Chicken & Cheese Pupusas Recipe

By Hester

These chicken & cheese pupusas are awesome. It one a more complicated pupusas recipe, but well worth the effort. I hope you enjoy them and this recipe to your cookbook!

Ingredients

• 2 cups masa harina (see Note)
• 1 3/4 cups very warm tap water
• Kosher salt
• 1/2 cup shredded roasted chicken
• 1/2 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
• 1/2 cup crumbled queso fresco
• 2 tablespoons minced dry chorizo
• Cayenne pepper
• 1 About 1 cup vegetable oil, for frying
• Sour cream, pickled jalapeños, chopped onion, guacamole and hot sauce, for serving

Details

Adapted from pupusasrecipe.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a medium bowl, using your hands, mix the masa harina with the water and 1/2 teaspoon salt until a soft dough forms. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let the dough stand for 30 minutes.

In a medium bowl, toss the chicken with the cheddar, queso fresco and chorizo. Season with salt and cayenne.

Divide the dough into 8 pieces and roll each piece into a ball. Working with 1 ball at a time and keeping the rest covered, press the dough in the palm of your hand to form a cup with walls about 3/8 inch thick. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the chicken filling into the cup and pinch to seal. Pat the filled dough into a flat 4-inch patty; pinch to seal any cracks. Set the pupusa on a baking sheet and cover with plastic wrap. Repeat with the remaining balls of dough and filling.

In a large, nonstick skillet, heat 1/2 cup of the oil until shimmering. Add 4 pupusas and cook over high heat, turning once or twice, until golden and crisp outside and heated through, about 5 minutes. Repeat with the remaining pupusas, adding more oil to the skillet as needed. Serve the pupusas with sour cream, pickled jalapeños, chopped onion, guacamole and hot sauce.