Spicy Corn and Feta is my take on deconstructed Mexican street corn. My niece Angie, her boyfriend Timmy, and their fur son Cinnabon, visited us this past weekend. Angie is an avid traveler, so it goes without saying that she’s an adventurous eater. I was always turned off by the Mexican Street Corn craze. It just didn’t seem right – mayo on corn? Yes, mayo is one of my favorite foods. But with corn? My answer was always a firm No. Then I saw a picture of Angie on Facebook, eating Mexican street corn. It wasn’t hard to imagine that she was eating it on a street in Mexico, and it looked good!
Putting together a menu for this weekend’s visit was fun – it’s easy to make Angie and Timmy happy. They’re just like that. We picked them up a the train station in Hartford Saturday morning, gave them a quick tour of West Hartford and Elizabeth Park in Hartford’s West End, then whisked them back to our place for simple lunch – a huge platter of nachos with pepper jack cheese, pickled jalapenos, black beans, olives, guacamole, and you guessed it – Spicy Corn and Feta!
Spicy Corn and Feta
Ingredients
- 4 ears fresh corn (or 4 cups of frozen corn)
- 1 ripe serrano pepper
- 1 large jalapeño
- 1 clove garlic
- fresh cilantro (for garnish)
- 2 T butter
- 1 lime
- 3 T mayo
- 5 ounces crumbled feta
- 1 t chipotle powder
Instructions
- Prep the veg – Strip the corn kernels from the cobs. Destem, deseed, and mince the serrano pepper. Destem, deseed, and mince the jalapeno as well. Mince or grate the garlic. Chop the cilantro.
- Sauté the corn – Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Sauté the corn kernels and peppers in the butter, stirring occasionally, until cooked through. Turn up the heat to high and cook without stirring for 2 minutes to ensure a slight char on the bottom kernels. Remove from the heat and stir.
- Stir together – Squeeze the lime. Stir the mayo, feta, chipotle powder, garlic, and lime juice into the corn mixture.
- Garnish and serve – Garnish with chopped cilantro and serve.
Our weekend together wasn’t all about food. Angie has been traveling a lot this summer, so I bought a globe, and asked her to spin it and show me all of the places she’s been. We didn’t brave the rain to play mini-golf, as we had hoped, but we did visit Westford Hill Distillers and ended the day with a mean game of Scrabble (Timmy won!). The sun was shining when we got up on Sunday morning. We took a short hike in the woods after breakfast, and then it was time to leave for the train station.
The weekend was fun and lively even though it had a rainy and dreary beginning. We started with Spicy Corn and Feta with nachos inside at the dining room table, as it drizzled outside. We ended up with a spicy lunch at Black Eyed Sally’s in Hartford, sitting outside in the sunshine watching the spirited Puerto Rican Day Parade. Then Angie, Timmy, and Cinnabon hopped back on the train for their trek home to Astoria. I miss them already!
I love everything about this post !!!!!!!
Heather – me too! It was a fun weekend. Wish you could have joined us! 🙂