# Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad

Mexican Street Corn Pasta Salad is the perfect side for picnics, potlucks, and parties, with all the flavors of Mexican elote in a quick and easy pasta salad.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Salad
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound of pasta
- mayo
- sour cream
- lime juice
- salt
- garlic powder
- chili powder
- cayenne
- corn
- cotija cheese
- cilantro
- tajin

## Instructions

1. Boil pasta in a pot of water.
2. Drain the pasta.
3. Cut the corn kernels off the cob into a bowl.
4. Add mayo to a bowl.
5. Add sour cream to the bowl.
6. Add lime juice to the bowl.
7. Add salt, garlic powder, chili powder, and cayenne to the bowl.
8. Whisk the ingredients together.
9. Add the pasta to the bowl of corn.
10. Add the sauce to the pasta and corn.
11. Add cotija cheese to the bowl.
12. Add cilantro to the bowl.
13. Mix all the ingredients together.
14. Top with tajin.
15. Mix the tajin into the salad.

## Equipment

- pot
- colander
- bowl
- knife
- citrus juicer
- whisk

## Tips

- Use ditalini pasta because it's the same size and shape as corn kernels so everything mixes together really nicely.
- You can use your favorite chili lime seasoning or more cayenne.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kWYJAe/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/67922b05-ff71-4ca2-ad8e-3717cba04997
- Extracted: 2025-08-10

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