Brentwood Corn Champurrado

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    8

    Servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Convivir: Modern Mexican Cuisine in California’s Wine Country

By Rogelio Garcia

Published 2024

  • About

Give me a warm mug of thick, rich champurrado on a rainy night and I am home. My mom, a nurse and a single parent, worked as many long shifts as she could to support me and my two siblings. The one time we could all count on being together around the dinner table was on Sunday nights. Serving champurrado and a bolillo (bread roll) or concha (sweet bread) meant Mom didn’t have to cook when she was exhausted. Of course, we kids loved this satiating “meal replacement,” as it was like having br