Roasted Corn with Chile-Lime Butter

Name: Roasted Corn with Chile-Lime Butter (Elotes Asados)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature; 4 ears fresh corn, unhusked; 1 canned chipotle in adobo, finely chopped; Juice of 2 limes; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro

Elotes Asados

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

La Comida del Barrio

By Aarón Sánchez

Published 2003

About

This is my version of the popular street food esquites, roasted corn that’s sold from bicycle carts and eaten as a snack during an evening stroll through town. It’s also a welcome addition to any barbecue.

Ingredients

4 ears fresh corn, unhusked
½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temper

Americas
United States
Snack
Street Food
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Place the corn, in it’s husks, directly on the center rack of the oven (you can also roast the corn on an outdoor grill). Roast for 20 minut