Potatoes & Chorizo
This is Mexican comfort food at its finest – easy, fast, rich, and spicy. Throw in a tortilla or some eggs, maybe some cheese or beans, and you have breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Seriously. By the way, that is real steam coming off the dish in the photograph above! I wasn’t about to let this dish get cold before eating it just for the sake of a photo.
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Taste: Spicy, rich, all-around savory.
Texture: The potatoes are tender and fluffy while the chorizo adds nice meatiness.
Ease: Super easy.
Appearance: Rustic but mouthwatering.
Pros: This dish can be used in so many different ways – tacos, burritos, quesadillas, eggs. It also happens to be scrumptious at nearly any time of the day.
Cons: Not exactly healthy.
Would I make this again? Yes I will. Maybe by the next time I make this I’ll have learned to make homemade chorizo!
Potatoes & Chorizo
Yield: 2-4 servings
Ingredients:
4 medium red potatoes, halved
salt
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
8 ounces chorizo sausage, casing removed
1 small onion, diced
Directions:
Place the halved potatoes in a medium pot. Cover with water, sprinkle with salt, and bring to a boil. Boil until just tender, 12-15 minutes. Drain and cool. Cut into a large dice.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add chorizo and cook, stirring to break up any large clumps, until done, about 10 minutes. Remove from pan, leaving enough fat to coat the bottom of the pan.
Turn heat up to medium and add potatoes and onion to pan. Fry until well browned, about 15 minutes, stirring often to prevent the potatoes from sticking. Add the chorizo, stir well and heat through for several minutes.
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All I read was Chorizo…and I'm in!
I can't believe I've never actually made potatoes and chorizo… It always looks so fabulous. I know I'll love it. I'll be making it ASAP!
Loved this. Added some ground beef and taco seasoning and used it for filling for stuffed green peppers. Oh so yummy.
handleheat replied: — January 22nd, 2012 @ 3:24 am
Love that!
Works well with sour cream, guacamole and green beans (sliced lengthways and boiled with bicarb to keep the colour/flavour).
Thanks!
This two ingredients (potatos and chorizo) are both the start of a very famous spanish dish called “patatas a la riojana”. Rioja is a northern region of Spain, maybe best known for their good quality red wines. Just add a chopped red pepper, a chopped garlic clove, chopped half an onion, a pinch of smoked paprika, a bay leaf and some peas and it is so, so similar. Works well with a diced boiled egg.