Salvadorean Pupusas with Pickled Cabbage
Updated Jul 20, 2017
More About This Recipe
- Top each pupusas with pickled cabbage – a delicious Salvadorean-style side dish.
Salvadorean Pupusas with Pickled Cabbage
- Prep Time 35 min
- Total 35 min
- Servings 9
- Ingredients 16
Ingredients
Pickled Red Cabbage
- 3/4 cup olive oil
- 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon chicken bouillon granules
- 2 1/2 cups shredded red cabbage
- 1/2 cup thinly sliced white onion
- 1 small jalapeño chile, seeded, thinly sliced
Pupusa Filling
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon onion, finely chopped
- 1 can (14 oz) refried black beans (1 1/2 cups)
Pupusa Masa
- 2 1/2 cups instant tortilla masa flour
- 2 1/4 cups water
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
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Step1In large bowl, mix first 6 ingredients of pickled red cabbage. Stir in cabbage, sliced onion and chile. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Step2In 10-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat; stir in garlic and chopped onion. Cook 1 to 2 minutes or until onion is transparent. Stir in refried beans. Cook 1 to 2 minutes to blend flavors. Set aside.
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Step3In large bowl, mix pupusa masa ingredients by hand. Stir until soft, smooth dough forms. Using wet hands, shape mixture into 1/3-cup balls, shaping each into 4-inch circle, 3/4 inch thick. Place 1 tablespoon filling mixture in center of each circle and fold in half, sealing edges. With wet hands, carefully flatten and shape back into 4-inch circle, 3/4 inch thick. Wet hands, as needed, to prevent dough from cracking and sticking to hands. Cover pupusas with waxed paper while making remainder of pupusas.
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Step4Heat 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. Cook papusas in skillet about 4 at a time 8 to 10 minutes, or until dough is golden brown and dark spots appear, turning once or twice. Keep warm.
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Step5To serve, top each papusa with about 1/4 cup pickled red cabbage.
Nutrition
330
Calories
21g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
31g
Total Carbohydrate
2g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Pupusa
- Calories
- 330
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 21g
- 32%
- Saturated Fat
- 3g
- 14%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 580mg
- 24%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 31g
- 10%
- Dietary Fiber
- 5g
- 19%
- Sugars
- 2g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 4%
- 4%
- Vitamin C
- 15%
- 15%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1/2 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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