Chorizo Recipe

Chorizo

From coffeebean53 16 years ago

I love chorizo but didn't like buying the prepackaged. I make my own which is easy and I can make it to suit my taste.

2 lbs ground pork (for leaner try ground turkey) shopping list
3 dried New Mexico chilis shopping list
4 (at least) small dried chili deArbol ..more if you like it really hot. shopping list
1/4 c, boiling water shopping list
8 cloves of garlic, minced shopping list
2 tsp Mexican oregano shopping list
2 tsp. cumin shopping list
1 tsp. black pepper shopping list
1 tsp. brown sugar shopping list
6 TB cider vinegar shopping list
3 1/2 tsp salt shopping list
New Mexico chili powder (will be adding enough during final mixing to give a good red color to the meat mixture) shopping list

Break the New Mexico chilies into 3 pieces each, place in a bowl with the deArbol chilies. Pour the boiling water over them and let the sit to soften.
Place the soften chilies and liquid into a food processor along with the garlic, oregano, cumin, black pepper, brown sugar, vinegar and salt. Process until smooth.
Place ground pork in a large mixing bowl ( if you have a kitchen aide mixer or such you can use that.) Add processed chili mixture and mix until well blended. At this point add and mix in enough New Mexico chili powder to give it a good red color.
Place in a sealed container and refrigerate for a couple of days to let the flavors blend. The chorizo at that point can be divided up and frozen or placed in casings if you prefer.

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seagrass 14 years ago
Sweet! I'm am looking forward to making this because the chorizo in the store was some scarry stuff.
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cherylannxo ate it and said...
The frugal in me is showing, again, oh my! You have a very good recipe here. ^5. Thank you for sharing...Cheryl
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" It was excellent "
old_cowboy ate it and said...
I made it. Increased the amount of both New Mexico (6) & Chili de Arbol (8) and used a 50/50 mix of low fat ground beef and ground pork. Great stuff.
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linebb956 16 years ago
About the chilis... deArbol... and the New Mexico.. I don't know that they are.. About the only thing dried here are jalapeno... and a few others. Are those mild chilis or hot.. I should be able to swap right? I love chorizo, and this way it will have less fat! Great Post!
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dmiller64116 16 years ago
Another fine recipe from my friend Coffeebean. I've made sausages before but never chorizo. This looks interesting (and better than what I buy at the grocery store).
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The frugal in me is showing, again, oh my! You have a very good recipe here. ^5. Thank you for sharing...Cheryl

cherylannxo in Santa Nella loved it
I made it. Increased the amount of both New Mexico (6) & Chili de Arbol (8) and used a 50/50 mix of low fat ground beef and ground pork. Great stuff.

old_cowboy in El Cerrito loved it