Spicy Charred Street Corn Dip {Elote}
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Spicy Charred Street Corn Dip {Elote Dip} is the best dip to serve during the Summer months and with Mexican-inspired foods. It’s cheesy and spicy from jalapenos and Tijan seasoning.
This Mexican Street Corn dip is good served hot or cold. It’s also good on tacos, nachos, or over a salad.
SPICY CHARRED STREET CORN DIP
If you’ve been a follower for a while, you know that I love Mexican Street Corn. I have several recipes.
- Mexican Street Corn Dip Recipe
- Skillet Mexican Street Corn Recipe
- Grilled corn on the cob in foil with mayo, aka Grilled Mexican Street Corn
- Street Corn Chicken Tacos
This is another form of Street Corn Dip and one of my favorite Cinco de Mayo recipes. I also put together three Cinco de Mayo menus for you. You can access them here where you can save them to your personal recipe box.
SPICY CHARRED STREET CORN DIP INGREDIENTS
Ingredient amounts and full recipe is further below where you can save it to your personal recipe box.
- Corn. Any variety of corn and you can use frozen or canned.
- Jalapeno. Remove the ribs and seeds to make it less spicy.
- Butter. You can use salted or unsalted.
- Mayo. I prefer Duke’s or Blue Plate.
- Cotija. This is a crumbly Mexican cheese.
- Cilantro. Fresh
- Garlic. I prefer whole garlic cloves.
- Lime. Every Mexican dish needs a squeeze of lime!
- Cream Cheese. Use full-fat
cream cheese . Low fat and fat-freecream cheese won’t melt smoothly. - Seasoning. Tajin, salt, and pepper. Tajin is a brand of Mexican seasoning containing a variety of peppers, lime, and citrus.
- Cheddar. Or any cheese you like.
SHOP THIS CHARRED STREET CORN DIP POST
If you’re planning a fiesta or Cinco de Mayo party, I put together serving dishes and decorations for you to choose from.
- Large serving bowl
- 5-piece salsa bowl set
- Taco holder stand
- Tortilla warmer
- Fajita skillet set
- Mexican table runner or this one
- Mexican napkins plain or printed
- More….
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- Broccoli Quinoa Casserole Recipe
- Whipped Feta with Blistered Tomatoes
- Huli Huli Chicken
- Grilled Chicken Shawarma
- Panko Crusted Baked Fried Green Tomatoes with Lulus Wow Sauce
SPICY CHARRED STREET CORN {ELOTE} DIP
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Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 4 cups corn frozen or canned
- 1 medium jalapeno pepper seeded and diced
- 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
- ½ cup sour cream
- 4 tablespoons queso fresco crumbled (like this brand)
- 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro chopped
- 1 clove garlic clove minced, or ¼ tsp garlic powder
- 1 medium lime juiced
- 4 ounces cream cheese room temperature
- ¼ teaspoon Tajin seasoning like this or low sodium Tajin
- ⅛ teaspoon each salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup cheddar cheese shredded
- lime juice, tajin, cilantro, and cojita for garnish
Instructions
- In a mixing bowl, combine sour cream, mayo, lime juice, tajin, chopped cilantro, cojita cheese. Set aside.
- Add corn and jalapeno to a cast iron skillet in an even layer on high heat. Cook for 3-5 minutes without stirring. The longer you leave it the more char you will achieve.
- If using fresh garlic, Turn down the heat to medium and add garlic and butter stirring until fragrant and cooked through.
- Pull off the heat and stir in cream cheese and shredded cheese until melted.
- To serve warm: add sour cream mixture and stir until combined. Sprinkle with lime juice, tajin, cilantro, and cojita, and serve with chips. Serve immediately.
- To serve cold: wait until corn mixture cools and add sour cream mixture, stir until combined. Sprinkle with lime juice, tajin, cilantro, and cojita, and serve with chips
Nutrition
Nutritional information given is an automatic calculation and can vary based on the exact products you use and changes you make to the recipe. If these numbers are important to you, I recommend calculating them yourself.
My nephews fiancé brought this to the shore on our family vacation! What a hit!!! Everyone loved it! I plan on making this for my next get together!! Delicious
Oh, I’m so happy you all enjoyed it!! ❤️
Amazing Dip!!
Went over so well at a party for my niece I’m making it again for a camping trip.
How much sour cream?? I see it in the written ingredients but not in the bullet list
Oh man, thanks for pointing that out. It should be 1/2 cup sour cream. I corrected the recipe.
Can you freeze this pound cake?
yes, you can freeze pound cakes
I LOVE this dip! It’s really tasty!
This corn dip was a super big hit at my party. Thanks for the recipe.
This tasted so amazing! Thanks a lot for sharing this super easy to make recipe! Fam really loves it! Will surely have this again! Highly recommended!