🇲🇽 Mexican Vegetarian

Elote

Name: Elote
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: pinch Salt; 2 Lime; 1 tsp Chili Powder; 1/3 cup Mayonnaise; 4 ears Corn; 1/2 cup, crumbled Cotija Cheese

🇲🇽 Mexican

Charred corn on the cob slathered with mayo, cotija, chili and lime — the Mexican street snack that ruins plain corn forever.

Prep 10 min Cook 15 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Saltpinch
Lime2
Chili Powder1 tsp
Mayonnaise1/3 cup
Corn4 ears
Cotija Cheese1/2 cup, crumbled

Optional extras

Fresh Cilantrooptional
Chili Flakespinch

Instructions

1
Grill or broil corn until lightly charred on all sides.
2
Mix mayonnaise with a squeeze of lime and a pinch of chili powder.
3
Slather hot corn with the mayo mix.
4
Roll in crumbled cotija cheese.
5
Dust with more chili powder and serve with lime wedges.

Chef's tip

Char the corn hard — smoky kernels are what separate elote from buttered corn.

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Watch how it's made

Video: The Perfect ENSALADA DE ELOTE for your next gathering | Mexican Street Corn Salad · on YouTube