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Elote Hot Dogs

Elote meets hot dogs in the most delicious fusion of flavors, making for the perfect barbecue recipe that everyone will love! It's bursting with smokey, sweet, and salty spice that is just too good.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Yields8 hot dogs
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Servings8 hot dogs

Ingredients

ELOTE

  • 4 corn on the cobs, buttered and grilled
  • 1/4 cup mayonnaise, more or less to taste
  • 1 tablespoon sour cream or Mexican crema
  • 1 tablespoon lime juice
  • 2 teaspoon chili powder
  • 1/4 cup cotija
  • 3 tablespoons cilantro finely chopped
  • cayenne powder, red pepper flakes, or diced jalapeño for heat to taste

OTHER

  • 8 hot dogs
  • 8 hot dog buns
  • lettuce
  • avocado
  • chipotle sauce

Instructions 

  1. Start out by adding butter to the corn on the cobs.
  2. Heat a BBQ or grill pan over medium-high heat and add the corn. Twist and turn every few minute to char each side evenly. Once grilled, take off the heat. Chop off the corn from the cob.
  3. To a bowl, combine the grilled corn with mayonnaise, sour cream, cotija, lime juice, cilantro, chili powder, and red pepper flakes or cayenne powder. Mix together. Taste and adjust anything to your liking.
  4. On the grill pan or BBQ, add the hot dogs and cook until beautifully charred as well, rotating every few minutes. Take off the heat when grilled to liking.
  5. Toast hot dogs buns and assemble with the meat, elote, and any other toppings you like. Enjoy warm!

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