Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
2 pupusas
Calories
290
Total Fat
7 g
Saturated Fat
3 g
Cholesterol
33 mg
Sodium
223 mg
Potassium
272 mg
Total Carbohydrate
38 g
Dietary Fiber
5 g
Protein
14 g
Ingredients and Preparation
Ingredients
Measures
Chicken breast, ground
1 pound
Vegetable oil
1 tablespoon
Lowfat mozzarella cheese, grated
½ pound
Small onion, finely diced
½
Garlic clove, minced
1
Medium green pepper, seeded, minced
1
Small tomato, finely chopped
1
Salt
½ teaspoon
Instant corn flour (masa harina)
5 cups
Water
6 cups
Directions
- In nonstick skillet, sauté chicken in oil over low heat until it turns white. Stir chicken constantly to keep it from sticking.
- Add onion, garlic, green pepper, and tomato. Cook chicken mixture through. Remove skillet from stove and let mixture cool in refrigerator.
- Meanwhile, place flour and salt in large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to make stiff, tortilla-like dough.
- When chicken mixture has cooled, mix in cheese.
- Divide dough into 24 portions. With your hands, roll dough into balls and flatten each into 1/2-inch thick circle. Put spoonful of chicken mixture in middle of each circle of dough and bring edges to center. Flatten ball of dough again until it is 1/2-inch thick.
- In very hot iron skillet, cook pupusas on each side until golden brown. Serve hot.