Chorizo is a wonderful ingredient. It is salty, savoury and spicy and a little goes a long way. If you have some in the fridge, you’re in luck – here are some amazing ideas for dinner recipes with chorizo.
What is Chorizo?
Chorizo is a type of pork sausage. It originates from Spain and Portugal, and is nowadays very easy to find in most supermarkets.
It gets its red colour and smoky flavour from dried, smoked red peppers and varies in spiciness. For all of the recipes below, you can choose mild or spicy chorizo, depending on your taste preferences.
Cooking Recipes with Chorizo
There are various ways to use chorizo, but one of my favourites is frying it lightly in a dry pan until it is golden. As you fry it, the delicious golden oil will ooze out, and that is the most perfect flavourful base to cook the rest of your ingredients with.
You’ll find that most of the recipes in this collection will use this method of cooking chorizo.
What Goes with Chorizo?
Chorizo is very versatile and goes with a huge range of different ingredients, and in a variety of different cuisines! Here are just a few of the ingredients that chorizo goes well with:
Pasta
Gnocchi
Couscous
Chicken
White fish
Prawns
Peas
Spinach
Tomatoes
Cream
Beans – including white beans, kidney beans and cannelloni beans
Chickpeas
Eggs
Recipes with Chorizo
Without further ado, let’s dive into these dinner ideas with chorizo! Let me know which ones you try!
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15 Minute Creamy Chorizo and Leek Pasta
A seriously easy, seriously creamy, 5 ingredient pasta dish with chorizo and leeks.
