Elote pasta salad

Mexican street corn inspired summer salad with corn, chicken and cojito cheese

Course Salad

Prep Time 15

Servings

Calories 595kcal

Author Chhavi

Ingredients

16 ounces Pasta Cook as per packet instructions
16 ounces Grilled corn 2-3 corn on the cob or canned fire roasted corn or frozen corn
1 Chicken breast about 1-2 cups, grilled and chopped
½ cup Cojita cheese or parmesan cheese
1 Cup Cilantro chopped
1 Cup Celery sliced small

Elote dressing

¾ Cup Sour cream
½ Cup Mayonnaise
½ teaspoon Tajin seasoning
1 teaspoon Chili powder
1 teaspoon Garlic powder or 2 finely chopped cloves
Salt

Instructions

Cooking corn

You can buy canned roasted corn to cut short the cooking time.
Pan fry the frozen corn on high heat or air fry the corn on the cob or grill it.
Let it cool down before you remove the kernals from the corn.

Cooking chicken

Precooked chicken will cut your cooking time. Or you can
Pan fry or grill the chicken breast till it's cooked.

Cooking pasta

Cook the pasta till it's eldente- just cooked.
Drain the water, give the cooked pasta a quick wash under cold water. Spray olive oil and let the pasta cool down in a colander.

Dressing

To a bowl, add the sour cream, cilantro, tajin, chili powder, garlic powder and mayonnaise. Give it a mix. Taste and adjust the heat and salt level as per your taste

Assembly

Mix everything toghether- grilled corn kernals, chicken, cooked pasta, dressing and a heapfull of cojita cheese.

Notes

Swaps & Notes

Pasta- Pick a hardy pasta shape like rotini, fusilli, penne, or farfalle.

Cojita cheese - Crumbled parmesan cheese or feta cheese are great replacements.

Tajin seasoning tastes like lemon, salt, ground chili, and a touch of sugar. The seasoning is usually quite tangy. You can substitute a teaspoon of it with one teaspoon of lime juice, ⅛ teaspoon ground chili, ⅛ teaspoon salt, and a pinch of caster sugar.

Ground Cumin - Omit or use a light taco seasoning.

Grilled Corn- Sauted frozen corn or canned corn.

Sour cream- I have used Greek yogurt and skyr with equal success

Mayonnaise - I suggest you do not skip this. It gets the whole dish together.

Cilantro - Chives and cilantro are great replacements.

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