Homemade Mexican Chorizo with Bold Chile Flavor
By Isabella Quinn
Prep
5 min
Cook
10 min
Total
15 min
Servings
6
Level
Easy
Dinner preparation and cooking time: 5 minutes to prepare and 8 to 10 minutes to cook. Ingredients for this Mexican chorizo recipe include ground pork and other seasonings, such as paprika, cayenne, ancho chili powder, and guajillo chili powder, to create a reddish-brown sausage with spicy and slightly sweet and spicy flavors from cinnamon and clove. Break apart the sausage during cooking.
The spice blend contains paprika, cayenne, ancho chili powder, guajillo chili powder, garlic powder, cumin, oregano, coriander, Mexican cinnamon, and cloves, plus red wine vinegar, salt, and pepper. All spices are mixed with fatty ground pork. Red wine vinegar is mixed with the ground pork. Other types of ground meat can be substituted for ground pork, but ground pork is typically used. Fatty cuts of pork, such as pork shoulder or leg, or a 70/30 blend, can be used to add flavor.
Once cooked, the pork will have a uniform color with red coloring added from seasonings. Use a wooden spoon to stir the pork in a skillet over medium heat. Common errors and issues to look out for include not breaking apart the cooked pork, which is an important step if you plan to serve it in tacos or burritos. The cooked pork prepared here has no casing and should not be served with a casing.
Serve cooked sausage in tacos and burritos or breakfast tacos with scrambled eggs and tostadas and Mexican sandwich products. Other potential uses for cooked sausage include soups, stews, and peppers. Crumbled sausage may be more convenient and suitable for some products and uses than links, especially when using uncured sausage.
Why we keep this one around
- Saves time during the week with little preparation time, the pork dish can be made in five minutes. It needs only seasoning and mixing before it can be cooked or stored in the refrigerator.
- Uses one dish to prepare raw sausage, which adds other seasonings to the sausage. You do not need other pastes or sauces.
- Plan to purchase ground pork, pantry spices, and red wine vinegar to add chile flavor to the dish without using specialty casings.
- Allows you to control the spiciness of the recipe with smoked, hot, or other varieties of paprika. The other spices mentioned are powders made from cayenne, ancho, and guajillo peppers.
- Works well for meals besides lunch by preparing them ahead and freezing them in plastic bags or containers for later consumption.
- Eliminates equipment requirements, the homemade sausage will have the desired texture. A food processor can be used, but only if you want a finer grocery-style consistency.
Ingredients
- •1 ½ pounds ground pork (fatty is best, or use ground beef or other ground meats)
- •2 tablespoons paprika
- •1 tablespoon cayenne
- •1 tablespoon ancho powder
- •1 tablespoon guajillo powder
- •1 tablespoon garlic powder
- •1 teaspoon cumin
- •1 teaspoon oregano
- •1 teaspoon coriander
- •½ teaspoon Mexican cinnamon
- •½ teaspoon ground clove
- •2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- •1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
- •1 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
- •1 tablespoon vegetable oil (for cooking)
Instructions
- 1
Add the ground pork or other ground meat to a large mixing bowl.
- 2
Add all of the seasonings and red wine vinegar.
- 3
Hand mix the ingredients into the meat until uniformly mixed.
- 4
Store until ready to use or cook immediately.
- 5
Heat the vegetable oil in a large pan over medium heat.
- 6
Add the chorizo and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon, until cooked through.
- 7
Garnish and serve.
FAQ
Nutrition (per serving)
369
Calories
18g
Protein
31g
Fat
4g
Carbs
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