Papas con Chorizo (Potatoes with Chorizo)

Chorizo is a very popular ingredient in a Mexican kitchen. In my mum’s house we always have chorizo and we would eat chorizo in many different ways. I love it and it is one of my favourite Mexican ingredients that I have to have in my kitchen. I haven’t learn how to make it myself yet, but as soon I learn, I will be sharing the recipe with you, but for the moment I buy my chorizo sausages in the supermarket.

The city of Toluca in Mexico is call the capital of chorizo, there they made delicious chorizo rojo (red) or chorizo verde (green) which is made with tomatillos, coriander, chilies and other ingredients, the red chorizo is made with different types of dry chillies like guajillo and ancho, they also use paprika and other aromatic herbs. The Mexican chorizo is different than the Spanish, first of all the meat is mince and not cut like the spaniards do, so when you are cooking with it, the chorizo kind of melts on the frying pan, so it mixes very well with anything you cook. 

So let’s begin with the recipe and I hope you enjoy it.

Serves 4

Prep 10 min

Cook 15 min approx

Ingredients

• 4 small chorizo sausages, skin off  and chopped finely 
• 3 large white potatoes peeled and cut in small cubes
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• A pinch of cumin*
• Salt to taste
• 2 tablespoon rapeseed oil

Method

On a large skillet or frying pan heat the oil on medium heat and add the potatoes and stir continuesly so the potatoes cook evenly, then add the chorizo, onion and pinch of cumin and continue stirring for 10 min, taste the potatoes to check if they are cook and also if you think they need salt add it at this time. Cook for 2 more min and by then everything should be cook. Have them on a tortilla as a taco or in a flour tortilla as a burrito, also you can have them in quesadillas, sopes or by themselves. It is a very versitile dish.

• The chorizo I used is unearthed Spanish cooking chorizo

Listo!

Provecho!

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