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Treatment Plan
Chile-Lime Cure Street Corn (Esquites Consult)
Diagnosis: corn on the cob served naked, again. Treatment: char, butter, and a squeeze of lime — the full esquites consult.
Patient chart
Serves: 4 · Total: 20 min
You will need
- 4 ears sweet corn, shucked (or 4 cups kernels)
- 3 tbsp Chile-Lime Cure ghee butter
- ¼ cup crumbled cotija or feta
- 2 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 1 lime, quartered
Treatment plan
- Char the corn — directly over a gas flame, under a broiler, or in a dry cast-iron pan for kernels — until properly spotted with black.
- While hot, roll the ears in (or toss the kernels with) the Chile-Lime Cure so it melts into every crevice.
- Shower with cotija and cilantro.
- Serve with lime wedges and instructions to squeeze before every bite.
Doctor's notes
Off-season, frozen fire-roasted corn responds unusually well to this treatment.