What to do with chorizo?

[lilmomma]

My dh picked some of this up at the mexican grocery store. I don't know what to make with it. Any suggestions?

[jennylou]

You can cook it like regular sausage and then add some scrambled eggs to it and cook it that way.

That's how we ate it growing up - usually with tortillas, and left over rice and beans.

[Sophia]

I've only ever seen it prepared as Chorizo con Huevos. I've never cared for chorizo (I drove my grandmother crazy because I never liked most tradiitonal Mexican foods she'd make), so I don't have any other ideas.

[ignutzz]

Mmmm, I LOVE chorizo.

DH sautees it until it's nice and brown, then adds some red wine and makes a yummy reduction.

We eat it over rice, with breakfast, in tacos, on its own.... We love the stuff. :D

[Ohana]

Here's one from Rachael Ray. I've made it and it is deeeelish.

Portuguese Chicken

4 all-purpose potatoes, such as russets, peeled and cut into quarters
4 carrots, peeled and cut into large pieces on a diagonal
3 ribs celery, cut into large pieces on an angle
1 large onion, cut into large chunks
1 cup dry white wine
2 teaspoons sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
2 cups chicken broth
3/4 pound chorizo, cut into 1 1/2 inch slices on an angle
4 pieces poached cooked chicken, leftover from potage, sliced on an angle into 1-inch strips
1 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
Crusty Portuguese bread or other chewy, farm bread, for passing at the table

Place potatoes, carrots, celery and onion in a pot. Pour in wine, add sugar, salt, and oil. Add 2 cups of chicken broth. Cover pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes.
While vegetables cook, brown chorizo in a small nonstick skillet over medium high heat.

If your leftover chicken was frozen, defrost in microwave. If the leftovers were refrigerated, continue with recipe method as below.

Remove the cover from the vegetables and add chorizo to the vegetables. Stir in tomato sauce. Set cooked chicken into the pot and heat through, 5 minutes. Adjust seasoning. Ladle Portuguese Chicken into shallow bowls and garnish with parsley. Serve with crusty bread for dipping.

**Note: I used fresh chorizo, and just crumbled it up as I browned it.

[SingleWhiteFemale]

I like chorizo stuffed roasted chicken (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_5812,00.html?rsrc=search) and beef and cheese manicotti (http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_26235,00.html?rsrc=search) (I substitute the chorizo for the ground beef)

[jimmysgirl424]

I've used it in chili before....yum!

[kari]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm chorizo! Yum yum yum yum yum. :D

Growing up my BFF's dad would make it with eggs for breakfast. It brings me back some yummy memories.

[fuzzy]

I love this Cooking Light Black Bean and Chorizo Chili (http://food.cookinglight.com/cooking/recipefinder.dyn?action=displayRecipe&recipe_id=428085) recipe.

[allison]

I'm not a big fan of it but my buella makes it yummy with scrambled eggs, onions, diced potatoes and nopalitos (cactus). Soo good in her homemade tortillas!!!

[BerBer]

we used to mix it with egg noodles and some mild Mexican white cheese on top... so easy and so yummy

Now if only they would make an organic version, I miss it terribly!

[jnshanna]

You can cook it like regular sausage and then add some scrambled eggs to it and cook it that way.

That's how we ate it growing up - usually with tortillas, and left over rice and beans.

This is how we eat it too. So yummy! Now I have to add that to my grocery list this week. I can't wait til the weekend now! ;)

[Bloomwood]

Is it the kind in casing that you can crumble or the hard kind?

I guess either kind would work but I've used it to make stuffed chicken breasts - stuffed with chorizo, sundried tomatoes and goat cheese - you can really come up with any sort of combo though, of course. Cook the chorizo and then drain the fat first because it is REALLY greasy.

[petdoc08]

Now if only they would make an organic version, I miss it terribly!

We use Melissa's Soyrizo. (http://www.melissas.com/catalog/index.cfm?Product_id=642&Info=YES) It is a pretty good organic (and meat free) substitute. My DH actually prefers it to regular sausage chorizo.