Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, elotes (mexican street corn). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Elotes (Mexican Street Corn) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. Elotes (Mexican Street Corn) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look wonderful.
Elote (aka Mexican Street Corn) is an unbelievably popular antojito (little craving or street food) that you can find all over Mexico and the US. It's often served on a stick, though you could skip the skewer and make it right on the grill. Elote (or Grilled Mexican Street Corn) is an easy side dish that will be a favorite for years to come!
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have elotes (mexican street corn) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Elotes (Mexican Street Corn):
- Prepare 4 Ears Corn on the Cob with Husks Removed
- Get 1/2 Cup Lite Mayo
- Prepare 1/2 Cup Lite Sour Cream
- Prepare 1 Cup Finely Crumbled Cotija Cheese
- Get 1 Tbsp Chili Powder
- Make ready Zest of 1 Lime
- Prepare Salt
- Get Pepper
If you like Mexican Street Corn, then it's a must try. INGREDIENTS A plethera of fresh corn on the cob (okay not a. A common Mexican street food, the elote is grilled corn on the cob coated with a mixture of cotija cheese, mayo, sour cream, chile powder and lime before getting topped with more cheese. The combination of the sweet corn with the salty cheese and spicy chile powder makes for an addictive.
Steps to make Elotes (Mexican Street Corn):
- Begin by mixing together the chili powder, lime zest, salt, and pepper into small bowl. Set aside
- Mix together the Mayo and the sour cream in a bowl and set aside.
- Place the crumbled Cotija cheese into a wide bowl and set aside.
- Place the corn onto a hot grill and grill until tender. The corn may blacken a bit but that's okay! It's a great flavour. Alternatively, you can also boil the corn until tender if you don't have access to a grill or if it's winter and you can't be bothered going outside!
- Once the corn is done, pat it completely dry and shove a wooden stick into the wide end. Using a spatula, slather the Mayo and sour cream mixture generously over each ear until they are well coated.
- Gently place the end of the corn into the bowl of Cotija cheese and dust the cheese liberally over the whole thing turning as you go so all sides of the corn get coated.
- To finish, dust the entire thing with the chili-lime spice mixture and serve immediately.
Sweet ears of corn are grilled until lightly charred then slathered with a creamy lime topping and cotija cheese. Elotes are popular Mexican street food sold by cart vendors who roast fresh corn on the cob. Elotes or Mexican street corn, it's all good, right? The moms of kids at Mister Man's preschool used to make this for our Cinco de Mayo festival each year, and I helped them each year. Now I make my own version that well, it's possible that my husband didn't get any of that first batch because I ate the entire.
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