CHORIZO!

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overbla

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Sep 4, 2012
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Cedar Rapids, IA
I did my first round of sausage ever. Here is some pics of my Chorizo journey! 

I bought the stuffer at a flea market and had a friend sandblast it back to it's original state. 





Next, I got the smoker from my wonderful wife as a birthday present. I had previously only been using a charcoal vertical smoker.





Here is a shot of the sausage as I put it in the smoker. 





This picture is about 45 minutes in.





Here is another angle at about 45 minutes in. 





Here is about the 3 hour mark. I kept the temp at about 150 degrees. 





Here it is all finished up cooling down on the counter. 







This is just me being a super bad ass (you can see by my facial expression how hardcore I am) holding the awesome amount of smoked chorizo for my first time. It tasted fabulous by the way. Happy smoking! 
 
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Nice job on your first round of sausage.......
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   They look delicious,,,,,,,,,,
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Joe
 
 
The Chorizo looks pretty Badass to me. Nice job...How about a Recipe for your Brothers in Smoke...JJ
 
Hey Chef Jimmy-

It was pretty simple really. It is ten pounds of ground pork butt (I wish it would have been a little fattier). The seasoning is simple. I  bought it at www.sausagemaker.com  I bought the casing there also. The only secret to it is that the recipe on the mix called for vinegar. I make my own Pique which is a Puerto RIcan hot sauce. The base of it is vinegar so I substituted that in there which made it better. 
 
Hey Chef Jimmy-

It was pretty simple really. It is ten pounds of ground pork butt (I wish it would have been a little fattier). The seasoning is simple. I  bought it at www.sausagemaker.com  I bought the casing there also. The only secret to it is that the recipe on the mix called for vinegar. I make my own Pique which is a Puerto RIcan hot sauce. The base of it is vinegar so I substituted that in there which made it better. 
Cool, thanks for the info...JJ
 
Mmmmmm...Chroizo and Eggs , some Homestyle Taters and quick fried "Corn Tortillas".

Takes me back to Albuquerque and the Luscious Food I fell in love with while there...if I could travel in Time, I'd go back to '79 and the good life...

Stan , have fun and...
 
Interesting.

Looked like a Spanish or Portuguese, but the vinegar takes it toward the Mexican.

Interesting how these cultures get all wound up around each other on a similar (or not so similar) item.

Good luck and good smoking.
 
Mmmmmm...Chroizo and Eggs , some Homestyle Taters and quick fried "Corn Tortillas".

Takes me back to Albuquerque and the Luscious Food I fell in love with while there...if I could travel in Time, I'd go back to '79 and the good life...

Stan , have fun and...
Spent a week in Albuquerque not long ago, wife and I had a ball and you are right, the food is wonderful!
 
Looks GREAT !!  Would you mind sharing the recipe? I love linguica and chirico (I'm an old "port" from New Bedford :-).
 
Looks GREAT !!  Would you mind sharing the recipe? I love linguica and chirico (I'm an old "port" from New Bedford :-).

Hey man
I used to have a friend in fall river, massachusetts, that used to make her own linguica. Saw emeril making his on tv one day and she said it was basically the way she did hers. I havent tried it (but i will now that i have a food grinder and smoker.) Heres the link to emerils recipe i found online:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/homemade-linguica-recipe/index.html
 
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