- White corn on the cob
- Mayonnaise and crema
- Cotija cheese, chile powder (Tajin or de arbol), lime
Elote
Esquites: street corn in a cup with mayo, cheese and chile. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Elote is Mexican street corn: grilled or boiled corn on the cob slathered with mayonnaise, rolled in cotija cheese, dusted with chile powder and finished with lime. Esquites are the same flavours served in a cup, eaten with a spoon.
Elote carts appear on plazas and outside metro stations in the late afternoon. It is the definitive Mexican street snack.
Key ingredients
Where to try it
- Street carts on any city plaza after 5pm
- Mexico City's Coyoacan plaza and Chapultepec
- Fairs and festivals across the country