Cured meat · cured

Chorizo

Also called Spanish chorizo, cured chorizo

Spanish dry-cured pork sausage seasoned with garlic and smoked paprika; its fat runs brick red. Sliced as tapas or fried into stews, rice and beans.

Gluten-free

What can replace it

  • T2 · Good'Nduja

    Spreadable and much hotter; it melts into sauces rather than staying in pieces. (use 0.75× the amount)

  • T2 · GoodSucuk

    Cumin and garlic rather than smoked paprika.

  • T3 · In a pinchMexican chorizo

    Raw and loose, with more vinegar and chilli; cook it out of the casing, and it can't be sliced.

  • T3 · In a pinchSalami

    No paprika or smoke; milder and less red.

  • T3 · In a pinchSmoked sausage

    Smoky but no paprika; add smoked paprika.

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