Vegetarian

The filling can be almost anything. Traditionally:Pupusas de Queso: With a cheese filling. Use grated quesillo, queso fresco, farmer's cheese, mozzarella, Swiss cheese or a combination. Add some minced green chile if you like.Pupusas de Chicharrones: With a filling of fried chopped pork and a little tomato sauce. A reasonable facsimile can be made by pulsing 1 cup of cooked bacon with a little bit of tomato sauce in a food processor.Pupusas de Frijoles Refritos: With a refried bean filling.Pupusas Revueltas: Use a mixture of chicharrones, cheese and refried beans.Pupusas de Queso y Loroco: With a cheese and tropical vine flower filling. Loroco can be found in jars at many Latin markets.Pupusas de Arroz: A variety of pupusa that uses rice flour instead of corn masa.Cooked potatoes or finely minced, saut?ed jalape?o peppers are also tasty fillings. I used the filling Gringo Re-Fried Beans as that is what I had on hand, it is in SP.Try a mixture of different fillings.The recipe uses masa harina, a special dried cornmeal flour used in making tortillas, tamales, etc. If you are able to get fresh masa, definitely use it instead. The flavor will be much fresher. Just substitute the masa harina and water with fresh masa. One pound will make about 4-6 pupusas depending on size.