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Street Corn Salad

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Servings: 4
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
All the flavors of elote but scoopable. Perfect side for tacos, BBQ, or just a spoon. If elote is the show-stopping presentation of Mexican street corn, street corn sa
Mike

Ingredients  

  • 6 ears corn (or 4 cups frozen corn kernels)
  • 1/3 cup mayo
  • 1/2 cup cotija cheese (crumbled)
  • 1-2 teaspoons Tajín or chili powder
  • juice of 2 limes
  • 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro (chopped)
  • 1/4 cup red onion (finely diced)
  • optional: diced jalapeño for extra heat

Method
 

  1. Char the corn using your preferred method. Let cool slightly. In a large bowl, combine charred corn, mayo, half the cotija, Tajín, lime juice, cilantro, and red onion. Toss to combine. Top with remaining cotija and an extra sprinkle of Tajín. Serve at room temperature or chilled.