The Dish: Mexican street corn from La Placita Food Truck

time now for the dish and we're talking about a summertime classic Mexican street corn it is fresh cheesy Tangy and it star is one of The Season's most glorious local veggies to find out how to make it quickly easily and with just four ingredients I had to LA pl's Food Truck at Cherry Street Pier laita in Spanish is just a small square it means small square where people meet and Mingle and at her laita food truck mariangeli Alisa is bringing a Puerto Rican Pastime to Cherry Street Pier Chino Chino her food truck is just up the Pier from her husband's Chef dionio jenez together they own the James Beard nominated Cantina La Martina in Kensington he's from Mexico she's from PTO Rico and they're each bringing their own flavors to the pier so you each have your own food truck here yeah I love it and we're comparing throughout the day like canita is doing better plita is doing better so a little competition not today we're making Mexican street corn and this looks really simple it's very simple in fact it has just four ingredients starting with the corn so the corn has already been boiled with a little bit of water and salt and once you get it to the tenderness that you like the corn is so beautiful right now yes yes okay so just boil the corn as you would and then you take the sck this this is where we turn it into a party right that stick also comes in handy on the grill just pop it on and turn it to get a Char on all sides step two make or buy a Chipotle mayo and you're just going to take the brush and cover it because the Chipotle mayo is what makes the queso fresco stick on the corn yes got it queso fresco that's the third ingredient it's a semi- soft Fresh Mexican cheese and the queso fresco you said you make sure it's really super crumbly you can buy it already crumbled or you can buy the whole wheel and then just crumble it you can also use the grater and grade it and be very generous with it oh yeah pack it in pack it on yes yes extra look at that gorgeous the final touch tahim a Mexican seasoning blend of Chili's lime and sea salt and you can put as much tahen as you want that adds a little bit of um citrusy to it spicy a little kick yeah okay all that's left to do is enjoy this is a party it's a fiestaa cheers O Yay this is my kind of party we need a margarita from next door two please [Music]