Food+in+El+Salvador

Food in El Salvado r  Papusa- a thick handmade corn flour or rice flour tortilla stuffed with cheese, chicharrón (cooked pork meat ground to a paste consistency), refried beans, and/or loroco (a vine flower bud native to Central America). There are also vegetarian options, often with ayote (a type of squash), or garlic. Some adventurous restaurants even offer pupusas stuffed with shrimp or spinach.

deep fri ed cassava r oot served with curtido (a pickled cabbage, onion and carrot topping) and chicharron with pepesca (fried baby sardines). The Yuca is sometimes served boiled instead of fried.
 * Yuca frita- **

are warm submarine sandwiches. The turkey or chicken is marinated and then roasted with Pipil spices and handpulled. This sandwich is traditionally served with turkey or chicken, tomato, and watercress along with cucumber, onion, lettuce, mayonnaise, and mustard.
 * Panes Rellenos- **

Sopa de Pata- is a soup that contains fruit, vegetables, and even cow organs such as their legs.

Ensalada- Is actually a drin k! It may look like soup, but Salvadorians call it one of the best beverages.