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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Nuégados
Fried yuca or corn fritters soaked in dark panela syrup. Ready in 40 min prep and 40 min cooking. 24…
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Pacamara coffee
Large-bean highland coffee with intense floral and fruit flavours. Ready in 5 minutes prep and 5 minutes cooking. Serves 2.…
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Pan con pavo
Turkey braised in dark relajo sauce, piled into crusty bread with salad. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 2 hours…
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Panes con pollo
Chicken sandwich soaked in tomato sauce with watercress. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 1 hour 30 minutes cooking. Serves…
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Riguas
Grilled fresh corn cakes cooked in banana leaves, eaten with cream. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 30 minutes cooking.…
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Semita de piña
Layered shortbread pastry filled with pineapple jam, cut in squares. Ready in 1 hour prep and 45 minutes cooking. About…
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Sopa de gallina india
Free-range hen soup with vegetables, served with rice and lime. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 2 hours 30 minutes…
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Tamales de elote
Sweet young-corn tamales served with crema. Ready in 45 minutes prep and 1 hour cooking. Makes about 15. A snack…
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Tamal pisque
Corn tamale mixed with mashed beans, eaten with cream and cheese. Ready in 1 hour prep and 1 hour 30…