Chorizo

Submitted by Miss Annie

"If you have a hard time finding chorizo, try making your own chorizo. It is good in a variety of Tex-Mex dishes. Especially good with scrambled eggs and onions in a warm flour tortilla for a breakfast taco."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 7
• Yields: 2 pounds chorizo

ingredients

• 2 lbs pork
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons chili powder
• 3 tablespoons vinegar
• 2 cloves garlic, mashed
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin

directions

1. Grind pork.
2. Add one at a time; salt, chili powder, vinegar, garlic, oregano, and cumin, mixing well after each addition.
3. Pack in a crock, or glass jar for at least 8 hours but preferably 24 hours.
4. Cook as needed in skillet.
5. It will look like ground meat.
6. May be frozen.

Reviews

[LonghornMama]

Wonderful! Very tasty, great flavor, simple to make, and I love that you can control the ingredients. Used some in recipe #35619 and froze some, cooked, for scrambled eggs later. Chorizo is readily available where I live but I made the mistake of reading the ingredients on the package. I'll stick to making my own! :) Thanks for sharing the recipe!

 

[karen in tbay]

Call in the fire trucks!!!! I think the new brand of chili powder we purchased is a 5 alarm and this recipe was a hot one. In the freezer to cool off! Now I'm all set for mexican cooking.

 

[rpgaymer]

I've made this a few times now, and love it. I use lean beef or lean turkey, depending on what's on sale. Both taste good, and I end up with a lower-calorie chorizo without all the filler that pre-packaged brands might have. Thanks for sharing.

 

[gailanng]

If this were the recipe for the pork coming out of Washington D.C., we'd be in good shape, heh? Made for Alphabet Soup Tag.

 

[BarbryT]

I am DELIGHTED to know how to make my own chorizo! I made a half-recipe and, after aging for flavor development, froze about 2/3rds of it. Thank you hugely for posting this!