# Esquites en vaso

Esquites en vaso is a Mexican street corn salad inspired by Elote, where corn is served in a cup.

- Cuisine: Mexican
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 stick butter
- 1 whole onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- 1.5 jalape
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- 1 bowl frozen corn (yellow and white)
- 1 cutting board roasted corn
- 1 spoonful salt
- 1 spoonful pepper
- 1 spoonful garlic powder
- 1 spoonful cumin
- 1 spoonful chili powder
- 1 container fresh crema
- 1 bag fresh cotija cheese
- 1 bottle mayo
- 1 whole lime
- 1 handful fresh cilantro

## Instructions

1. Start by adding a stick of butter to a pot.
2. Add one whole onion, five cloves of garlic, and one and a half jalape

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3. Add both yellow and white frozen corn to the pot.
4. Add the freshly roasted and cut corn off the cob to the pot.
5. Stir the mixture together.
6. Add salt, pepper, and garlic powder to the mixture.
7. Add cumin to the mixture.
8. Add chili powder to the mixture.
9. Add fresh crema to the mixture.
10. Add mayo to the mixture.
11. Add fresh cotija cheese to the mixture.
12. Squeeze lime into the mixture using a lime squeezer.
13. Toss in some fresh cilantro.
14. Taste the esquites to check for seasoning.

## Equipment

- pot
- knife
- plate
- colander
- cutting board
- wooden spoon
- lime squeezer

## Tips

- Put the lime cut side down to properly use a lime squeezer.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/@soogia1/video/7523755776406572301?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=mobile&sender_web_id=7497727431088997934
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/76129c36-2107-4eaa-9bb1-558737e1003e
- Extracted: 2025-07-06

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