# Pupusas

A traditional Salvadoran dish made with thick, handmade corn tortillas, filled with cheese and other ingredients.

- Total time: 10 min
- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 4 cups masa
- 4 cups water
- melty cheese (e.g., Monster, mozzarella)
- 1 whole queso fresco
- splash milk
- loroco
- little bit salt
- little bit vegetable oil
- curtido
- salsa
- black beans

## Instructions

1. Add 4 cups of masa into a bowl.
2. Add 4 cups of water to the masa.
3. Let the masa sit for about two to three minutes without moving it.
4. Mash the whole queso fresco.
5. Add Monster cheese and mozzarella to the mashed queso fresco.
6. Add a splash of milk to the cheese mixture.
7. Mash the cheese mixture with your hands until it looks doughy.
8. Add some loroco to some of the pupusas, if desired.
9. Mix the masa until it becomes a nice doughy consistency.
10. Add a little bit of salt to the masa, if desired.
11. Add a little vegetable oil to your hands.
12. Flatten out a portion of the masa and create a little well in the middle.
13. Get a good amount of cheese mixture and put it right in the middle of the masa well.
14. Push the cheese down and then push up to close the masa around the cheese.
15. Remove any extra masa and put it back with the rest.
16. Put a little bit of oil on your hands and start flattening out the pupusa into a circle, like making a tortilla.
17. Put a few drops of vegetable oil on your comal.
18. Lay the pupusa down on the comal and press it down.
19. Leave each pupusa on its side for about two minutes.
20. Flip the pupusa over and cook for about two minutes on the other side until it has a nice golden color.
21. Remove the pupusas from the comal after about 10 minutes total cooking time.
22. Serve pupusas with curtido, salsa, and black beans on the side.

## Equipment

- bowl
- comal

## Tips

- Use any melty cheese you like.
- Shred block mozzarella yourself for better results.
- Create a well in the flattened masa to add cheese.
- Oil hands to flatten pupusas.
- Leave each pupusa on its side for about two minutes per side.

## Source

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- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e541dc8b-dd54-499d-be8f-44ffc3539644
- Extracted: 2026-05-27

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