Chorizo
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Recipe type: Sausage
Cuisine: Mexican, Latin
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Serves: 10-15
 
Homemade chorizo an intensely flavorful sausage and tastes best when made from scratch. Mystery ingredient? Tequila!
Ingredients
  • 2.25 kilos boneless pork shoulder
  • 40 grams kosher salt
  • 16 grams ancho chili powder
  • 8 grams hot paprika
  • 8 grams chipotle powder or cayenne
  • 18 grams minced garlic
  • 3 grams ground black pepper
  • 6 grams chopped fresh oregano
  • 1.5 grams ground cumin
  • 35 grams tequila
  • 35 grams red wine vinegar chilled
Instructions
  1. Combine all ingredients except for the tequila and vinegar and mix well. Place in the fridge for up to a day.
  2. Grind the mixture through the small die into a bowl set above ice.
  3. Add the tequila and vinegar to the meat mixture and mix with the paddle attachment or by hand with a sturdy wooden spoon until the liquids are well incorporated and the mixture starts to look sticky and uniform.
  4. Sauté a small portion of the meat to taste and see if you need to adjust seasoning.
  5. You can now use the sausage as is, or stuff into a hog casing.
Recipe by A Day in the Bite at https://www.adayinthebite.com/tacos/