Recipe: Street corn dip for 4th of July

SAN ANTONIO – Primero Cantina at the La Cantera Resort and Spa specializes in Tex-Mex dishes and hand-crafted cocktails. They are missing all the festivals just like the rest of us so they’re bringing corn in a cup to your 4th of July cookout, but with a twist. Chef Abraham Proa gives you his recipe for Street corn dip... enjoy!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon                     Cilantro, chopped

¼ teaspoon                        Garlic powder

7 oz                                     Jalapeño peppers, roasted, diced

3 oz                                     green onions, chopped

1 each                                 juice from lime

15 oz                                   sweet corn

3 dashes                             hot sauce (cholula, tapatio)

¼ cup                                   mayonnaise

1 teaspoon                        chili powder

¼ cup                                   cotija cheese, crumble

6 oz                                     cream cheese

¾ cup                                  Monterey jack cheese, shredded

½ cup                                  sour cream

Procedure:

• In a hot pan add the corn and jalapeño chiles, cook for 1 minute.
• Add the sour cream, cream cheese, mayonnaise, Monterey jack cheese and stir until well incorporated, lower heat to medium.
• Add the garlic powder, chili powder, hot sauce and lime juice, mix.
• Cook your corn mix for 5 minutes until hot and incorporated, serve in a bowl.
• To top it off, sprinkle the cotija cheese, cilantro and green onions.
• Enjoy!

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