This Bean and Cheese Pupusas with Curtido recipe is part of a sponsored collaboration with Vive Mejor and DiMe Media. However, all opinions expressed are my own.

Bring  home the flavors of Central America with Homemade Bean and Cheese Pupusas with Curtido

Beans, cheese and masa are the epitome of my childhood.  From bean and cheese tamales, to bean and cheese tlacoyos, gorditas, tlayudas, and sopes. Just imagine my delight when a freshly made corn tortilla, right off the comal was smeared with refried beans topped with a few pieces of asadero cheese, rolled between my grandmother’s palms and  gently handed to me. It was a symbol of love and fortunately for me, a memory I haven’t forgotten.

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Fast forward to the present. The tradition continues.  Now, I get to enhance those flavors with salsas, cremas, slaws, pickled jalapeños and relishes.  This calls for pupusas.   Pupusas are traditional Salvadoran corn flour cakes, stuffed with savory ingredients such as chicharron, squashflower blooms, chicken and loroco, a Central American edible flower bud.  In this case, I went back to my beloved beans and cheese.

Pupusas are customarily served with curtido, pickled cabbage slaw.  It can also be topped with a mild or spicy salsa. Your preference.  I opted for the spicy and perfectly seasoned  with Knorr® Chicken flavor Bouillon.

These pupusas can also be kid-friendly.  My nine-year-old son devoured a couple just topped with curtido.  The curtido in this recipe is tangy. With Best Foods Real Mayonnaise added to the mix, the pickled cabbage was a bit creamy.  It also includes nutritious twists like using part-skim cheese and reduced amounts of dressing than other typical coleslaw recipes. The combination is delicious.

Although pupusas are known as a comfort dish.  This dish is on the lighter side.  No lard or shortening is used in the masa mixture or beans. We also loaded up on veggies in the curtido and salsa.

I love using Knorr to season my dishes.  Not only is it convenient and makes the food taste  better, it also sources high quality ingredients and helps farms implement sustainable practices such as reducing water and energy consumption, minimizing fertilizer usage, optimizing renewable resources, and increasing biodiversity.

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