I saw an interesting looking product in the store and picked it up, Tres Latin Foods’ pupusas, and picked up their black bean and sweet corn variety, which I thought I’d use today, as well as their kale and pinto bean pupusa. Pupusas are a traditional dish from El Salvador; I love corn masa and bet these are good.The ingredients look great:
- (Black bean and corn pupusa) organic corn masa, water, black beans, corn, olive oil, and salt
- (Kale and pint bean pupusa) organic corn masa, water, pinto beans, olive oil, kale, salt, chili powder, chipotle powder, and onion powder
… and each pupusa only has 3.5g of fat.
I cooked the pupusas at 400°F for 10m then pan sauteed on a cast iron pan for a few minutes per side to get them a bit crispy. I served with some stewed tomatoes and raw red onion
I also made brown basmati rice (1:2 ratio of rice to water, plus a vegan bouillon cube, and I also mixed in frozen chopped Swiss chard, then pressure cooked it all for 25m) and steamed broccoli and mixed it with sauteed onion.
Results
Ideas for the future
I look forward to serving more of these prepared pupusas, and would like to top them with a spicy salsa and fresh avocado and onion. It would be fun to learn to make pupusas!
Labels: Almost No Added Fat, Beans, Gluten Free