Elotes - Mexican Style Street Corn
Elotes is Mexican-style street corn that is grilled or steamed, slathered in chipotle aioli, and coated in cotija cheese.
Equipment
- Large pot
- cutting board
- Knife
- Small bowl x 2
- Food processor or Blender
- Strainer
- Mixing bowl - large
Ingredients
Chipotle Aioli
- 1 tbsp Chipotle peppers canned chipotle in adobo, blended or chopped
- 1/4 cup Mayo
- 1 pinch Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 tsp Lime juice fresh-squeezed
Elotes
- 1 bunch Cilantro save soome foor garnish
- 5 each Corn on the cobb
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 8 oz Cotija Cheese
- Smoked Paprika or Chilli powder for garnish
- Lime wedge for garnish
Instructions
Chipotle Aioli
- Add your chipotle peppers into a small blender or bullet and blend until roughly chopped. You can also do this by hand using a cutting board and knife. Set aside.
- Add 1 tbsp of chipotle, mayo, salt pepper, and lime to juice to a bowl. Mix together. Taste as adjust seasoning accordingly. If you would like more spice, add more chipotle.
Corn Assembly
- Add peeled and cleaned corn to a pot of hot water and steam for 5-10 minutes or until cooked. This will not take long at all.
- Wash, dry, and rough chop cilantro. Set aside.
- Mix a hand full of cilantro with cotija cheese and set aside. Save soome cilantro for garnish.
- Once the corn is ready, strain and set aside to begin assembly.
- Rub each piece of corn with a generous amount of butter. Then too follow, rub each piece of corn with chipotle aioli.
- Then coat each piece of corn with the cotija cheese and cilantro mixture.
- Lastly, plate corn and garnish with smoked paprika or chilli powder, cilantro and lime wedges.
- Enjoy!
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Notes
Pro Tip:
- If you have access to a grill use it! This recipe tastes SO much better when the corn is grilled.
- Rather than making your own chipotle aioli, an alternate option would be to purchase it.
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