Mexican Chorizo

Description

A mildly hot, and very delicious, Mexican sausage. Excellent for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Can be made into patties and cooked in a skillet, or stuffed into natural hog or collagen casings and grilled at your next family gathering.

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds boneless pork butt (shoulder), cut into 3/4-inch pieces
  • 1 ½ tablespoons crushed Aleppo peppers
  • 1 ½ tablespoons chili powder
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon dried oregano
  • ½ teaspoon ground cumin
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½ cup distilled white vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Instructions

  1. Place the pork
  2. Aleppo pepper
  3. chili powder
  4. garlic
  5. salt
  6. black pepper
  7. oregano
  8. cumin
  9. cloves
  10. and coriander into a bowl
  11. and lightly toss the pork with the seasonings until thoroughly blended. Cover the bowl
  12. and refrigerate the meat
  13. your meat grinder’s head assembly
  14. and grinder hopper for 1 hour.
  15. Fill a large mixing bowl with ice cubes
  16. and place a smaller metal bowl in the ice cubes to catch the ground meat. Assemble the chilled meat grinder
  17. and grind the pork and seasonings using a coarse cutting plate. Return ground meat to refrigerator for 30 minutes. Lightly stir the ground pork with the vinegar and water until thoroughly mixed
  18. form into patties
  19. and refrigerate overnight
  20. covered
  21. to let flavors develop.
  22. Heat vegetable oil in a heavy skillet over medium-low heat
  23. and pan-fry the patties until browned and no longer pink in the middle
  24. 5 to 8 minutes per side.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 15 mins

Total Time: 8 hrs 40 mins

Servings: 8

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