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Yes, we eat beans and rice for breakfast! Don't know what to do with left over beans and rice? Make casamiento. Casamiento Salvadoreño is...

Perfect for Lent season! Lent season is here so this is the perfect recipe to have on hand to fulfill the cravings! It’s full of flavor...

Pan dulce is my weakness. If I see it, I eat it. This is the main reason I try to stay away from baked goods but I could not leave Semita...

If you ever go visit El Salvador, you will find that at a lot of the stop lights, plazas and parks there is an abundance of vendors...

My favorite meal, even in the Texas summer! Every culture has their own version of chicken soup and I'm a fan of ALL of them! Chicken...

The 'empanada' of El Salvador! What is a Pastelito de Carne? A crispy delight filled with seasoned meat and vegetables that is then garnished with curtido Salvadoreño and homemade salsa. It's very similar to a Colombian empanada, and can be made with chicken or beef. Pastelitos are eaten as a snack or an appetizer and are common street food in El Salvador. How to make Pastelitos de Carne To make a pastelito de carne, you first have to make picadillo. The picadillo can truly b

Flan may not be from El Salvador, but I sure did fusion it with horchata Salvadoreña. If you saw last weeks blog post you know I made...

This isn’t the typical horchata you may have tried at restaurants in the U.S. Horchata Salvadoreña is unique because it’s made with a blend of toasted and ground seeds, and it’s traditionally water-based. In El Salvador, every horchata can taste slightly different depending on the ratio of ingredients. Some recipes omit certain seeds, while others add extras like milk for variation. The recipe below comes from my grandma, and my tía now prepares it for large gatherings. If yo

This is the "Crème de la crème" for me, it's right up there with a pupusa. Pan con pollo , or pan relleno , is one of my favorite dishes...

This is my favorite dessert Salvadoreño and if your're a plantain lover these might become your favorite! What are empanadas de platano? Empanadas de plátano are one of my top two favorite desserts from El Salvador. They’re made with ripe sweet plantains, leche poleada (a sweet milk pudding), and rolled in light sugar. You cook the plantains and mash them down to form the “dough,” then stuff them with the sweet milk pudding and fry until golden brown. In my opinion, the bes

This post contains affiliated links Tamales de pollo are one of my favorite Salvadoran food. It's made with corn flour dough (masa), stewed chicken, choice of vegetables and wrapped in a banana leaves. Tamales are eaten year round, you can typically hear someone yelling "TAMALES!" at 6 am every day in front of my abuelita's house in El Salvador. In the US my mom typically only makes tamales during the holidays because they are a labor of love! This recipe will take you throug

(Links on this page may be affiliated) Quesadilla Salvadoreña brings many memories of sitting with my family on a Saturday morning or...

If you're not from El Salvador, you will immediately look at the images in this post and think the name was wrongly typed... but it's...

Most important step that can make or break your pupusas! I must confess this has been the hardest part of making pupusas for me. The...

The fillings are endless and can be adjusted to meet any dietary restrictions. The pupusa is the national dish of El Salvador and it...

One of the typical fillings for pupusas is refried Salvadoran beans. The refried beans are mixed with cheese and chicharrón and it's...

The best traditional pupusa pork filling, El Chicharrón. In El Salvador pupusas are commonly made with Chicharron, cheese, beans, loroco...

Some don't need it; others can't eat pupusas without it. In a Salvadoran kitchen, you will always find tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, and garlic. These are staples in Salvadoran cuisine, so it's no wonder they are the main ingredients in the salsa served with pupusas. Some people don’t need salsa to enjoy a pupusa, but I, on the other hand, have a hard time eating one without curtido and salsa de tomate. What is salsa de tomate? Salsa de tomate  is tomato sauce. Its base is

(All links may be affiliated) We always keep a batch of curtido on hand, we eat it with everything! Curtido is an integral part of the...

This is for the lovers of a good cheesy potato situation You may have heard of "Rellenos de papa" or "Papa rellana" and immediately...