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Mexican Street Corn Chicken

URL: https://emilybites.com/2021/10/mexican-street-corn-chicken.html

Ingredients

The spice rub

  • 2 teaspoons chili powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon sugar
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • a pinch cayenne pepper

The chicken

  • 4 pieces thin chicken breast cutlets (5 oz each)

For cooking

  • 3 teaspoons canola oil

The corn topping

  • 1 ½ cups fresh corn kernels (or thawed from frozen)
  • 1 tablespoon light mayonnaise
  • 1 tablespoon light sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon lime juice
  • 1 ounce crumbled queso fresco
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro
  • teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Mix the spices for the rub in a small dish.
  2. Season the chicken breasts with half of the spice mix on both sides.
  3. Heat oil in a pan and cook the chicken until golden and cooked through.
  4. In another skillet, heat the remaining oil and cook the corn until slightly charred.
  5. Add the remaining chili powder to the corn and stir.
  6. Mix the corn with mayonnaise, sour cream, lime juice, salt, queso fresco, and cilantro.
  7. Serve the chicken topped with the corn mixture.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
4
Calories
292
Total fat
11g
Total carbohydrates
13g
Total protein
36g
Sodium
176mg
Cholesterol
0mg

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