Mexican Street Corn (Elotes)

  • 6 ears of corn
  • ½ cup Crema Mexican Agria Sour Cream (regular sour cream will work as well)
  • ¼ cup mayonnaise
  • ¾ cup Cotija cheese, crumbled
  • ½ TSP garlic powder
  • ⅜ teaspoon fine sea salt
  • Juice and zest of 2 limes
  • ⅜ C (1 bundle) cilantro, finely chopped
  • ¾ teaspoon chipotle chili powder (optional)

Option 1 – Grilling:

  1. Heat your grill to roughly 400° F. You can grill the corn with the husks on or off. Leaving the husks off to ensures that the corn gets nice grill marks and it gives it a nice grilled flavor.
  2. Husks On: let your corn soak in water for 10 minutes before grilling.
  3. Husks Off: lightly coat each cob with oil add season with salt and pepper.
  4. Place the corn on the grill and grill for roughly 12 minutes, turning the cobs 1/4 turn every 3 minutes.

Option 1 – Saute:

  1. You can cook the corn in a skillet over medium high heat. Add in a little oil, and once hot add in the corn.
  2. Cook for a few minutes on each side until it starts to darken a little.

Option 3 – Roast:

  1. Preheat the oven to 425° F. Lightly coat each husked cob with oil, season with salt and pepper, and place in a single layer on a roasting pan. Roast for 30-45 minutes, depending on how much color you’d like the corn to have.

Topping:

  1. Mix the topping by stirring together the Mexican creama, mayonnaise, cotija cheese, garlic powder, lime zest and juice, and cilantro.
  2. Generously top each corn cob with the cheese mixture (using a gloved hand works best), sprinkle with a bit of chipotle chili powder, and top with a bit of extra cotija cheese and cilantro.

Yields 6 servings.

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Serving: 4g | Calories: 254kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.03g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 471mg | Potassium: 292mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 488IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 1mg