Ground chicken and low fat cheese help reduce fat and calories.
| 1 pound | ground chicken breast |
| 1 tablespoon | vegetable oil |
| 1/2 pound | low fat mozzarella cheese, grated |
| 1/2 | small onion, finely diced |
| 1 clove | garlic, minced |
| 1 medium | green pepper, seeded and minced |
| 1 small | tomato, finely chopped |
| 1/2 teaspoon | salt |
| 5 cups | instant corn flour (masa harina) |
| 6 cups | water |
- In a nonstick skillet over low heat, saute´ chicken in oil until chicken turns white. Constantly stir the chicken to keep it from sticking.
- Add onion, garlic, green pepper, and tomato. Cook until chicken mixture is cooked through. Remove skillet from stove and let mixture cool in the refrigerator.
- While the chicken mixture is cooling, place the flour in a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to make a stiff tortilla-like dough.
- When the chicken mixture has cooled, mix in the cheese.
- Divide the dough into 24 portions. With your hands, roll the dough into balls and flatten each ball into a 1/2-inch thick circle. Put a spoonful of the chicken mixture in the middle of each circle of dough and bring the edges to the center. Flatten the ball of dough again until it is 1/2-inch thick.
- In a very hot, iron skillet, cook the pupusas on each side until golden brown.
- Serve hot with Curtido salvadoreño
Yield: 12 servings--Serving size: 2 pupusas
Each serving provides:
Calories: 290
Total fat: 6 g
Saturated fat: 3 g
Cholesterol: 31 mg
Sodium: 211 mg
Calcium: 149 mg
Iron: 2 mg

