Dish · mexican
Elote
Grilled corn on the cob is coated in mayonnaise, rolled in crumbled cotija cheese, and dusted with chili powder and lime juice.
Where it comes from
Elote is street food sold from carts across Mexico, built around corn as a cheap, portable base that could carry whatever toppings a vendor had on hand that day.
What cooks argue about
The argument is over the base: mayonnaise alone versus a mix of mayonnaise and crema, and whether the cheese goes on before or after the chili powder so it actually sticks.
Versions
Nobody has published a elote here yet. When somebody cooks one from a video and publishes it, their version appears in this list, with a link back to the original.
What goes in it
Each one opens everything else made with it.
corn
chili powder
lime