Elote Corn Cups

Name: Elote Corn Cups
Total time: 15 min
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 400g frozen sweetcorn; 1 tbsp vegetable oil; 3 tbsp mayonnaise; 2 tbsp soured cream; 40g feta, crumbled; 1 lime, juiced; 0.5 tsp chilli powder; 2 tbsp fresh coriander, chopped

All the flavour of Mexican street corn, charred sweetcorn in a cup with lime, cheese and chilli.

Nut free

Time15 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £0.40 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 servings

Ingredients

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400 gfrozen sweetcorn
1 tbspvegetable oil
3 tbspmayonnaise
2 tbspsoured cream
40 gfetacrumbled
1limejuiced
½ tspchilli powder
2 tbspfresh corianderchopped

Method

1
Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a high heat.
2
Add the sweetcorn straight from frozen and cook for 8 minutes, stirring only now and then, until hot and charred in places.
8 min
3
Meanwhile, mix the mayonnaise, soured cream and lime juice in a bowl.
4
Tip the hot corn into the bowl and stir to coat.
5
Spoon into cups and top with feta, chilli powder and coriander.

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