, and chicharrón.

Cut the vegetables (onions and bell pepper) into small squares.

Peel the skin off the 3 cooked potatoes.

Add the cut vegetables into a food processor, starting with the onions and bell pepper, and blend until incorporated.

Add the cooked potatoes cut into small pieces to the food processor and blend until smooth, creating a paste-like consistency.

Add chicken bouillon to the mixture in the food processor and blend for about 5-6 minutes until well mixed.

Transfer the blended mixture into a large bowl.

Slice garlic cloves and add them to the food processor without cleaning it.

Cut the chicharrón into small pieces and add them to the food processor in small batches, blending until finely chopped.

Combine the blended chicharrón with the vegetable mixture in the bowl and mix thoroughly with gloves on.

Cut half of the Monterey cheese into small squares and add it to the food processor, blending until finely chopped.

Incorporate the blended cheese into the mixture in the bowl, mixing thoroughly by hand until well combined.

Prepare masa by taking pre-made masa for tortillas and forming it into small tortillas, leaving space in the center for the filling.

Fill the center of each tortilla with the chicharrón and cheese mixture, then fold and seal the edges to form pupusas.

Heat a skillet over medium heat and add the pupusas, cooking until they look fluffy and golden brown, about 2 minutes on each side, flipping only once.

Remove the pupusas from the skillet once cooked and ready for presentation.

Cooking Techniques

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