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HELP...Chorizo...how long to cook???

45 replies

SortCode · 01/09/2021 18:34

I bought a link from Aldi, I have honey and grain mustard.

How long do I cook the Chorizo for before adding the honey and mustard???

OP posts:
Hoppinggreen · 02/09/2021 14:51

@SortCode

Chopping into chuncks frying then adding a drizzle of honey and grain mustard.
Why? No, don’t do that, it’s not a sausage
Hoppinggreen · 02/09/2021 14:53

Looking at the recipe I can see no mention of mustard.
I cook it with garlic and red wine

gogohm · 02/09/2021 14:53

I slice it, sizzle it in a preheated pan for approximately 2-3 mins (until oil starts to ooze out) then add any flavour. Personally I wouldn't bother with the mustard but I add chopped garlic whilst cooking and chopped parsley and a little olive oil once the heat is off. You add the honey once heat is off

ManifestDestinee · 02/09/2021 14:56

if it is sliced from the deli then fine, but if it's in a sausage then it almost certainly needs to be cooked before eating

Not true.

you have the cured and air dried (similar to salami and other deli products) and then you have the more sausage style that must be cooked
Stop advising people, you're wrong. Almost all chorizo sold in the UK is the firm cured type that you can eat from the packet.
The only one you have to cook is the soft, clearly uncooked type, which are not all that common.

idontlikealdi · 02/09/2021 14:57

@MaggieFS

Chorizo is ready to eat, so it depends on the recipe you are making or if you just want it lightly warmed or very crispy.
Not necessarily! Some is raw, some is cured but you would be able to tell from the packaging.
loveisagirlnameddaisy · 02/09/2021 15:01

If it's soft, like a traditional sausage, it needs to be cooked.

If it's chewy, it's already been cured and it can be eaten raw or fried off.

Hope that helps.

starfishmummy · 02/09/2021 15:14

The only one you have to cook is the soft, clearly uncooked type, which are not all that common.

The raw type is as common as the used sort where I live.

TheWoleb · 02/09/2021 15:19

Are you sure it was honey and mustard? Because chorizo with honey and mustard isnt a thing.

WhatsAppening · 02/09/2021 15:20

That recipe doesn’t use mustard though…

HollowTalk · 02/09/2021 15:22

That recipe does sound good.

ManifestDestinee · 02/09/2021 15:31

OP said it's from Aldi. Aldi chorizo does not need cooking.

TheWoleb · 02/09/2021 15:34

A lit of chorizo does not need cooking but you still cook it into a recipe to make something!
Like chorizo jambalaya. Or red wine chorizo. Or a glazed chorizo.
If you cant get cooking chorizo then you can just used to harder cured chorizo. It can still be 'cooked'

OP, even if you are doing a honey mustard glaze, you need more than just honey and mustard. It needs vinegar, sometimes soy sauce can be added. It isnt just honey and mustard.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 02/09/2021 21:53

@ManifestDestinee

if it is sliced from the deli then fine, but if it's in a sausage then it almost certainly needs to be cooked before eating

Not true.

you have the cured and air dried (similar to salami and other deli products) and then you have the more sausage style that must be cooked
Stop advising people, you're wrong. Almost all chorizo sold in the UK is the firm cured type that you can eat from the packet.
The only one you have to cook is the soft, clearly uncooked type, which are not all that common.

Raw chorizo can be purchased in any and all supermarkets you can name, a simple google search will help you out here

so YES true for some types of chorizo

Nowhere have I said it all must be cooked, there are different types, and some you eat without cooking as it is cured, and some must be cooked, unless of course you enjoy a nice parasitic infestation.

ManifestDestinee · 02/09/2021 22:26

Actually Aldi doesn't sell raw chorizo, which is far far less common than the cured kind.
You were completely wrong, get over it.

LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow · 03/09/2021 09:51

again, some not all, unlike your posts that are completely obnoxious and without exception completely rude.

TheWoleb · 03/09/2021 10:18

@LaurieSchafferIsAllBitterNow

You said raw chorizo can be purchased in any and all supermarkets.
It cant. That just isnt true.

And even chains which do stock it, dont stock it in all their stores. The town I live in has a Tesco and an aldi. Our Tesco only sells the harder, cured chorizo. They dont sell the raw sausage. Aldi also dont sell it raw at all. When I lived in a city centre, none of the little "Express" supermarket stores sold the raw stuff in them. You were lucky if they sold the cured stuff.

CantStartaFireWithoutaSpark · 03/09/2021 10:25

I love chorizo. I just came here to say that.

Hoppinggreen · 03/09/2021 10:26

Bloody hell
So much rage over Chorizo

Otherpeoplesteens · 03/09/2021 10:52

Aldi did, briefly, sell raw "chorizo style" British-made sausages last year, in with all the Cumberlands, Lincolnshires and chipolatas, made in the same British banger style. They were quite vile. Lidl also sold something similar - made by Cranswick - last year which were somewhat nicer, but ultimately still a pale imitation of anything you might get in Spain or Portugal.

This year, Lidl have sold two different types of raw chorizo as one-offs, not part of their regular product line. One, over Easter, was under the Deluxe label and made in Germany, quite disappointing and rock hard to boot. But they also sold Spanish-made chorizo a la parrilla with "cooking chorizo" underneath in English under their Sol e Mar brand as part of the Iberian week in April and July. Both of these products clearly stated on the back that they must be cooked before eating.

I am Portuguese and hunting stuff like this down is a personal hobby of mine. Chorizo/Chouriço which must be cooked can be purchased in the UK but it is achingly rare, and it is not sold by any mainstream supermarkets as a regular product line, at least not in Greater Manchester.

What a number of people fall into the trap of thinking is when a coiled-round link of the stuff, which is indeed sold week in and week out in most supermarkets, is described as 'cooking' chorizo that it must be cooked. It need not be, although it is still technically 'raw'. It is perfectly safe to eat (unless you are pregnant and follow NHS guidance) because it is cured.

FlaviaAlbiaWantsLangClegBack · 03/09/2021 11:00

There's a Jamie Oliver recipe that glazes chorizo with vinegar, honey and garlic that might be similar to what OP had. I have no idea if it's traditional but it's delicious.

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