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Creamy Elote Dressing {homemade}

This creamy elote dressing (or Mexican street corn dressing)—is a rich and flavorful addition to your favorite dishes! This creamy homemade sauce works perfectly as a taco salad dressing, drizzle for burritos, or topping for tacos. Inspired by the bold flavors of street corn, it’s also the perfect dressing for this Mexican street corn pasta salad!

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Recipe Ingredients

You’ll need the following ingredients to make this creamy elote dressing:

For the dressing

  • Greek yogurt (or half mayo/half sour cream)
  • Lime juice
  • Chili powder
  • Cumin
  • Onion powder
  • Garlic powder
  • Cotija cheese
  • Red pepper flakes (optional)
  • Coarse salt/pepper

All ingredients for elote pasta salad with creamy elote dressing in a large bowl.
Elote Pasta Salad

Ingredient Notes & Substitutions

Greek yogurt: The tang of the Greek yogurt really adds great flavor to this salad and also makes it bit healthier, too! I also make it with half mayo and half sour cream as well and it’s equally delish!

Red Pepper Flakes: I love this for a bit of heat. If you want more mild heat, try a little smoked paprika or mild chili powder. If you want more heat, use cayenne pepper.

Cotija cheese: If you plan to use this as a salad dressing (such as in this elote pasta salad), you can choose to sprinkle the cojita cheese over the top of the salad OR stir it into the dressing (or both!) If you plan to use this dressin as a sauce for tacos or burritos, add the cotija cheese directly to the dressing/sauce.

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Elote pasta salad topped with creamy Mexican street corn salad dressing.

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Thank you! ~ Casey

Creamy Elote Dressing

Casey Rooney
This creamy elote dressing (or Mexican street corn dressing)—is a rich and flavorful addition to your favorite dishes! This creamy homemade sauce works perfectly as a taco salad dressing, drizzle for burritos, or topping for tacos. Inspired by the bold flavors of street corn, it’s also the perfect dressing for this Mexican street corn pasta salad!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Course Salad
Cuisine American, Mexican, tex mex
Servings 6

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt can also use 1/4 cup mayo + 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 3 tbsp lime juice
  • 1/2 tsp chili powder
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin
  • 1/2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder
  • 1/8 tsp red pepper flakes optional
  • 1/8 tsp EACH coarse salt and black pepper
  • 1/2 cup cotija cheese See Note 1

Instructions
 

  • Combine: All all ingredients in a small bowl and whisk to combine. Taste, and season with more salt if needed.
  • Enjoy or store: Use right away or store in an airtight container or small mason jar in the fridge for up to 5 days.

Notes

Note 1: If you plan to use this as a salad dressing (such as in this elote pasta salad), you can choose to sprinkle the cojita cheese over the top of the salad OR stir it into the dressing (or both!) If you plan to use this as a sauce for tacos or burritos, add the cotija cheese directly to the dressing/sauce.

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One Comment

  1. Casey Rooney says:

    5 stars
    This dressing is heaven and goes on everything Tex Mex at our house! Hope you love it! XO ~ Casey

5 from 1 vote

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