Homemade Mexican Chorizo

I love choizo, but who knows what is in the commercially prepared kind? This homemade Mexican chorizo is delicious with scrambled eggs served in a flour tortilla. I usually prepare this chorizo with ground turkey.
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ingredients
- 1 lb ground lean pork, ground turkey can be substituted
- 1⁄4 cup cider vinegar
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon table salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground black pepper
directions
- Combine chili powder, paprika, cumin, salt, garlic powder, coriander, oregano, red pepper flakes, ground cloves and black pepper in mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
- Add cider vinegar and stir until dry ingredients are moistened.
- Add ground meat and knead until spice mixture is well incorporated into the meat.
- You can use the chorizo immediately, but for best flavor development, place chorizo mixture in an airtight container and store overnight in fridge.
- Form chrizo meat into small patties or just scramble and fry the meat in a skillet until done.
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"I love choizo, but who knows what is in the commercially prepared kind? This homemade Mexican chorizo is delicious with scrambled eggs served in a flour tortilla. I usually prepare this chorizo with ground turkey."
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I want to make chorizo. My question is chili powder. It’s rather complicated. The recipe calls for 4TBS then u add pretty much the same ingredients that’s already in the powder. There’s so many recipes for chili powder that what I choose can affect the out come or the dish. A few yrs ago I bought a bottle of hot chili powder. Apparently this is “chili” peppers only. No paprika or other stuff. This stuff is HOT. 1/2 tsp and this will smoke us. If I use this should I increase the other ingredients or should I make a chile powder using the pure chili stuff? I didn’t relize chili powder had so much in it. Some recipes only use 1/4tsp of cayenne pepper as the only hot spice. No wonder it takes so much to make anything hot.
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I just made this chorizo to bring camping with us for a pot of chili and a breakfast casserole. Never even thought of making my own, as I usually just buy it. But wow, how easy and good does it taste. I did use only 1/2 teaspoon of salt to start, and used 1/2 ground turkey and 1/2 ground pork sausage. I may never buy chorizo again!
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