Mexican street corn salad (Esquites) from Serious Eats by J. Kenji López-Alt

  • cilantro
  • corn on the cob
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  • Serves : 4

  • EYB Comments

    Can substitute cotija cheese or Romano cheese for feta cheese, and hot chile flakes for chile powder.

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    Can substitute cotija cheese or Romano cheese for feta cheese, and hot chile flakes for chile powder.

  • rionafaith on July 20, 2025

    Super good! I used cotija cheese, and served this as a side to roasted pork tenderloin. Leftovers still good cold from the fridge on day 2! Will make again.

  • Stephenn31 on April 21, 2025

    This was really good and I’ll definitely make again.

  • Skamper on April 09, 2025

    Made a half batch with what I had on hand - Trader Joe's frozen roasted corn (thawed), feta instead of cotija, pickled jalapeno instead of fresh, and no green onions. Tasty and quick.

  • prkrgrant on February 16, 2025

    A constant in our house and constantly requested by family in the summer. I put the corn on a sheet pan and put it under the broiler to speed up the browning process and because I usually double or triple the recipe as this stuff gets eaten up quick.

  • jenburkholder on August 14, 2023

    Good! I'd ease up on the garlic just a bit to keep it from overwhelming the other flavors. Use a nonstick pan next time as the wok got really charred and burned-on bits were hard to clean from it.

  • Fyretigger on May 29, 2023

    This is a family favorite brought into the family by my nephew in law. We usually make it with frozen corn for ease, and pan char the corn. Cotija is really preferable to Feta.

  • chawkins on January 16, 2022

    Quite good, used frozen corn and skipped the jalapeño because I did not have any. Afterthought, should have used my home canned pickled jalapeno.

  • TrishaCP on August 13, 2021

    Absolutely delicious though I missed the epazote. My home grown jalapeño was really spicy, which went well with the sweet corn.

  • FJT on May 29, 2021

    Very good!

  • hbakke on June 11, 2020

    Delicious! I've made this several times and even when I substitute ingredients it turns out well.

  • sldoug on August 10, 2015

    Served this along with ribs and watermelon for dinner 8/9/2015. My corn might have been closer to two cups than three and I had some trouble with the corn releasing something that made a sticky burned caramel on the bottom of my pan, but the end result was really tasty. I think a bit more corn might have provided a better balance of flavor, but still, it was really good.

  • Grywhp on July 15, 2012

    Accidentally made this without mayo and it was awesome!

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