Homemade Turkey Chorizo Recipes

HOMEMADE TURKEY CHORIZO

Steps:

• Place turkey, vinegar, chili powder, paprika, garlic powder, salt, cumin, coriander, oregano, pepper, and red pepper flakes in a medium bowl. Mix well using your hands. Refrigerate for best flavor, 8 hours to overnight.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook chorizo, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until browned, 8 to 10 minutes.

TURKEY CHORIZO

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, throughly mix the turkey with the spices; mix in the vinegar.
• Cover the bowl and refrigerate overnight.
• Next morning form the mixture into patties and pan fry in a small amount of oil, crumble into your favorite dish or freeze for later use.

MEXICAN CHORIZO AND TURKEY CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown the chorizo, crumbling the meat as it cooks. Add the garlic, onions and peppers and cook until softened, 5 minutes. Stir in the coriander, cumin and tomatoes, followed by the turkey, stock, chipotles, cornmeal and honey. Simmer over low heat to thicken, 45 minutes. Top with the chips, and serve with a lime wedge alongside. Cook's Note: Cool and store for a make-ahead meal, reheating over medium heat.

TURKEY AND CHORIZO CHILI

Steps:

• Heat the oil in soup pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the chorizo and brown. Add the turkey and break up with a potato masher, then season with some black pepper. When the turkey is browned, add in the corn.
• Place the reserved corncob in a small pot and add the stock and a little water to cover. Bring to a bubble and simmer.
• To the meat and corn, add the chipotle puree, stirring until fragrant. Add the cinnamon, garlic and onions, and partially cover to soften, 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Remove the cob from the corn stock, then add the stock and beans to the chili, and stir to combine. Cool and store the chili for a make-ahead meal.
• Reheat over medium heat, adding a little more stock or water if necessary.
• To serve, top with cilantro and the juice of a wedge of lime and some crushed corn chips.

HOMEMADE MEXICAN CHORIZO

Steps:

• Combine chili powder, paprika, cumin, salt, garlic powder, coriander, oregano, red pepper flakes, ground cloves and black pepper in mixing bowl and stir until well combined.
• Add cider vinegar and stir until dry ingredients are moistened.
• Add ground meat and knead until spice mixture is well incorporated into the meat.
• You can use the chorizo immediately, but for best flavor development, place chorizo mixture in an airtight container and store overnight in fridge.
• Form chrizo meat into small patties or just scramble and fry the meat in a skillet until done.

TURKEY CHORIZO (LOOSE, NOT ENCASED)

Steps:

• Pulse dried red chile peppers in a spice grinder until coarsely ground.
• Combine ground chile peppers, apple cider vinegar, red chile powder, water, oregano, salt, garlic, cumin, sugar, and black pepper in a large bowl; mix well. Add turkey; mix until seasonings are well-incorporated.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add seasoned turkey; cook, stirring frequently to break up clumps, until no longer pink, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in lime juice and orange juice. Continue cooking until browned, about 5 minutes more.

CHORIZO STUFFED TURKEY BREAST

Steps:

• Fry the Chorizo and the onion together in a frying pan (don't worry about adding oil, as the Chorizo will produce enough of this) for around 3-4 minutes, until the onions are slightly softened. Add the tomatoes and the basil and stir through. Heat for another 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the chopped olives to this mixture.
• Take a piece of cling film, lie the turkey breast steak individually onto this and cover with another piece of cling film. Using a rolling pin, gently pound the turkey steak until it it flattened to around ½ centimeter in thickness. Repeat with the second turkey steak.
• Spoon half the mixture onto each steak and roll it up. Roll the bacon round each turkey steak (you may find it handy to tie it together with some string if it gets a bit fiddly.
• Fry the rolled up turkey steak in the frying pan until lightly browned on the outside.
• Place on a baking sheet and place into a preheated oven (around 200 Degrees Celcius/400 Degrees Farenheit/Gas Mark 6) for around 20 minutes, turning over about halfway through.