Mexican Avenue Corn Dip Recipe

Think about sitting poolside sipping on a cool beverage (extremely advocate a pineapple margarita with this dip), watching children splash round within the pool, and snacking on a flavorful dip made with recent corn, cilantro, cotija, and extra. After I served this dip to my husband, he mentioned, “I closed my eyes and awoke in Tijuana!”

Mexican road corn dip is the celebration excellent dip and I simply realize it’s going to develop into a summer season favourite of yours. Though, make sure you attempt the deli copycat Mexicali dip or heat tacky jalapeño popper dip, too.

Mexican Avenue Corn Dip

Tastes like elote. This recipe is predicated on the favored road corn bought in Mexico known as “elote”. Elote is grilled or roasted corn on the cob, slathered with mayo or Mexican crema and rolled in crumbled cotija cheese. It’s seasoned with salt, chili powder, and lime juice.

Simpler to eat than elote. Mexican road corn dip has all of the sunny flavors of Mexican corn-on-the-cob (elote) besides with out the mess of getting to eat the corn off the cob, cheese falling off (THE WORST), and stuff getting caught in your tooth.

Plus tortilla chips! And don’t overlook, with a dip you get to get pleasure from tortilla chips, too. At all times an excellent factor! (Do you know it’s really easy to make your personal baked tortilla chips or air fryer tortilla chips?)

Ingredient Notes

• Corn: Contemporary corn minimize off the cob has one of the best taste however drained canned corn or frozen corn are good substitutes if recent corn isn’t in season. Corn is the principle ingredient of this dip so use one of the best tasting corn you could find. For those who like, char the corn frivolously in a grill pan or on the grill for extra genuine Mexican road corn taste.
• Crimson Bell Pepper: Finely diced bell pepper provides shade, taste, and a pleasant crunch. Use no matter shade bell pepper you want greatest.
• Canned Chopped Inexperienced Chiles: I like canned chopped inexperienced chiles and use them usually. Strive my inexperienced chile mac and cheese recipe!
• Cotija Cheese: For those who’re not accustomed to cotija cheese, it’s a Mexican selection that’s created from cows’ milk and has a crumbly texture and salty taste, considerably much like feta cheese. Search for the aged cheese, not recent.
• Contemporary Cilantro: Use the leaves and small stems. It’s so good on this dip!
• Lime Juice: Squeeze your personal, don’t be tempted to make use of bottled juice.
• Chili Powder: A mix of spices that normally contains salt. Purchase your favourite model.
• Inexperienced Onions: Present loads of recent onion taste with out overpowering the dip.
• Mayonnaise: The bottom of this dip is mayonnaise. We examined the recipe utilizing Greek yogurt as an alternative of mayonnaise, and a yogurt/mayo mixture however the dip tends to get watery with yogurt.

How To Make Mexican Avenue Corn Dip

Make the dressing. In a big mixing bowl, mix collectively the mayonnaise, lime juice, chili powder, and salt.

Add remaining components. Stir within the corn, inexperienced chiles, cheese, cilantro, crimson bell peppers, and inexperienced onions. Stir frivolously till every part is combined effectively.

Verify seasoning. Style the dip and add extra salt or chili powder, if wanted.

Serve. Spoon the dip right into a serving dish and serve instantly or refrigerate till able to serve. Garnish with extra chopped cilantro and cotija cheese, if desired.

Recipe Variations

Make a salad. Add a scoop of Mexican road corn salad and a grilled rooster breast to shredded lettuce and you’ve got an immediate predominant course salad!

Add bacon. Why not stir crumbled cooked bacon into this dip? It’s straightforward to make a number of strips of bacon whenever you make air fryer bacon.

Make a pasta salad as an alternative. For those who love Mexican road corn, you must do that Mexican road corn pasta salad! It’s all the time an enormous hit at picnics.

Quite have a heat dip? Do this tacky baked corn casserole with bacon and jalapeño. It’s so creamy that it makes an exquisite dip despite the fact that it’s a casserole recipe.

Retailer leftover dip within the fridge in a coated container for as much as three days. Stir earlier than serving.

• In a big bowl, whisk collectively mayonnaise, lime juice, chili powder, and salt.

  ⅓ cup mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons lime juice, 1 teaspoon chili powder, or to style, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt

• Add corn, inexperienced chiles, cotija cheese, cilantro, bell pepper, inexperienced onion and stir till mixed.

  3 cups corn kernels, 1 can (4 oz.) chopped inexperienced chiles, ½ cup crumbled cotija cheese, ¼ cup minced recent cilantro leaves, ¼ cup finely diced crimson bell peppers, 2 inexperienced onions, minced

• Style and season with extra salt and chili powder, as wanted.

• Spoon into serving dish. Garnish with extra cotija, cilantro, and/or chili powder if desired. Serve with tortilla chips.

• Corn choices: For those who like, you may char the recent corn on the grill or in a grill pan earlier than slicing it off the cob. It’s also possible to use canned or frozen corn. If utilizing canned corn, drain 2 cans of corn (15 oz. every) effectively. If utilizing frozen corn (one 16 oz. bag incorporates 3 cups), thaw in a single day within the fridge earlier than making ready the recipe.
• Make it a meal: Prime chopped romaine lettuce with a scoop of corn dip and grilled rooster.
• Storage: Refrigerate corn dip in an hermetic container for as much as 3 days. Stir effectively earlier than serving.
• Recipe retested and revised 2/2025.

Serving: 0.5cup, Energy: 136kcal, Carbohydrates: 11g, Protein: 3g, Fats: 10g, Saturated Fats: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fats: 5g, Monounsaturated Fats: 2g, Trans Fats: 0.02g, Ldl cholesterol: 12mg, Sodium: 422mg, Potassium: 130mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 3g, Vitamin A: 302IU, Vitamin C: 14mg, Calcium: 57mg, Iron: 1mg

Diet info is mechanically calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

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