Corral Mexicana
A burger with guacamole and refried beans, which sounds heavy and turns out creamy and satisfying. American cheese, tomato, onion, lettuce and mayo round it out. The beans give it an earthy richness you will not find at a US chain. There is also a double chargrilled Todoterreno version.
The story
Refried beans are not fried twice. The Spanish is frijoles refritos, and the re- there is an intensifier rather than a repetition, so it means well fried — the mistranslation came north with the dish and stuck. What it actually describes is beans cooked soft, then mashed and fried in fat until they thicken. That makes them a sauce as much as a bean, which is why they work on a burger: they hold the guacamole in place instead of letting it slide off the patty.
What’s inside
- 125 g beef patty
- American cheese
- guacamole
- refried beans
- tomato
- onion
- lettuce
- mayonnaise
- sesame bun
Make it at home
There is no copycat of the Corral Mexicana yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.
- Shares beef, avocado and cheese
Seven Layer Sliders - Shares beef and cheese
McDonald's Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe (Copycat) - Shares beef and cheese
Skip Marooch's Chutney Burger - Shares beef, avocado and cheese
Peter’s Fuddruckers Burger
Variations
The Corral Mexicana, taken somewhere it was never meant to go.
Similar burgers at other chains
Built around the same things as the Corral Mexicana.- Islands · beef, avocado and cheese
Maui - Red Robin · beef, avocado and cheese
Smashed Avocado ’N’ Bacon - Bembos · beef, avocado and cheese
Hamburguesa Mexicana - RocoMamas · beef, avocado and cheese
Bacon Cheeze Guac
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About El Corral
Pablo Emilio Bueno and Guillermo Calderón opened the first El Corral in 1983 near the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá. It grew into the dominant fast-food chain in Colombia, with an estimated 40 per cent of the market, and in 2014 it was bought by the Colombian food group Grupo Nutresa.
Around 200 restaurants in 30 Colombian cities, plus a handful in Chile, Ecuador and Panama.
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