Elotes (Grilled Mexican Street Corn) | Kenji's Cooking Show
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This is the second video I've done of this same thing, apparently. I guess it's good! Here's the other version I did: • Elote (Mexican Street ...
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"I should have used a bigger bowl" - Every cook using a bowl, ever
@@Leto_0 yeah but didn’t you many times say “oh I don’t need that big a bowl” and then proceed to make a mess? If you didn’t, run for President in 2024, or some office, because WE NEED YOU!!! 🥺😭🙈😂
I've seen them make this at flea market stands. They don't use a bowl at all. They use a tall container like a cocktail shaker and dip the corn in it. Or they have the stuff in a tray and roll the corn in it.
i have a fucking massive metal mixing bowl (way bigger than even any of the bowls at the restaurant i used to work at) for home cooking for one person (myself) 😂
i got it because i was sick of making coleslaw and 2 halves of a red and green cabbage filling up my big mixing bowls
Grilling in flip-flops on an overcast summer day is peak Seattle living, you're doing it right Kenji.
Nah, shorts in November - March is peak Seattle. Proud he's in our fine city!
I live (for all intents and purposes) in Seattle, and my neighbor below me used to grill all the time. Even with my windows closed, I could smell it, and I wanted it so much. I wanted to lower down a bucket with a ten-spot, and pull it up with some sweet grilled meats.
I thought kenji was I'm portland, not that different though I suppose
Kenji, I would like to say you’ve changed my mindset of cooking. Before finding your channel I was was always feeling hectic in the kitchen. I wanted to make sure everything was absolutely perfect in every way. But seeing you relaxed while cooking while also having fantastic food made me realize there’s no reason to go crazy. Just pay attention and do things the right way. Now I feel a lot better while cooking and my dishes are even better…. Thanks👍
If cooking at home for your family or even for your guests is stressful you’re not doing it right. Food is meant to bring people together. The conversation should be the center piece of the occasion the food is a sidekick/helper.
That’s always been my approach to cooking-a cold beer (or a joint, whatever your preference), good tunes and a nice, relaxed pace of makin some great food
This video was exactly 5 mins of Kenji struggling to spread Mayo with tongs and interesting conversation
Little side tip~ I like to make my mixture and spread it on a sheet pan then roll the corn on it, especially if there’s just a couple I’m doing!
Good tip! Thanks
Yes, there ought to be a better way of applying the coating to the corn. Seems a bit wasteful as demonstrated.
Back when I was in high school there was an older man who pushed an old-fashioned ice cream cart up to my school around dismissal time. He didn't have ice cream, though. He sold ears of elote for $1 a piece absolutely slathered in mayo, tajin, and cotija. On the rare occasion I had an extra dollar and got to him before he sold out they were my favorite treat for the walk home.
Now that I'm grown and on the opposite coast I miss Elote Man! I think I'll make these this weekend to share the nostalgia with my daughter. Thanks for the inspiration!
2:29 i love that the dog enters the frame and basically stays there
Mexican here, yes in Mexico it has a lot of names depending on the state you are, the most common ones are Esquites and Elote en Vaso (corn in a glass/cup), also Trolelote is used. Mayonnaise + cheese + something spicy es the most common combination but onions, melted cheese and epazote can be used. And sweet corn is not commonly used but is not a sin to use it.
Esquite es solo en vaso y con juguito no asi como lo preparo Kenji.
You know it's delicious when Kenji makes two videos about it
My fav is esquites aka granos de elote en vaso. Because you get all that yummy corn juice to mix your mayo and chili powder into.
Also, it depends on where you are if sweet corn is avail. But it's sooo much better w sweet corn and the salty cheese, lime and mayo! You get all those flavors mixing together🤤
I ate at Toro recently and it's still there (both the corn and the restaurant). You're right, the corn is now $10, but they serve two per plate.
I've done the math guys: $5 per ear instead of $3
@@tallky quick maffs
References Jaws and Breaking Bad. Doesn't remember he made an elote video two years ago. Truly Kenji is the cooking personality I identify with the most. Thank you, chef.
I just wanna say thank you for being you. The great recipes, the friendly videos, the painted nails, you always out do yourself and make cooking fun. Thanks Kenji!
Yoo Mr Lopez-Alt at it with the special ingredient! Chili P! Makes it kick like a twelve gague when it comes on
Underrated comment
Immediately thought of Jesse Pinkman too when he said Chili P
I’ve made this for every barbecue since I saw it in Serious eats. Never fails to impress. And people always ask for the recipe. Thanks Kenji
Toum would be amazing as a mayo replacement. Its vegan friendly too ( Garlic oil lemon salt )
I've been making this recipe (from your previous video) a lot this summer and have been loving it. I don't have a grill outside so I have just been cooking it under the broiler and cutting it off the cob and serving as elote en vaso. Thanks for all the great recipes!!!
Just made this again on an overcast Memorial Day...and introduced it to my Mom who is turning 80 this year. Delicious!
When you mentioned toro I totally flipped out - I’m in Boston for school right now and that restaurant is one of my favorite places to eat in the city.
You're missing two key ingredients: a home depot bucket for pre mayonating the corn and a blow torch. You also have to do all of this while riding a bicycle, or in the back of a moving truck.
Your old videos make me dizzy because of the movement but those recent videos are a pleasure to watch! 👍👍👍
I would love a Mediterranean take on this with labneh, sumac, aleppo pepper, parsley, and maybe a little dill. There's a classic fried cauliflower with herbed labneh dish at Zahav in Philadelphia that I think would be really fun to adapt to elotes.
the "taking a bite at the end" part of this one is gonna be brutal, i can tell
Can confirm: Mexican street corn is the ultimate corn experience. It's amazing stuff.
Just checked Toro’s website, this is still on the menu and it’s $10 an ear lol.
Here in Austin, it's $3 at the flea market :-) I have to say, though, that they don't use mayonnaise, although that's a good substitute for the other things Kenji named, like queso fresco.
Tapas bars in America are insane.
Frequented Toro when it first opened and that was my intro to street corn. I'm sure you were back there one of the many times I enjoyed the great food and beverages.
If you are an apartment dweller who does not have access to a grill, but craves these tasty flavors - I have made a cheap elotes knockoff in my apartment kitchens for years. Just put a tiny amount of butter or oil in a hot pan, and toast frozen corn kernels in it until they're golden and slightly crisp. Then add the referenced toppings to the corn in a bowl. It's excellent.
I watched this video while eating my lunch and when he bit into that corn, my stomach had the nerve to growl AS I WAS EATING. That's how you know it's good!
Elote is one of my favorite street foods
Traditionally it's the non-sweet corn, but folks in Monterrey have been doing the yellow supersweet varieties, and when served on a cup, they'll sometimes mix the two before going on to a huge selection of toppings, from crumbled doritos to nacho cheese and flaming hot snacks...
yo.... lol nice
Congratulations on one and a quarter million subscribers! Your content is excellent, thank you!
I was just looking for an elote recipe for tonight! Kenji coming in clutch!
1:03 - went to Toro this week. What an amazing place- highly recommend it. Corn was terrific. Bluefin tuna dish was out of this world good!! Such a treat to have some Kenji history there too!
Corn holders help to keep mayo off fingers... One per ear will work.
"Rolling" two ears at a time in a shallow container of the mayo mix helps to maintain an equal coating on both ears....
Hard for me to describe in words, but essentially, the bigger the gap between the "rolling ears" , the thicker the coating on each cob will get....
As in, if the ears are touching each other, they get the thinnest layer of mayo... Increase the gap, and scallions will be attached/included .
I'm one of those people that has a thing with mayo, I've done elotes with the sour cream before and it was nice but my favorite was actually doing it with some unflavored yogurt.
Huge fan from Tokyo! you have inspired me during covid to become a better cook. you gotta intro the world to soy sauce and butter with corn! yaki tomorokoshi is my fav when i go up to nagano
Kenji swearing made my day for some reason. Thank you for teaching us how to cook chef
Im from a mexican and cuban family, and used to run into "the corn man" daily while growing up in Las Vegas, in the Barrio. I'd buy elote for $1 and it's one of my favorite childhood memories. Typically it wasn't sweet corn to answer that question. And I do have to add, *not mayo* but crema, always (mexican table cream) for authenticity.
Beautiful Las Vegas, Mexico.
Kenji- this recipe rocks. My wife and I are addicted to this either on the cob or cooked in a pan. Curiously we sampled it from street carts in Mexico but was disappointed in the corn used not as tasty as sweet corn in the states😊
I love it with a little bit of Tajin on top. So good!
Mexican born and raised here. Sweet corn is not commonly used. Generally we use white corn, boiled rather than roasted.
My guy Kenji has almost completed his transformation to Master Oogway from Kung Fu Panda.
Major Deja Vu
Just heard your Shabu I’m so very sorry for your loss. I miss seeing her catch her treats.
Mmmm my sister and I have been making elote a ton this summer! I think it’s good with a little bit of sour cream mixed in and scallions optional since we never seem to have it in our fridge, also if you don’t really like eating the corn on the cob cutting off the kernels and tossing it in the sauce is also great I think, although grilling it is definitely the way to go since canned corn doesn’t really taste the same
In a cup I think it’s called esquites
Kenji has a very good recipe for esquites (off the cob) on the Serious Eats site. Or did. I've made it many many times, but not in the past year and a half.
Maiz Asado at Toro is now $10, which I assume is served as one ear of corn.
I always use Kewpie mayo for my mayo on elotes. It adds a sweetness that compliments the corn and cotija cheese very well.
This channel is not just a cooking channel , It is an educational experience. The wisdom Kenji shares here is invaluable and, I love incorporating it into my daily cooking!
I make mine with 2 parts mayo, 1 part sour cream/crema, and 1 part softened butter. Also cotija cheese. Or parm really changes the taste more than I thought it would.
Love seeing your pups in the “drop zone”🐾
Hands down my favorite way to eat corn.
Right on brother
Elote in Mexico just means Corn we call this "Elote preparado" which means "seasoned corn" or something like that and it's usually grilled or cooked in water, also we don't put cilantro on it, you are right about the sour cream for a substitute of mayonnaise.
@@Leto_0 I’m a Mexican from a Mexican family living in Mexico so I think I know what I’m talking about, Elotes is just plural for Elote and no we don’t put cilantro on them.
lol good to see that i wasn't tripping and you have in fact done a video on this before
I am someone who doesn't like (low key hates) mayo. But in this preparation, it's the best. Have made elote so many times and would never sub out the mayo.
I have put the Mayo mix on a piece of tin foil and rolled the corn in it. Makes it very easy!
You need a skewer. Also, you were right about sweet corn not really being used that much in Mexico, we mostly use white corn.
Nice breaking bad reference :)
Thanks for the recipe!
Cool recipe but I prefer the OG street corn recipe here in LA. The squeeze bottle “butter” is essential.
Good for the most part. Can't go sour cream if you want an authentic experience. You need some good fatty mayonnaise. This is why it works so well with the sweet corn and lime cutting thru all the mayo cheese and chili to make it a balanced yet tasty experience
Kenji the moustache is absolutely out of control 🥷🏻
Did Shabu nudge Harmon to look up or am I imagining things?
His name isn’t Harmon it’s Hambone and Shabbu his dogs you can google them if you don’t believe me
@@Hannahorse715 Err, I don't want to google but I shall take your word for it. I am not that invested in their names, I just like the fact that these dogs are as much a part of Kenji's videos as the food.
Oof I live in a big city where I can't have an outdoor grill.
You and Ragusea can't make outdoor grill recipes at the same time because it's too delicious and I can't cook either one :(
I needed this two weeks ago, and you weren't there 😢
Whenever I make my elote I make it super acidic I can’t get over that super sour sweetness when it all comes together
love that the doggo was searching the ground for food that was right above it. My dog does the same thing
>I SWEAR I SAW IT FALL HERE!!!
Yum! I typically throw it back on the fire after I cost it, for a minute or so!
This now costs $10 at toro, I just checked
Thank you I'm going to make this
I’ve had that exact corn at Toro in Boston. I’ll just pretend you made it. So good.
I've had this with Flaming Hot Cheetos instead of chili flakes... game changer.
love seeing vegan-isable recipes! great job as always kenji, thanks so much :)
The crema/mayo is easy to sub with vegan sour cream or mayo, but what would you use for the cotija? I guess you could crumble up some tofu, and mix it with nutritional yeast and miso paste for the funky fermented notes.
@@gamegyro56 I can get some nice crumbly vegan cheese from a supermarket near me - but that suggestion sounds fantastic!
@@WelshPortato That sounds good. I could probably find something like you mentioned too, but I don't love spending the extra money on fancy vegan cheeses (except Miyokos, which is amazing)
I know I shouldn’t since I’ve already done my grocery shopping but dang that’s tempting.
Loved this when you taught us how to make it two years ago.
American yellow corn it’s not that bad for elotes. But my wife hates it lmao
It is not the triditional corn.
@@Pt0wN973b0iI yeah but sometimes there’s some wiggle room for recipes like this one.
The Mets used to sell elote at CitiField. Sadly not this year.
Maybe it cause you guys remembered how to play baseball this year
@@HikoSejuroVIIII Yes, maybe they stopped selling elote because the Mets are having a good year.
@@SuperAdamh1 I mean why sell elote when you get to sell tickets for the first time in a century?
@@HikoSejuroVIIII Hey that makes tons of sense.
chilli P. someone has been re-watching Breaking Bad
Love Elote! Great vid.
I've never had it, but I for some reason thought it was sweet, made with cinnamon sugar. Interesting that it's a more savory thing!
Kenji. All the love brother but I gotta send you my elote recipe to try. It may knock your chanclas off.
Man this looks absolutely delicious, I wonder if the Mexican corn is similar to the one we have here in Brazil.
Essentially a Spanish topless bar? Nice!
Cow Corn is the best grilled corn. Ya gotta get it before it firms up. Thick and sweet. Old school!!
I love to add tons of lemon pepper to mine and some hot sauce.
kashmiri chilli powder on corn is where its at!
With lemon!
Any reason you made a second Video for this recipe? I already loved the first one :D
Love the breaking bad reference Kenji! Didn't know you were a fan!
I didn’t know you were at Toro. I lived not that far away from there.
I do this with sour cream and sweet chili sauce and it comes out like spicy kettle corn!
1:28 It's "only" 10 bucks right now for their maiz asado :)
cotija is great on many things and it keeps pretty well
There used to be a place in nyc, I want to say down on mott street or somewhere near there. We just called it Cuban corn. This was late 90s. It was pretty much the same recipe as this I think … I hope. Cuz I’ve really missed that corn.
Just asked my buddy from HS. Apparently it’s still there. Called Cafe Habana at Prince and Elizabeth not Prince and Mott
Anyone know what garlic press he's using? I hate mine his looks effortless.
Sweet corn is not normally used but I think it's better, sweet and salty. Esquites with a shit ton of butter, cotija cheese, and Trader Joe's chile lime seasoning, best snack on a cold Oregon day.
Holy shit that is the best way to make corn love!! u kenji!!!!!
Aioli is a suuuper delicious replacement for the mayo!
Kenji knows about the chili-p yo
What a fun summer treat🤤🤤🤤
A bit unrelated, but have you tried those portable induction burners that are wok shaped? I'm really not into gas stoves but the way you show wok cooking makes me want to incorporate it in my cooking. Those burners seem like a good option but I don't know how well they work
i love mayo, but find using just mayo on elote a bit much so i usually go half and half with sour cream. that being said, i'm not gonna say no to elote with just mayo.