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3-Ingredient Grilled Mexican Street Corn (Elote)

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  • Active Time

    25 minutes

  • Total Time

    30 minutes

In Epi's 3-Ingredient Recipes series, we show you how to make great food with just three ingredients (plus staples like oil, salt, and pepper).
Make this street-food favorite at home using just flavor-packed chipotle mayonnaise and crumbly Cotija cheese.

Ingredients

4 servings

Vegetable oil (for brushing)
4 ears of corn, husked
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup store-bought or homemade (see Cooks' Note below) chipotle mayonnaise
1/4 cup grated fresh Cotija cheese

  1. Step 1

    Prepare a grill for medium-high heat or heat a grill pan over medium-high; oil grate or pan. Lightly brush corn with oil and season with salt and pepper. Grill, covered, until tender and well charred, 4–5 minutes per side (16–20 minutes total). Let cool slightly.

    Step 2

    Spread each ear with 1 Tbsp. mayonnaise and sprinkle with 1 Tbsp. cheese.

Cooks' Note

Combine 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 1 Tbsp. adobo sauce from a can of chipotle chiles in adobo for homemade chipotle mayonnaise. If you can't find Cotija cheese, substitute queso fresco or Parmesan.

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  • It's missing a few ingredientsl: spread with mayo/mexican crema, top with cojito, sprinkle on smoked paprika, and squeeze a fresh lime over the top. Amazing. But all are these ingredients essential.

    • Anonymous

    • Seattle

    • 7/25/2022

  • This was great. And to, "OLDUNC," Epi makes it quite clear staples everyone has in the their cabinets do not count. It is not a unique concept. Any time you look for 3 or 4 ingredient dishes it is always the same. Unfortunately, every time they publish one of these recipes there is someone like you who cannot grasp the concept, doesn't make the recipe and downgrades the rating.

    • kahlan

    • St. Louis, MO

    • 1/31/2020

  • Excellent recipe. Go for the mayo mixed with adobo sauce, it's worth the calories. Will definitely make this again.

    • Anonymous

    • Milwaukee, WI

    • 8/6/2018

  • This was pretty great, I love elote and wish I'd learned how to do this a long time ago. I mixed avocado mayo with Cholula chipotle and it was good but needed more spice - will try the adobo next time.

    • demarcate

    • Brooklyn, NY

    • 7/29/2018

  • I count 7 ingredients, and that's if you count canned adobo sauce as 1 ingredient. Mayonnaise is a truly bad idea.

    • oldunc

    • 9/3/2017

  • This was delicious and easy. I used fat-free Greek yogurt instead of mayo to save fat calories. Didn't miss the mayo.

    • pjsokal

    • Dallas, TX

    • 8/21/2017

  • Love mexican street corn. Usually just mix the mayo with lime juice, spread on cooked corn, sprinkle with chili powder and cotija cheese, but will try the Chipotle mayo.

    • mltdebbie1

    • Hamilton, WA

    • 8/2/2017

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