How One of the Best Salvadoran Restaurants Makes Pupusas — The Experts

Popoca serves some of the best Salvadoran-inspired pupusas and tamales in the Bay Area. The name "Popoca," meaning "to emit smoke," reflects chef Anthony Salguero's signature style of cooking over a wood fire. He grinds all the masa in-house to get the ideal texture needed in traditional Salvadoran cuisine. For the pupusas, he makes a Oaxaca and Monterey Jack blend to achieve the perfect cheese pull, and then stuffs them with fillings like braised beef tongue and mushroom. He then finishes each pupusa over the fire to get the distinct smoky flavor the restaurant is known for. #fire #restaurant #elsalvador 00:00 Intro 00:30 Prepping Beef Tongue Pupusas 03:55 Making Salvadoran Tamales 06:06 Salvadoran Fried Chicken 07:11 Building the Wood Fire 07:55 Prepping Mushroom Pupusas 09:50 Finishing the Beef Tongue Pupusas 11:06 Dinner Service Credits: Producer/Director: Gabby Lozano Senior Video Director: Murilo Ferreira Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Maylea Saito Production Sound Mixer: Frankie Galvez Editor: Lucy Morales Carlisle Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri Head of Production: Stefania Orrù Supervising Producer, Development: Gabriella Lewis Post-Production Supervisor: Lucy Morales Carlisle Director of Production: Michelle Fox Audience Engagement: Frances Dumlao Download the Eater app here: https://apple.co/401kzls ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more episodes of 'The Experts', click here: https://trib.al/z4V8rCW Eater is the go-to resource for food and restaurant obsessives with hundreds of episodes and new series, featuring exclusive access to dining around the world, rich culture, immersive experiences, and authoritative experts. Binge it, watch it, crave it. Subscribe to our YouTube Channel now! http://goo.gl/hGwtF0