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Pupusas Revueltas I

A Salvadorian corn tortilla stuffed with sautéed ground chicken, vegetables, and cheese.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Pupusas Revueltas I

Ingredients

Directions

Make the filling

  1. In a nonstick skillet over low heat, sauté the ground chicken in vegetable oil until the chicken turns white, constantly stirring to prevent sticking.

  2. Add the diced onion, minced garlic, minced green pepper, and chopped tomato. Cook until the chicken mixture is cooked through. Remove the skillet from the stove and let the mixture cool in the refrigerator.

  3. When the chicken mixture has cooled, mix in the grated mozzarella cheese.

Shape the pupusas

  1. While the chicken mixture is cooling, place the corn flour in a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to make a stiff tortilla-like dough.

  2. Divide the dough into 24 portions. With your hands, roll each portion into a ball and flatten it into a 1/2-inch thick circle.

  3. Put a spoonful of the chicken mixture in the middle of each dough circle and bring the edges together to enclose the filling. Flatten the ball again until it is 1/2-inch thick.

Cook and serve

  1. In a very hot iron skillet, cook each pupusa on each side until golden brown.

  2. Serve hot with Salvadoran curtido.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

1002Calories
57 gProtein
26 gFat
134 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Chicken100g cooked165
Olive Oil1 tbsp (14g)119
Mozzarella Cheese1 oz (28g)85
Corn1/2 cup kernels (82g)77
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Tomato1 medium (123g)22
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Garlic + tomatotop 3% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together14,076 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  3. Clove + peppertop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together17,451 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethyl octanoate (fruity, wine).

  4. Tomato + corntop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together2,099 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Ground chicken breast
Provides the main protein and savory body of the filling.
Instant corn flour (masa harina)
Forms the stiff dough that encloses the filling and becomes tender when cooked.
Low fat mozzarella cheese
Melts into the filling, adding creaminess and binding it together.
Green pepper
Adds aroma and fresh, slightly bitter flavor to the filling.
Onion
Adds aroma and sweetness as it softens in the filling.
Tomato
Adds moisture and acidity to the filling.

The step that matters

Enclosing the filling and flattening. The dough must fully seal around the filling and be an even thickness; gaps or thin spots let the cheese leak and burn in the hot skillet.

Swap the clove

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (chicken, mozzarella cheese, onion, garlic, pepper, tomato, corn):

  1. Basilfits better
  2. Cuminfits better
  3. Oreganofits better
  4. Clovethe original

Fit is the average pairing score against chicken, mozzarella cheese, onion, garlic, pepper, tomato, corn. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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