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elote

Name: elote
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 4 ears corn on the cob; 1/2 cup mayonnaise; 1/2 cup, crumbled cotija cheese; 1 tablespoon chili powder; 2 tablespoons lime juice; 2 tablespoons butter; to taste salt

Elote is a popular Mexican street food consisting of grilled corn on the cob coated with a mixture of mayonnaise, cotija cheese, chili powder, and lime juice. This savory snack highlights the central role of corn in Mexican cuisine and culture, often enjoyed at fairs, markets, and street stands across Mexico.

7 ingredients

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Culinary DNA Preview

Indigenous70%

Spanish30%

Ingredients

corn on the cob
4 ears
mayonnaise
1/2 cup
cotija cheese
1/2 cup, crumbled
chili powder
1 tablespoon
lime juice
2 tablespoons
butter
2 tablespoons
salt
to taste

Method

Steps not available

Origin Story

Elote traces its origins to indigenous Mesoamerican cultures where corn was a staple food, with contemporary preparations influenced by Spanish colonial ingredients such as mayonnaise and cheese.

Culinary DNA

Ingredient ancestry breakdown

Indigenous70%

ingredients+techniques

Spanish30%

ingredient_origin

Techniques

grilling spreading seasoning

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