Pork Belly Pupusas
Mexico has the taco. Honduras has the baleada. El Salvador has the pupusa. Pipil tribes, first ate the thick and usually filled, hand formed nixtamal tortilla, more than a thousand years ago. Evidence of pupusas has even been uncovered at the Mayan site of Joya de Cerén. They are the most common street snack in El Salvador and can also be found in neighboring countries like Honduras and Guatemala. Most often, pupusas are filled with quesillo (or queso, a soft white cheese), frijoles (refried beans), chicharrón (ground pork), or loroco (a native Central American flower). They are typically served with curtido, a lightly fermented cabbage slaw with red chilies and vinegar.