Street Corn (Elote)

Name: Street Corn (Elote)
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 ears of corn; 3 tbsp mayonnaise; ½ cup cotija cheese, crumbled; 1 tsp chilli powder; juice of 1 lime; fresh cilantro to garnish; salt to taste

Mexican street corn slathered in mayo, cotija cheese, chilli powder and lime, on the cob or off. Grilling the corn until properly charred in spots, not just cooked through, gives elote its essential smoky base flavour.

Total time

20 min

Prep

5 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Mexican

comfortvegetarianstreet-food

Ingredients

4ears of corn

3 tbspmayonnaise

½ cupcotija cheese, crumbled

1 tspchilli powder

juice of 1 lime

fresh cilantroto garnish

saltto taste

Instructions

Grill corn over high heat 10-12 minutes, turning, until charred.

Slather with mayonnaise.

Scatter cotija, chilli powder, and lime juice over.

Garnish with cilantro. Serve on cob or cut kernels off for elote en vaso.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

290

Protein

12.6g

Fat

25.6g

Carbs

1.9g

Fiber

0.2g

Sodium

780mg

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