Elote
I usually give it about a week.
Every spring, about a week after Easter I start quoting the cinematic masterpiece that is Nacho Libre.
I come from a semi-Mexican family, and we are all completely fluent in movie quoting, and Nacho is oh so quotable! It’s the most perfect combination.
The absolute best Nacho Libre movie snack is “the Lord’s cheeeeps” (obviously!), but in case you feel like branching out from all of your favorite things to do EVERY DAY, elote makes an awesome movie snack also!
Just about every country, every culture, has its signature street foods, and elote, or Mexican street corn, is one of Mexico’s.
Corn on the cob is grilled and coated with delicious toppings: mayo, chile powder, lime juice, cotija cheese.
The result is a sweet, savory, sour, salty, spicy flavor explosion in every bite. There is good reason it’s a beloved street food!
A note about cotija cheese: it can be very polarizing! Most people either love it or hate it. It is a drier, crumbly cheese, it is a bit salty, it does have a super strong smell, and it is a tiny bit tangy as well. I often describe it as the Mexican equivalent of Greek feta, which is also pretty polarizing, but cotija is a bit saltier.
I love cotija, my fully Gringo husband very much doesn’t.
Even my half-Mexican dad affectionately refers to cotija as “Mexican barf cheese”. (Seriously, don’t take a big whiff of it.) ไวอากร้าสําหรับผู้หญิง ราคา
I think the cotija is what makes the elote, but if you already don’t care for cotija or don’t dare try it, feel free to swap out the cotija for a milder queso fresco, or even try shredded parmesan. It won’t have exactly the same flavor, but that would kind of be the point in this instance…
Feel free to surprise someone with this delicious corn, but be sure that it is someone who will appropriately respond, “Get that corn outta my face!”
Elote, Food Network Magazine July/August 2018.
