Chorizo Need Replacement

[BrianGSDTexoma]

HEB mi tienda chorizo. Thank me later.

We hoping for a HEB in Sherman. Next year Krogrer will take over Albertson and be the only game in town.

 

[zwiller]

Chorizo is the sausage that turned me onto making my own. Super easy. Odds are you already got the spices to do it. I did Marianski pg 240. Store ground pork works well. I made sausage for like 2 years before ever grinding or stuffing.

 

[kilohertz]

Chorizo is the sausage that turned me onto making my own. Super easy. Odds are you already got the spices to do it. I did Marianski pg 240. Store ground pork works well. I made sausage for like 2 years before ever grinding or stuffing.

Would you be able to share the recipe? Is it the Mexican or Spanish Chorizo? I am finding wildly different methods, some with aging in controlled humidity/temp for weeks at a time.

I like your super easy method better.

Thanks

 

[zwiller]

I will have to look it up at home. Dead serious tho, that is a MUST HAVE book. I think that was before I was doing spreadsheets for my stuff but 99% sure I woulda used New Mexican Red chili powder in the later formulations. DM me if I forget.

 

[jcam222]

Chorizo is the sausage that turned me onto making my own. Super easy. Odds are you already got the spices to do it. I did Marianski pg 240. Store ground pork works well. I made sausage for like 2 years before ever grinding or stuffing.

I do all my brat and breakfast patty style with pregrind from a local butcher. One of these days I might do my own grind and stuff then

 

[zwiller]

I do all my brat and breakfast patty style with pregrind from a local butcher. One of these days I might do my own grind and stuff then

Man that would cool! Decent price?

 

[jcam222]

Man that would cool! Decent price?

Yes. I don't recall exact price but I buy Newswangers unspiced sausage grind. Makes perfect brat and breakfast sausage patties. You have to call and order in advance.

 

[tallbm]

Would you be able to share the recipe? Is it the Mexican or Spanish Chorizo? I am finding wildly different methods, some with aging in controlled humidity/temp for weeks at a time.

I like your super easy method better.

Thanks

Yeah I haven't attempted Chorizo, and I know what you mean about all the different types lol.
I personally would want to get a good "fresh" Spanish one that could be grilled up.

Mexican Chorizo is loose and mushy here in Tx so I wouldn't even bother trying to link that style and just do it loose.
Dry cured (cure#2) would require me to do Umai bags, which is fine, but I've never done a good fresh one to want to level up to dry cured lol.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Yeah I haven't attempted Chorizo, and I know what you mean about all the different types lol.
I personally would want to get a good "fresh" Spanish one that could be grilled up.

Mexican Chorizo is loose and mushy here in Tx so I wouldn't even bother trying to link that style and just do it loose.
Dry cured (cure#2) would require me to do Umai bags, which is fine, but I've never done a good fresh one to want to level up to dry cured lol.

Kroger now sells ground Chorizo that is just like the Johnsonville I liked.

 

[zwiller]

Don't care if less authentic or not but the stock Marianski fresh was decent but next run I replaced the cayenne with 2-3x the dose of NM red and I was shocked how good it ended up. So good that pretty much any time I see paprika and cayenne in a formula I sub in the NM red. Going down the chili powder rabbit hole is one the best things I ever did.

 

[indaswamp]

NM red

??? Is that New Mexico Red pepper???

 

[zwiller]

??? Is that New Mexico Red pepper???

YEP. IIRC you use a seedless cayenne I think dark it's called and that might work as good or better.

 

[tallbm]

Kroger now sells ground Chorizo that is just like the Johnsonville I liked.

I'll have to check on it. My Tom Thumbs don't seem to carry it.
Ever try those Johnsonville Hatch sausages? They should be coming out about now.
For the most part I've had hit or miss flavor on Johnsonville. Don't know if they have quality control issues over the years or on a batch by batch case but it really turned me off to them.

 

[kilohertz]

Don't care if less authentic or not but the stock Marianski fresh was decent but next run I replaced the cayenne with 2-3x the dose of NM red and I was shocked how good it ended up. So good that pretty much any time I see paprika and cayenne in a formula I sub in the NM red. Going down the chili powder rabbit hole is one the best things I ever did.

We have a local spice market in our town, which is amazing for such a small town, but they have a Mexican chilli powder which I have bought and used in Chili before, it sounds like it might be something similar and I think I might try it in the chorizo that I make next. It’s a really dark burnt red color. I also smoked my own pimentos last fall, and I believe that is what makes paprika, so I’ll be grinding up some of those to put in as well, I can hardly wait. Too bad I’m going away this weekend.

Cheers

 

[MICHLITCHSPOKANESPICE]

I just finished the last of my Johnsville ground Chorizo sausage. Can no longer buy it around here. It was the only one I tried that I really liked. Most to greasy and not great flavor. I might have to learn how to make. Any suggestions?

We have a great Chorizo seasoning from Sniders!

 

[DougE]

We have a great Chorizo seasoning from Sniders!

Promoting stuff you are in the business of selling is kind of frowned upon without staff approval, just saying ......

 

[MICHLITCHSPOKANESPICE]

Promoting stuff you are in the business of selling is kind of frowned upon without staff approval, just saying ......

My apologies! New here and still unclear of the rules!

 

[lowcountrygamecock]

I love johnsonville chorizo but can’t find it anymore. Food lion has a bull 1 lb pack that’s pretty good but I can’t remember the brand.

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

I love johnsonville chorizo but can’t find it anymore. Food lion has a bull 1 lb pack that’s pretty good but I can’t remember the brand.

Kroger has thier own brand that is just like the Johnsonville now.

 

[Nefarious]

Promoting stuff you are in the business of selling is kind of frowned upon without staff approval, just saying ......

Just want to understand this, we can promote other companies products, like Johnsonville, but we can't promote our own products?