Pupusas Con Curtido (Masa Cakes With Spicy Slaw)
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup distilled white vinegar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 2 chiles de arbol, crushed
- 1⁄2 large carrot, peeled and grated
- 1⁄2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
- 1⁄4 head green cabbage, shredded
- kosher salt, to taste
- 2 cups masa harina
- 16 ounces grated monterey jack cheese
directions
- Combine vinegar, sugar, oregano, chiles, carrots, onions, and cabbage in a bowl. Season with salt; toss; let chill.
- Put masa harina and 1 3⁄4 cups water into a bowl; stir to form a dough.
- Pinch off a 1 1⁄2 oz piece of dough; roll it into a ball. Pat dough into a thin disk.
- Squeeze 1 1⁄4 oz cheese into a ball. Press cheese into center of dough; cupping dough, stretch edges of dough around cheese and seal.
- Pat dough to form a 3 1⁄2" wide disk. Repeat to make 12 pupusas in all.
- Heat a 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Working in 3 batches, cook pupusas, turning, until golden, 10–12 minutes. Serve hot with slaw.
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