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Jessica Parisoe

Elote- Mexican Street Corn

Cook Time 15 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients
  

  • 3 ears of corn In husk
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 1 ⁄3 cups crumbled cotija cheese
  • 3 tbs. fresh chopped cilantro
  • 4 tsp chile powder
  • 1 lime cut into 4 wedge

Equipment

  • 10” Freedom Skillet

Method
 

  1. Layer moist husks into the bottom of your 10" Freedom skillet.
  2. Place moist corn on top of husks
  3. Cover and cook on medium heat for 12 mins
  4. After 12 minutes, transfer corn to a plate. Then remove husks from the skillet
  5. To give a grilled appearance keep the skillet hot and return corn to skillet without husks
  6. Use a paper towel to carefully press the corn to the skillet
  7. Turn the corn and repeat step 5
  8. When optimum grilled appearance is reached, turn of burner and move corn to plate
Dressing the corn
  1. First apply a thin layer of Mayonnaise fully around each ear of corn
  2. Sprinkle Cotija Cheese fully around each ear of corn
  3. Apply chili powder to your choice of heat level
  4. Squeeze fresh lime wedges over the corn and garnish with fresh cilantro