Transform Your Corn Game: The Best Mexican Style Elote Recipe

Transform Your Corn Game: The Best Mexican Style Elote Recipe

Ingredients:

6 ears of Corn

1/2 C Sour scream 

1/4 C Mayonnaise 

1 Garlic Clove, minced or grated

1 Lime, zested and juiced

2 tsp Chipotle in adobo (add more to your heat pref)

5 Scallions, sliced thin

4 oz Cotija, grated (if you can’t find, use parmesan cheese) 

Chili Powder or smoked paprika for dusting/garnish

To Taste: Salt & Pepper

 Procedure:

  1. Pull the husks back on the corn and remove the silk. Tie the husks back with a piece of husk or kitchen twine. 
  2. Grill corn over medium heat for about 10 minutes rotating as necessary to achieve color, slight blistering and doneness. Set aside to cool slightly while you make the dressing. 
  3. For the dressing: combine sour cream, mayo, garlic, lime zest and juice, chipotle, and scallion and season to taste with salt and pepper.
  4. Using a pastry brush, brush grilled corn with the dressing, generously coat each ear in parmesan cheese and sprinkle with chili powder and smoked paprika. 

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