Vegetarian Mazorca Desgranada (Colombia's Drunk Corn Snack)
Mazorca Desgranada is Colombian fast food. This vegetarian version contains sweet and buttery corn, mixed with salty cheese and smoky BBQ tofu. Creamy sauce (garlicky or not) to bind it all together and topped with crunchy, salty potato chips!
Ingredients
- 1 can corn (425 g, 265 g drained)
- 1 tbsp butter
- oil for frying
- 200 g firm tofu, sliced and in small cubes
- 2 tbsp BBQ sauce
- 100 g grated cheese (queso costeño, if available, or a replace with cheese of choice)
- 2 small bags of potato chips (matchstick or shoestring)
- salt
Garlic sauce
- 3 heaped tbsp mayonnaise
- 1/4 small white onion, chopped (about 50 g)
- 1 big clove of garlic, chopped
- 1 heaped tsp dried parsley
- salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
Prepare the garlic sauce
- Add all ingredients to a blender and blend with short pulses into a sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning. Set aside until using.If you want to use a tartar sauce, see blog post for instructions
Prepare the BBQ tofu
- Fry tofu in a shallow layer of oil until colored. Drain any excess oil by placing tofu on a paper towel. Add to a mixing bowl together with the BBQ sauce. Set aside
Corn
- Drain the corn and warm up in a pan, together with the butter and salt to taste
Plate the ingredients
- Place 1/4 of the corn on one plate. Add 1/4 of the BBQ tofu, some sauce and cheese. Repeat with a second layer of corn, tofu, sauce and cheese. Top with the matchstick potato chips and add some last drizzles of sauce.Repeat for the second plate of mazorca desgranada.Serve immediately
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