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Elotes (Grilled Corn With Cheese, Lime and Chile)

Posted on: August 1, 2025

Recipe by: Melissa Clark

Serves: 6 Total TIme: 15 minutes 

Ingredients:

  • 6 ears fresh corn, shucked
  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 2 limes
  • ¼ teaspoon  chile powder, more as needed
  • Fine sea salt, as needed
  • Black pepper, as needed
  • ½ cup crumbed cotija cheese (or substitute feta or ricotta salata)
  • ¼ cup chopped fresh cilantro

Directions:

  1. Heat your grill to medium-high. Grill corn, turning occasionally, until cooked through and lightly charred, 7 to 10 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix together mayonnaise, zest of 1 lime, chile powder, salt and pepper.
  3. Slather hot corn with mayonnaise mixture and sprinkle with cheese and cilantro. Cut limes into wedges and serve alongside corn.

Filed Under: Cilantro, Sweet Corn

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