🇸🇻 Salvadoran Cuisine

Elote Loco

Crazy Corn on the Cob

Prep Time 15 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 254 kcal

Grilled corn on the cob slathered with mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, and hot sauce, then dusted with grated hard cheese. Wild Salvadoran street food.

Ingredients

4 ears corn, husks removed
2 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp ketchup
2 tbsp yellow mustard
Hot sauce to taste
100g hard cheese, finely grated
Wooden skewer sticks

Instructions

1 Grill corn on a hot comal or grill, turning frequently until charred in spots and cooked through, about ten minutes.
2 Insert a wooden stick into the base of each ear of corn for easy handling.
3 Brush each ear with a layer of mustard, then ketchup, then mayonnaise. Use generous amounts of each.
4 Drizzle with hot sauce according to taste. Roll or sprinkle grated hard cheese all over the corn.
5 Serve immediately while hot and messy. This is meant to be eaten with abandon.

Did You Know?

The name loco means crazy, referring to the wild combination of condiments that would seem chaotic anywhere else but makes perfect sense on Salvadoran streets.