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Mazorca Desgranada (Colombian Beef Salad)
La mazorca desgranada is typical northern Colombian coast fast food recipe. Is is made of sweet corn, beef, cheese, crushed potato chips, and tartar sauce.
Ingredients
ServingsOriginal: Serves 3–4 (calculated as 3)
- beef loin steak, 250 g; cut into thin strips1/2 lb
- tartar sauce
- allspice, ground
- pepper, ground
- salt
- worcestershire sauce
- lettuce, small Summer Crisp (Batavian), thinly sliced1/2
- monterey jack cheese, 125 g; shredded; costeño or Monterey Jack1/4 lb
- sweetcorn, 15 oz/425 g; whole kernel1 can
- potato chips, crushed
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 8 steps
Fry beef in a medium skillet. Season with allspice, pepper, salt, and Worcestershire sauce.
Heat corn in warm water, then drain well.
Place lettuce into serving dish.
Place corn over the lettuce.
Add shredded cheese on top of the corn.
Top with beef.
Cover everything with crushed potato chips.
Pour tartar sauce all over the dish, and enjoy.




