This delicious side dish or appetizer is always a favorite in our house, and I love it because it is so quick and easy!
15 Minute Easy Esquites
This delicious side dish or appetizer is always a favorite in our house!
Ingredients
- 4 cups Frozen Corn the kind that can be steamed in bag
- 2/3 cup Fat Free Sour Cream
- 1 tbsp Light Mayonaisse
- 1 clove Garlic, minced
- 2-3 tbsp Lime Juice
- Zest From 1 Lime
- 2 tbsp Pecorino Romano Cheese, grated plus more for serving
- Salt to taste
Instructions
- Place frozen corn unopened into the microwave (this is why you need the steam in bag kind). Heat for 5 minutes.
- Prepare large sheet pan by covering in aluminum foil and spraying with non-stick spray.
- Pour corn onto sheet pan and place under the broiler for 5-10 minutes. Watch closely, you are looking for a light char, not briquettes.
- While corn is broiling, prepare sauce.
- In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream, mayonaisse, garlic, cayenne, lime juice, zest, salt.
- When corn is cooked, pour into a serving bowl.
- Mix sauce in with corn until uniformly covered.
- Mix in cheese.
- Season to taste. Do this after you add the cheese as it is quite salty and you might find you don't need to add much salt.
- Serve with more cheese spinkled on top.
Notes
The traditional recipe calls for cotija cheese, but I had forgotten to get it at the store so used the Pecorino Romano instead. I loved the slightly different, certainly more salty flavor it gave, and I’ve made it that way ever since!