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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Torrejas
Fried egg-soaked bread steeped in panela and clove syrup. Ready in 20 minutes prep and 40 minutes cooking. Serves 8.…
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Torta de yema
Egg-yolk sponge soaked in sweet syrup, eaten in small squares. Ready in 30 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking. Serves…
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Yuca frita
Fried cassava topped with chicharrón and pickled cabbage. Ready in 40 minutes prep and 1 hour 30 minutes cooking. Serves…