El Salvador
El Salvador’s food is built around pupusa-centered comfort food of corn masa, beans, cheese, and cooling morro-seed horchata. Look for Pupusas (griddled masa cakes stuffed with cheese, beans, chicharrón), Sopa de pata (cow-foot soup with tripe, yuca, and vegetables) and Quesadilla salvadoreña (sweet cheese pound cake sprinkled with sesame). Thick stuffed maize cakes of Pipil origin; the Legislative Assembly declared them the national dish and set National Pupusa Day in 2005. This atlas has 36 El Salvador dishes catalogued below, from everyday cooking to food kept for festivals and special occasions.
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Curtido
Lightly fermented cabbage slaw served with pupusas. Ready in 25 min prep and 5 min cooking. Fills a 1-litre jar.…
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Elotes locos
Boiled corn on a stick smeared with mayonnaise, mustard, ketchup and cheese. Ready in 10 minutes prep and 20 minutes…
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Ensalada
Chilled fruit punch of chopped apple, pineapple and lettuce in juice. Ready in 30 min prep and none cooking. 2…
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Empanadas de plátano
Fried plantain dumplings filled with milk custard. Ready in 45 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking. About 12 empanadas. A…
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Fresco de chan
Water with swollen chia seeds, lime and panela, drunk very cold. Ready in 15 minutes prep and none cooking. About…
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Gallo en chicha
Rooster braised in fermented corn drink with panela. Ready in 30 min prep and 3 hours cooking. 8 servings. A…
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Horchata de morro
Ground morro-seed drink with spices and milk. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 20 minutes cooking. About 2 litres. A…
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Mariscada
Creamy seafood soup loaded with shellfish. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking. Serves 6. A soup &…
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Marquesote
Light cornstarch and egg sponge cake eaten with morning coffee. Ready in 25 min prep and 35 min cooking. 12…
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Minuta
Shaved ice doused in bright fruit syrups. Ready in 20 min prep and 10 min cooking. 4 cones. A dessert…