Elote-inspired Chopped Salad
Medium Caribbean Condiment Salad

Elote-inspired Chopped Salad

Total Time
52 min
20m prep · 32m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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This elote-inspired chopped salad is drizzled with a creamy, tangy dressing. It's Mexican street corn, in salad form.

Ingredients

  • 4 earss corn on the cob
  • 1 cup omaine lettuce
  • 1 cup cooked chicken
  • 1 cup cherry tomatoes
  • 0.5 cups red onion
  • 0.5 cups fresh cilantro
  • 1 green onion
  • 1 jalapeno
  • 0.5 cups cotija cheese
  • 1 avocado

Instructions

  1. 1

    Using a sharp knife, remove kernels from the corn cob. Freeze freshly shucked kernels overnight.

  2. 2

    Place fresh corn into a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Cover and cook, without stirring, until a char develops on the corn, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat.

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, toss Romaine, chicken, cherry tomatoes, red onion, green onion, cilantro, jalapeño, cotija cheese, and avocado together in a bowl. Toss in charred corn.

  4. 4

    For dressing, whisk crema con sal, mayonnaise, lime juice, and Tajin together in a small bowl. Drizzle over salad.

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