Pupusas Con Curtido (masa Cakes With Spicy Slaw)

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup distilled vinegar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 chiles de arbol, crushed
• 1/2 large carrot, peeled and grated
• 1/2 yellow onion, thinly sliced
• 1/4 head green cabbage, shredded
• kosher salt, to taste
• 2 cups masa harina
• 16 ounces grated monterey jack cheese

Recipe

• 1 combine vinegar, sugar, oregano, chiles, carrots, onions, and cabbage in a bowl. season with salt; toss; let chill.
• 2 put masa harina and 1 3⁄4 cups water into a bowl; stir to form a dough.
• 3 pinch off a 1 1⁄2 oz piece of dough; roll it into a ball. pat dough into a thin disk.
• 4 squeeze 1 1⁄4 oz cheese into a ball. press cheese into center of dough; cupping dough, stretch edges of dough around cheese and seal.
• 5 pat dough to form a 3 1⁄2" wide disk. repeat to make 12 pupusas in all.
• 6 heat a 12" nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. working in 3 batches, cook pupusas, turning, until golden, 10–12 minutes. serve hot with slaw.