Elote Pasta Salad

Serves 8 Prep: 25 min Cook: 30 min BBQ/Grill

Salad · Pasta

Ingredients

  • 1lb Rotini or Radiatori pasta
  • 2 cans of sweet corn or 6 large ears of fresh sweet corn 
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 2 jalpaños or one large Anaheim pepper (choose based on spice tolerance)
  • One bunch of fresh cilantro 
  • 1 round of Cotija cheese 
  • 2 cups of Mexican crema 
  •  juice from one lime 
  • 1 tbsp cumin
  • 1 tbsp chili powder 
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder 
  • 1 tsp onion powder 
  • 1 tsp tajín
  • 1 package of andouille sausages
  • salt

Directions

In a large pot, start water boiling, and salt the water generously, once you've started that also start your grill heating up


Take the onion, pepper and cilantro dice them into small pieces, set aside into a large bowl. Add the juice of the lime with the veggies and crumble the Cojita cheese

In a separate bowl add the Mexican crema, and all the spices and mix throughly 

Once the water is boiling add the ears of corn and cook for 5-6 minutes, remove the corn from the water and put it onto the grill to char all sides. Also put the sausages on the grill cook until lightly charred. In the same water, cook the pasta to al dente, drain and spread slightly to let cool. 

If  using canned sweet corn, lightly oil a pan and get it hot, drain all the water out of the corn and cook on the pan until charred

Once the corn and sausages are done, cut the sausage into coins, then quartered. Cut the kernels off the cob and add both sausage and corn to the large bowl, once the pasta is cooled to at least room temperature add to the bowl as well and mix all ingredients, once well distributed, add in the sauce and mix all the way

Serve room temperature to chilled, whatever is your preference. 



Contributor's Notes

Perfect for a hot August day when there's fresh sweet corn and you don't want to eat something hot.

Recipe by Samantha