Mexican Street Corn Salad – this Mexican Street Corn Salad is a healthy, easy spin on elote, the flavor so tasty Mexican street vendor edition of corn on the cob!
Mexican road corn, or elote, is a grilled-corn on the cob that is slathered with a spiced sour-cream or mayo-sauce & wrapped in crumbly cotija-cheese. Mexican Street Corn Salad is a potluck-ready variant of this, throwing in a couple of add-ins & lightening up the sauce together with greek-yogurt!
You may serve this Mexican Street Corn Salad warm, but it could also be chilled & served cold
Maybe you wanna try this recipe at home like, Delicious Quesadilla Burger or French Dip Sandwich and Loaded Homemade Queso Dip.
Mexican Street Corn Salad
Ingredients
Dressing
- ½ cup plain non-fat yogurt (about 80 g)
- 1 tbsp lime-juice
- 1 tsp honey
- ½ tsp paprika
- ½ tsp cumin
Salad
- ½ cup cotija-cheese, crumbled, can sub feta
- ½ cup packed fresh-cilantro chopped
- ½ cup chopped red-onion
- 1 red-bell pepper, seeded and chopped
- ¼ tsp salt
- 2 tbsp lime-juice
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 4 ears-corn (about 3 cups)
- splash of oil
Instructions
- Dressing: Mix all dressing-ingredients & then put aside.
- Cook Corn: Heat oil on medium-high heat in a large skillet then add corn and garlic, cook for 15minutes, flipping regularly till corn starts to char somewhat. Gently toss with lime-juice & salt.
- Serve: In a large-bowl, combine corn mixture, black-beans, onion, cilantro, pepper and cheese. Drizzle sauce over & serve warm or cold. Perfect over tacos, as a chip-dip.
Notes
- If using greek-yogurt, then add a dash-milk to thin it out.
- Instead, cook the ears of corn on the grill, then eliminate kernels & blend in lime-juice, garlic and salt.
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