give me your chorizo ideas please...

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dh bought a load when we were at the supermarket in France recently. I've got to use it soon so I'm looking for some quick and easy meal ideas for using it up.

This is quick and delish (cod with tomato and chorizo sauce).

You can also roast chicken pieces in a Mediterranean-type stew and add them to that.

add to pasta and tomato sauce?

Here - has chickpeas as well.

Jambalaya - nice recipe on (whispers) netmums.

Cassoulet.

OMG add it to anything! lol I love the stuff. Add it to a simple tomato sauce and eat with pasta. Or really delicious is mushrooms, onions, peppers, chorizo all cooked up together and then generous with the cream or creme fraiche - over pasta. YUM!

Dh (spanish) also adds a big chunk of chorizo to his chicken stock which adds a yummy flavour.

A tapas dish is chorizo in red wine which I gather is basically that. You could do a tapas night and make up some other plates - mushrooms in garlic, prawn in garlic, etc with some nice bread.

Or hell just cut it up and chuck it on some bread, in a salad etc.

droooolll.. am 33 weeks pregnant and counting the days til i can eat cured meats again my baby is here

I don't think it's terribly good chorizo because we tried it just cut up and it wasn't good. That's why I thought cooking it would help. I've had the good stuff before so I know it should taste better than it did.

I've seen on another thread the Nigella chicken and chorizo roasty thing... I've got the Kitchen book so I might check that out. Thing is I want to keep meals a bit cheap for a bit, stoney broke, so I think adding it to chicken is probably the best bet, prawns, duck legs and saffron are off the menu for a while.

I do a river cottage spicy bean stew which looks like that cassoulet recipe but prob cheaper as no duck. Its just sausages, onion, kidney beans, haricot beans and tinned toms and then spices - nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, paprika. You could chuck some in that and it would be really nice.

also delia has a chorizo and bean soup.. i could post it probably if you can´t find it but like the sound of it.

I am really hungry now!

Chicken & chorizo casserole, chicken pieces/left overs, passata or chopped toms, chicken stock, chorizo & I like to add creme fraiche at the end. Lovely and can be served with pasta, rice or potatoes.

Jamie Oliver (from the Ministry of Food book) has a chorizo with sweet pot / butternut squash soup which is lush.

I would also cook with red wine and serve tapas style with bread.

Curly kale warmed with almonds and garlic. Was on tonight cooking show can't remember which one. Or jumbalia sp?)

Slice through and de-stone a date. Push a stone sized lump of chorizo into the hole. Wrap in thin streaky bacon and secure with a cocktail stick. Bake for 20 mins.

Sweet, salty, soft, chewy, crunchy, melty mouthfuls of heaven.

You're welcome !

ooh great idea re. roast veg. can someone advise how long and what temp for nice roast veg like that? Mine always goes mushy..

great thanks!

Quick snack, fry chorizo and gnocchi together. No oil, enough in chorizo, nicest snack ever.

Nigel Slater did a nice-looking recipe on TV tonight:
Fry off the chorizo until golden - remove from pan.
Fry some whole almonds in the same pan until they too are golden - remove from pan.
Fry some garlic in extra oil in the pan.
Add some green kale and heat in garlicky oil until darker and softer.
Stir back in the chorizo and almonds and eat.

Delia's Chicken Basque

We paar boil potatoes, then fry them in onion with peppers and chorizo and a tin of chopped tomatoe at the end for a quick tasty supper

chorizo, broccoli and pasta with some olive oil...is amazing
cook the chorizo for a bout 15 mins in some olive oil, cook the broc and pasta separate then add all in together...kids love it!!!!

With scallops - I think it's a Nigella