Pupusas revueltas

For your next family gathering, Salvadoran-American lifestyle influencer Magaly Tompkins and her mom are sharing their recipe for pupusas revueltas—along with a few reliable IKEA essentials that can elevate and bring ease to your everyday cooking.

Makes: 10 pupusas | Preparation and cook time: ~55 minutes

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Ingredients:

Pupusas revueltas (courtesy of Magaly Tompkins)

Photography by Aksa Lima

For the dough
4 cups masa harina
1 tsp salt
3 cups warm water

Typical fillings (choose or mix)
1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese
1 cup of refried beans (thick consistency)
Chicharrón: 1 lb chopped pork, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic chopped 1 ½ cup oil to fry

For serving
Curtido (Salvadoran slaw): shredded cabbage, carrot, onion, oregano, fermented in vinegar Homemade tomato sauce

Step by step

Prepare the dough

Combine 4 cups of masa harina
1 tsp salt, and about 3 cups of warm water until soft and pliable (think Play-Doh texture).
Keep it covered with a damp towel.

Prepare the filling

In a cast-iron frying pan, sauté the chopped onion and garlic until softened.
Remove and set aside in a glass bowl.
Add more oil to the pan and fry 1 lb of finely pork until browned.
Once cooked, place the pork and vegetables in a food processor and pulse until finely ground.
Mix with 1 ½ cups of mozzarella cheese and 1 cup refried beans.

Forming the pupusas

Moisten your hands with water and a little oil.
Take a golf-ball-sized piece of dough (about the size of an egg).
Make a pocket in the center, add 1-2 tbsp of filling (cheese, beans, or chicharrón).
Carefully seal the dough around the filling and gently flatten it into a disc about 4 inches (10 cm) wide.

Cooking