Baking and roasting have a similarity: they both require direct heat from an oven to cook food from all sides. However, roasting is used for meats and vegetables, while baking is used for breads, pizzas, and cakes. Baking is usually at a lower temperature than roasting.
Egg Yolk Bread for Torrejas
Apples and Sour Cream Cake
Homemade Pizza with Cheese Crust
Pegaditos
Salvadoran French Bread
Salvadorean Quesadilla
This cooking technique requires the food to be immersed in water which is or will reach the boiling point of 100 Centigrade (212 ° F). Boiling water produces large bubbles, which keep food moving while it cooks.
Mexican Pozole
Salvadorean Tomato Sauce
Salvadoran Torrejas
Salvadorean Chicken Sandwich
Pumpkin in Syrup | Candied Pumpkin
Sweet Corn Atole — Hot Sweet Corn and Milk Beberage
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Frying requires the use of a pan or pot and oil or some other type of fat or butter at a high temperature. The food is placed in the oil, either little oil or so much that the food is submerged. The end result is food that retains its moisture, flavor and obtains an impressive golden brown color.
Salvadoran Torrejas
Salvadoran Nuegados (Buñuelos)
Salvadorean Plantain Empanadas with Milk Filling
French Fries from El Salvador
Beans and Cheese Pupusas
Cheese Pupusas
Riguas – Griddled Fresh sweet Corn Patties on Banana Leaves
Salvadorean Cabbage Sauerkraut (Pickled cabbage and vegetables)
This is a gentler or slower method of cooking food than simple boiling. A higher temperature than poaching is used, which is usually between 82 ° C (180 ° F) and 96 ° C (205 ° F). This temperature is below the boiling point but produces small bubbles. To perform this simmering method, you first bring the water to a boil and then lower the temperature.
Salvadoran Torrejas
When you steam, the water or liquid is continuously boiled to produce a constant amount of steam. The steam surrounds the food and cooks it completely while maintaining its moisture.
There are different ways of steaming. Large restaurants have their own steamers or combi steamers. Other methods include using a pot of twigs, leaves, baskets, the microwave, and even wrapping food in foil before putting it in the oven or grill.
Chicken Tamales from El Salvador — Tamales in Banana Leaves
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