Honduran Fried Chicken

After the baleadas, the second most traditional dish in Honduras is Fried Chicken, also know as “Pollo Chuco“. This dish has his origin in the North Coast due to banana plantations, remember that Honduras had an image of banana republic,.

Bananas are a main crop in Honduras due to that tajadas or plantains are highly consumed for the majority of Honduran people. Tajadas are served as sides in many dishes as grilled meats, sea food or fried meats. In fact, I really love tajadas! try them!

Ingredients

  • 2 Pounds of chicken (Assorted pieces)
  • 2 Pounds of vegetable oil
  • 3 Pounds of cabbage
  • 3 Green bananas approximately for each portion or 3 per person.

For pickled onions

  • 2 Onions (red or white)
  • 1 Big carrot (cooked)
  • 1 Cup of vinegar
  • 2 Jalapeños
  • 2 Beets any size (cooked)
  • 2 Cups of beet juice
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of oregano
  • 1 Tablespoon of salt
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of pepper
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of cumin

To season the chicken:

  • 1/2 Tea spoon of ground bay leaves
  • 1/2 Teaspoons of cumin
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of pepper
  • 1 Tablespoon of chicken bouillon
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of oregano
  • 3/4 Tablespoon of salt

To season the flour:

  • 2 Cups of flour
  • 1 Teaspoon of chicken bouillon
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of cumin
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of pepper
  • 1/2 Teaspoon of salt

Salvadoran Pupusas

If you’ve ever wondered how to make Salvadoran pupusas, here we tell you in a simple way so you can taste them with your family. Pupusas are the best known and consumed typical dish of El Salvador and are also known internationally. It is common that when tourists or foreigners visit El Salvador, they do not leave without first having tried pupusas.

Recipe for pupusas

To prepare pupusas, a dough is first needed, which in El Salvador is usually made from ground corn; although you can also use ground rice. If you wish you can also use cornmeal or rice flour.

They are basically an omelette, but the difference is that other ingredients are added inside that give it a unique flavor. These ingredients are usually the following and vary according to the type of pupusa to be made:

  • Pupusas scrambled: Grilled cheese, fried ground beans, ground pork rinds.
  • Pupusas of cheese: Cheese chewed.
  • Bean and cheese pupusas: Chicory cheese and fried ground beans.
  • Pupmkin pupusa: Striped pumpkin (known in other places as zucchini) and chicory cheese.
  • Chicken Pupusa: Ground chicken meat and chicory cheese.
  • Pork and cheese pupusa: Ground pork rind and chicory cheese.
  • Bean pupusa with pork rinds: Fried ground beans and ground pork rinds.
  • Pupusa loca(crazy pupusa): Includes all or most of the ingredients mentioned above.

How to make pupusas?

  • First you need to clean the iron with a little oil or butter, to prevent the pupusas from sticking.
  • Then you must prepare the flour, which is stirred with hot water to form the dough.
  • It takes a little dough and is beaten with the palm of the hand until it forms an omelet. Place it in the palm of your hand and in the center add the ingredients mentioned above. This is the most difficult step in which the dough should be closed and the ingredients should remain inside. With practice, the technique is perfected.
  • Then it is thrown on the plate to cook for a maximum time of 5 minutes.
  • And ready to serve and eat hot.

Preparing sauce and pickle

Undoubtedly pupusas must be accompanied by tomato sauce and pickle, to accentuate its flavor.

To prepare the tan, cabbage is needed, which is chopped with a knife or scratched with a scratcher; Optionally carrot, onion, cauliflower, jalapeno pepper are added. All these ingredients are joined, passed over hot water and vinegar is added.

To make the pupusas sauce you need tomatoes, onion, garlic and a little spice. These ingredients are ground or liquefied to make a sauce to which a little water is added and sewn until boiled.

Honduran Baleadas

Honduran baleadas is the most representative dish of honduran gastronomy.

This recipe consists of a folded wheat flour tortilla that it is stuffed (or smeared) with liquefied or crushed beans. In addition, this traditional Honduran food is usually tasted at breakfast or in the dinner. Just as in some meals you have heard that the secret is in the sauce, in the Honduran Baleadas Recipe the secret is in the mixture.

There are many ways to prepare the Baleadas, and it will depend on the ingredients we use, we can classify them like this:

  • Simple baleadas: flour tortilla accompanied by beans, cheese and butter.
  • Mixed Baleadas: flour tortilla accompanied by beans, butter cheese, egg and in some cases avocado.
  • Special Baleadas: flour tortilla accompanied by beans, cheese, butter, egg, avocado and meat that can be chicken shredded, beef or pork or even sausages.

Flour Tortilla Ingredients

  1. 1 pound (4 cups) wheat flour
  2. ½ teaspoon of soda (baking powder)
  3. 1 tablespoon butter or vegetable oil
  4. ½ cup of water at a time or warm milk.
  5. Half teaspoon of salt

Preparation Time: 45 minutes
Cooking Time: 3 minutes
Calories: 200 calories

HOW TO MAKE HONDURAN BALEADAS

  1. First, on a flat surface or in a wide bowl, place the flour, soda, salt and butter or oil.
  2. Then, we mix the ingredients and we add the water or milk little by little, so as to get a dough that does not stick in the
    hands. The dough should be smooth.
  3. Next we cut small pieces of dough to make the balls and let them stand for 30-45 minutes.
  4. Then, we heat a griddle or an iron where we will put the tortillas. Once hot it begins to stretch the ball with the yolks of the
    fingers to make a small tortilla.
  5. Then we finish stretching with the palms to form a larger tortilla. If this does not work we can stretch the balls with a
    Roller, similar to stretching pizza dough. The tortilla should not be too thick to make it easy to eat.
  6. Finally, we spread our flour tortilla with beans and add the selected complements.

Something I need to say is that you can enjoy this dish with your family and friends.

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