Order at the counter of this tiny Carrollton restaurant, where the bean and cheese pupusas are made with refried pinto beans instead of the usual black beans. Here, they’re paired with a crunchy curtido that’s a little sweet.

With purple-shrouded tables surrounding the kitchen on two sides and reggaeton booming in the background, Salvadorian Cuisine is like a theatre in the round, and its pupusas are the stars of the show. Despite their enormity, the pupusa maintain a perfect ratio of filling to masa dough. Try the rich and creamy pupusa de loroco, arguably one of the best pupusas in Dallas, or the simple yet impeccable cheese and black bean pupusa.

Doña Lola is a must-try DFW pupuseria. Polished wood tables and chatting, laughing families fill the well-lit dining with bright orange walls. Try any of the pupusas, filled with cheese, shredded pork, and more delicious stuffings, and pair with Doña Lola’s creamy orange salsa and fresh, crunchy curtido.

Just down the street from Bishop Arts, La Campiña Salvadoreña has managed to maintain its original Oak Cliff charm despite the neighborhood’s rapid gentrification. Be sure to order the jalapeño and cheese pupusa, a unique offering that will inspire serious future cravings. While it sizzles on the griddle, browse the store’s shelves filled with Latin and Hispanic goodies.

Two tables fill Chalet’s modest dining room, and much of the food is prepared beforehand and served Chipotle-style from a buffet. Nothing, however, is modest about the made-to-order pupusa de frijoles y queso, which pairs perfectly with the restaurant’s thin red salsa.

From behind an unassuming storefront, Casa Linda Salvadoran Cuisine offers delicious pupusas alongside other traditional Salvadoran dishes. The menu labels the pupusa plate as a starter, but the portion is sufficient for a meal: two pupusas come with tender rice and perfectly smooth black beans smothered in freshly grated cheese. Be sure to try the pupusa de loroco, made with queso blanco and loroco flowers, a native plant of El Salvador that tastes similar to spinach.

This sparsely decorated restaurant, located near Love Field and Bachman Lake, serves up some killer cheese-stuffed pupusas as well as delicious plantains. At $1.35 or $1.50, depending on the filling, the pupusas are also a great deal.

Located inside a former gas station, La Unica is a reliable lunchtime destination. Here, the pupusas are good but the curtido is excellent: it has a distinctive, yellow color and an intense acidity that, somehow, is not overpowering.