Though we didn’t get to visit EL Salvador during our five month trip to Central America, we did get the chance to try their awesome ɴᴀтιoɴᴀʟ dish, pupusa. Man do we love us some pupusas! It’s actually impossible not to love this piece of heaven. It’s so good that having only one is an ιɴsuʟт to not just your stomach but your taste buds.

So, What are Pupusas ?

Pupusas are handmade corn tortillas filled with various ingredients (listed below). They are served with a side of curtido (cabbage and vinegar slaw) and watery tomato salsa.

Basic Filling Ingredients

• Queso (cheese)
• Frijoles (refried beans)
• Chicharrones (fried pork belly or rinds)
• Pollo (chicken)
• Revulta (a mix of beans, pork and cheese )

Advance/Special Filled ingredients

• Cuatro Queso (four cheese)
• Loroco (a type of white flower buds)
• Ayote (a type of squash)
• Pescado/Camaron (fish/shrimp)
• Mora (blueberries)

Why They’re So Awesome?

1. They’re delicious. Though it doesn’t look like much, it taste delicious. It’s the perfect example of not judging a book by it’s cover.

2. They are ᴀᴅᴅιcтιvᴇ. No matter how much you eat, you can never get tired of them because there are so many variations.

3. It’s wicked cheap. Depending on what country you are in, you can get this snack for us$0.25 0.50 and for a stomach full (3-4 pupusas) i.e cheap dinner it would cost you less than $1.50 usᴅ.

4. There is a ɴᴀтιoɴᴀʟ Pupusa Day. On the second Sunday of November, everyone in El Salvador stuffs their face with pupusas and honors the pupusa ԍoᴅ. Okay, I made  the last part up, although I wouldn’t be surprised if there was one. I mean seriously how many dishes do you know that have their own ɴᴀтιoɴᴀʟ holiday?

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