Description
This delicious elote salad turns Mexican street corn into a salad! It’s creamy, smoky, salty, and absolutely irresistible.
Ingredients
Scale
- 6 ears corn or 5 cups corn kernels*
- 1 green onion
- 3 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1/2 cup crumbled Cotija cheese, queso fresco, or feta cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
- 1/4 teaspoon each garlic powder, cumin, and kosher salt (or more salt to taste)
Instructions
- Cook the corn:
- Grilled: For grilled corn, heat a grill to medium high heat (375 to 450 degrees Fahrenheit). Shuck the corn. Use your hands to rub oil on each corn cob evenly. Place the corn directly on the grill grates and cook until it begins to blacken, then turn. Cook about 12 to 15 minutes total, until blackened on all sides.
- Sautéed: Use 5 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels and sauté for a minute or two in butter in a medium skillet.
- Cut the corn off the cob: Find a bundt pan, or large rimmed baking sheet or pan. Place the corn into the hole in the bundt pan or hold the corn vertically inside the baking sheet, then use a chef’s knife to slice down and remove the corn from the cob. The sides of the pan catch the kernels that fly when cutting. See How to Cut Corn off The Cob for more.
- Prep the vegetables: Thinly slice the green onion. Finely chop the cilantro.
- Make the dressing: In a medium bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, lime juice, chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, and kosher salt.
- Serve: Mix together the grilled corn, vegetables, and dressing. If desired, top with a sprinkle more cheese crumbles.
Notes
*For a quick fix, you can sauté 5 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet, then add the corn kernels and cook 3 to 4 minutes until bright yellow and tender.
- Category: Salad
- Method: Grilled
- Cuisine: Summer
- Diet: Vegetarian
