Chorizo

Submitted by Diana Adcock

"I make mine hotter but this is a good starter recipe."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Yields: 1 pound

ingredients

• 1 lb ground lean pork
• 1 large onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 jalapeno
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano (mexican if you can find it)
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons red pepper flakes

directions

1. Put everything except the pork in a food processor and puree.
2. Add 1/2 the pork, pulse, add remaining pork and pulse to mix well.
3. Remove and wrap in waxed paper, then plastic wrap.
4. I like to chill this for a day or two to let the spices do their thing!
5. Salt to taste-I like this with alot of salt however 1 to 1 and 1/2 teaspoons is a good start.

Reviews

[Steve_G]

Much better than 95% of the chorizo that you purchase in the store. Terrific!

 

[Loony]

Very Impressive

 

[karen in tbay]

Out of 3 chorizo recipes we tried with a big batch of ground pork, my husband liked this one the best for flavor. Now to dig out those mexican recipes.

 

[Isabellas Can Opener]

I am starting this review with no stars for 2 reasons. 1 is that due to the lack of the jalapeno called for I substituted it with chipotle in adobo. The second reason is that the pork version is still in the fridge doing its thing. That said I want to note that I made 2 batches of this recipe. One with pork per the recipe and one substituting ground beef for the pork. I just finished eating 2 burgers made with the beef version (after a 6 hour chill time) and I think the flavor is fantastic. This bodes well for the pork version that is having the flavor party in the fridge. I will come back and update my review after I try that version and then again to add the star rating after I make the recipe as written. In the mean time if you want a nice flavorful burger, try this recipe with beef and pop them on the grill.

 

[rpgaymer]

Wow, what a great recipe! I haven't eaten chorizo in forever because it's so loaded with fat and calories, but I used lean turkey for this and it tasted just as good as regular chorizo... but with a fraction of the calories. Love this, and will be making it a lot - thanks for sharing!