Typical Food

Salvadorian cuisine is a style of cooking derived from the nation of El Salvador.  

Many of the dishes are made with maize (corn).

El Salvador has different type of delicious typical food. The food most famous are:

Pupusas are the typical saucer most famous and consumed for Salvadorians and also they are known an international level.

A thick handmade corn flour or rice flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, chicharrón, refried beans or loroco. There are also vegetarian options, often with ayote or garlic. Some adventurous restaurants even offer pupusas stuffed with shrimp or spinach which are served with salsa roja, a simple yet flavorful Salvadoran cooked tomato sauce, often served with curtido.

If you have never eaten pupusas, you don’t know what you are losing!!!!!  

Enchiladas

Salvadorian enchiladas are a typical dish or our country, which is extremely easy to prepare at home. These are small tortilla chips made from dough and annatto, a dye and natural flavoring, and optionally accompanied by other ingredients.

To prepare enchiladas, first thing done is the dough, although it can also be used for this purpose flour. Then you add a little to the mass achiote and stir until you have an orange color. The next step is to form smalles tortillas with the dough and fry in hot oil until browned.  You add mashed beans, tanning chopped cabbage, slices of cucumber, tomato and boiled egg. Finally, you add grated cheese.

Yuca frita

It is served with  (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and chicharron with pepesca. The Yuca is sometimes served boiled instead of fried.

Torrejas

Salvadoran torrejas are a typical dish that cannot miss on Easter, but can be prepared at any time of year you want it to taste its excellent flavor. Note also that this dish is also prepared in other countries, in some places are known under the name of French toast, and others is also preparing a tradition at Christmas.

Elotes locos  are one of those things that can not miss at the fairs in the towns and cities that are celebrated in every place in our country in its festivities. Its exquisite taste and ingredients with which it is prepared give that unique touch that we all love.

The name comes from the mixture made from its ingredients without which would not have the same taste.

Pastelitos are one of the most typical dishes consumed in our country. They can be found in almost any town at a fairly affordable price, but can also be made at home quite easily and quickly, without spending much money.

First you need to prepare the dough, which is obtained from corn. Then the dough is flavored with a little achiote, which gives an orange color that characterizes them. If you wish, you can also add a pinch of baking soda, a pinch of salt and chicken broth.

For the filling, commonly prepared with ground beef or shredded chicken meat with vegetables or just vegetables.

Nuegados de Yuca. This delight is also a very popular dish in some tourist spots that are generally known as "living in towns" or tourist areas such as in Los Planes de Renderos.

They are made with yuca so they have a simple taste, but the special touch is provided by the honey sweet brown sugar with which they are accompanied.