Chicharrón is a dish generally consisting of fried pork belly or fried pork rinds. Chicharrón may also be made from chicken, mutton, or beef.
Traditional pork chicharrones
Chicharrón from the Ancash Region of Peru
Mixed seafood Chicharrón, as served in Peru
Various types of chicharon from the Philippines, including pork rind, chicken intestine, pork offal, and tuna skin
A pupusa is a thick griddle cake or flatbread from El Salvador and Honduras made with cornmeal or rice flour stuffed with one or more ingredients including cheese, beans, chicharrón, or squash. It can
Chicharrón
…eaten with tostones. It is prepared by washing and drying pork and cutting it into small pieces, which are seasoned with a mix of lemon juice and salt. Pupusas are often filled with chopped chicharrón as a stuffing. The dish is known in the local Chamorro language as chachalon, derived from the food's Spanish…
A woman with pupusas in Apopa in 1990
A 5.5-meter-wide (18 ft) pupusa created in Antiguo Cuscatlán in 2016
Pupusas being cooked on a comal