🇲🇽 Mexican

Chicken Esquites

Name: Chicken Esquites
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 500 g Chicken; to taste Salt; 1/2, thinly sliced Onion; handful, torn Fresh Cilantro; 3 tbsp Olive Oil; 1, juiced Lime; 3 tbsp Mayonnaise; 400 g Corn; 80 g Cotija Cheese

🇲🇽 Mexican

A bright, herb-packed mexican salad where chicken meets a punchy dressing — fresh, loud and addictive. 20 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 15 min Cook 5 min Serves 2 Easy

Ingredients

Chicken500 g
Saltto taste
Onion1/2, thinly sliced
Fresh Cilantrohandful, torn
Olive Oil3 tbsp
Lime1, juiced
Mayonnaise3 tbsp
Corn400 g
Cotija Cheese80 g

Instructions

1
Whisk the lime juice with the olive oil, salt and pepper for a bright, simple dressing.
2
Prepare the chicken — slice, shred or cube it so every forkful gets some.
3
Toss the chicken with the onion, fresh cilantro and the dressing just before serving.
4
Let it sit 5 minutes so the flavours marry, then taste and add another squeeze of lime if it needs lift.

Chef's tip

Prep everything before the heat goes on — mexican cooking moves fast once it starts.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Esquites de pollo receta estilo CDMX · on YouTube