Pupusas Revueltas (Salvadoran-style stuffed masa cakes)
Try these cakes stuffed with chicken, vegetables, and low-fat cheese for a yummy and exciting dinner or lunch.
Servings
Yield: 12 servings. Serving size: 2 pupusas
Prep and cook time
Prep time: 20 min. Cook time: 5 min.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground chicken breast
- 1 tablespoon vegetable or olive oil
- ½ small onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 medium green pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 small tomato, chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 5 cups instant corn flour (masa harina)
- 6 cups water
- ½ pound low-fat mozzarella cheese, grated
Directions
- In a nonstick skillet over low heat, cook chicken in oil until chicken turns white. Keep stirring the chicken to make sure it is evenly cooked.
- Add onion, garlic, green pepper, tomato, and salt, and mix well. Cook until chicken is cooked (inside should be 165 °F). Remove the skillet from the stove. Put the mixture in a bowl and cool in the refrigerator.
- While the chicken mixture is cooling, place the corn flour in a large bowl and slowly stir in enough water to make a stiff tortilla-like dough.
- When the chicken mixture has cooled, add cheese.
- Divide the dough into 24 pieces. With your hands, roll the dough into balls. Press a hole in each ball with your thumb.
- Put about a tablespoon of the chicken mixture into the hole in each ball. Fold the dough over to close hole. Press the ball out with your palms to form a circle.
- In a very hot iron skillet, cook the pupusas on each side until golden brown.
Nutritional information
Each serving provides: calories: 290, total fat: 7 g, saturated fat: 3g, cholesterol: 33mg, sodium: 223mg, total fiber: 5g, protein: 14g, carbohydrates: 38g, potassium: 272mg