Mexican Street Corn

morgaj1 · Nov 3, 2011

My wife and I have been eating this for a while and love it. I thought I'd share the recipe:

Mexican Street Corn
• 6 ears of corn in the husk
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon chili powder of choice
• Pinch salt
• 1 cup freshly grated Cotija cheese (if you cannot find Cotija, use shredded white Mexican Cheese)
• 1 lime, cut into 6 wedges, for serving

Soak corn in the husk in water for an hour. Remove from water and cook on the grill for about 40 minutes, rotating every 10 minutes. Remove from grill and shuck. Place it back on the grill to char. When corn is done, spread the mayo/sour cream mixture on the corn and roll it in the cheese. Serve immediately. Squeeze lime over corn just prior to eating.

Boshizzle · Nov 3, 2011

Sounds great! Thanks for the recipe!

bbqchicken · Nov 3, 2011

I love it. :thumb:

Outnumbered · Nov 3, 2011

Direct heat or do you set the coals off to the side?

morgaj1 · Nov 3, 2011

Outnumbered said:
Direct heat or do you set the coals off to the side?

Direct heat. The husks protect it from the heat. And, the water from the soaking actually steams the kernels.

Zin · Nov 3, 2011

morgaj1, the only thing you left out is the to sprinkle with the hot sauce of your choice, i also make this in a cup called corn in a cup.

Johnny_Crunch · Nov 3, 2011

First thing says husks and silk removed then it says to soak husk and all. I'm confused.

BlueHowler · Nov 3, 2011

Johnny_Crunch said:
First thing says husks and silk removed then it says to soak husk and all. I'm confused.

What you do is just pull the husks down to the bottom of the cob and then remove as much of the silk as you can then pull the husks back over the corn.

I like to tie the husks to the cobs with butchers twine then soak in the water that way the water soaked husks kind of steam the corn at first then you remove the husks to grill the corn.

morgaj1 · Nov 3, 2011

BlueHowler said:
What you do is just pull the husks down to the bottom of the cob and then remove as much of the silk as you can then pull the husks back over the corn.

I like to tie the husks to the cobs with butchers twine then soak in the water that way the water soaked husks kind of steam the corn at first then you remove the husks to grill the corn.

Bingo!!! I edited it though.

BobBrisket · Nov 4, 2011

That stuff is GOOD! Mayo rocks!

Ole Man Dan · Nov 4, 2011

morgaj1 said:
My wife and I have been eating this for a while and love it. I thought I'd share the recipe:

Mexican Street Corn
• 6 ears of corn in the husk
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise
• 3 tablespoons sour cream
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon chili powder of choice
• Pinch salt
• 1 cup freshly grated Cotija cheese (if you cannot find Cotija, use shredded white Mexican Cheese)
• 1 lime, cut into 6 wedges, for serving

Soak corn in the husk in water for an hour. Remove from water and cook on the grill for about 40 minutes, rotating every 10 minutes. Remove from grill and shuck. Place it back on the grill to char. When corn is done, spread the mayo/sour cream mixture on the corn and roll it in the cheese. Serve immediately. Squeeze lime over corn just prior to eating.

I've got to try your recipe. Sounds good.

bluetang · Nov 4, 2011

I gotta have some of that! Thanks

kydsid · Nov 4, 2011

Make this and some Sonoran Hot Dogs and get the full affect.

likeadeere · Nov 4, 2011

I discovered this recipe from some of my local vatos, and I've been trying it everytime I get some sweet corn. It is totally the best!

chicagokp · Nov 4, 2011

I love elote. Your recipe is pretty spot on with mine, except I add a little Cholula hot sauce to mine.

BobBrisket · Nov 4, 2011

Corn in a Cup (Elote en Vaso) is good too.
http://www.chow.com/recipes/28915-elote-en-vaso-corn-in-a-cup

Same concept, no cob.

Bob

morgaj1 · Nov 4, 2011

Ole Man Dan said:
I've got to try your recipe. Sounds good.

I found the original recipe on the internet, but it called for microwaving the corn first :crazy: So I modified the cooking to grilling it only and it works better.

bbqchicken · Nov 4, 2011

I love corn on the grill. I dont like messing with the husks so I do them in foil with butter and crap. 20 min or so then out of foil....direct grill a little then what marjal does more or less.

google pic

southernstyle · Nov 4, 2011

i desilk mine and place the husks back over the cobb. then grill direct heat.

spread mayo
sprinkle parmy cheese
then sprinkle a seoning made around here called pic de gillo. i know that is a homeade fresh salsa, but this is what the mexican folk here call it. its salty and very spicy.
its so awesome.

bbqbull · Nov 4, 2011

Alton Brown show taught me to throw corn in a 350 oven for 30 minutes.
I remove the corn, let it rest 5 minutes. Then while wearing hotpad mits/gloves I peel of the husks. The silk sticks to the husks so it is a very clean operation.

I hope to try this recipe next year with your slather.

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