Pan Fried Chorizo Recipes

SAUTéED CHORIZO WITH RED WINE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and gently sauté the onion for a few mins until softened. Add the garlic and cook for a few mins more.
• Push the onion and garlic to the side of the pan and add the chorizo. Brown all over, then add the wine and stir in the honey.
• Cover and cook gently for 5 mins or until the sausages are cooked through and coated with the sauce. Add a splash of water if the pan is looking dry. Serve scattered with parsley and some crusty bread to mop up the spicy juices.

PAN-FRIED SEA TROUT, PEAS & CHORIZO FRICASSéE

Steps:

• First make the dressing. Heat 1 tbsp of the olive oil in a small saucepan. Add the capers and the onion and cook for 3 mins until softened. Splash in the red wine vinegar and bubble down, then remove the pan from the heat. Add the rest of the oil and the tarragon, then leave to infuse.
• For the fricassée, heat the oil in a sauté pan, add the chorizo and fry for 2 mins until it starts to crisp and render out red oil. Throw the potatoes and paprika in the pan and cook for 5 mins, tossing occasionally, until they start to brown on the edges.
• Pour in the chicken stock, turn up the heat and boil the stock for 8-10 mins until it has nearly all evaporated and the potatoes are tender. Stir the peas into the potatoes and cook for 2 mins more until heated through, then set aside.
• Using a sharp knife, score the skin of the trout fillet at close intervals, then season generously with sea salt and black pepper.
• Heat the butter in a non-stick frying pan. When it starts to sizzle, carefully lay the fish in the pan, skin-side down. Gently fry for about 8 mins until the skin is crisp and golden and most of the flesh has changed colour with just the top still raw.
• Carefully turn the fish fillets over, then squeeze over the juice from one half of the lemon. Cook for 1 min more, basting fish with the lemony pan juices. Turn off the heat and leave the fish in the pan. You are now ready to plate up - you can serve the other lemon half on the side if you like.
• Spoon a pile of the fricassée into the centre of each plate. Place another spoonful of the mixture on top to create a small heap. Gently sit the fish fillet on top, skin-side up. Spoon the caper dressing around the outside of the plate and serve.

PAN-FRIED CHORIZO WITH SHERRY VINEGAR

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high. Add dried chorizo and cook until browned, about 3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add sherry vinegar; swirl to combine. Serve chorizo with country-style bread and Manchego cheese.

PAN FRIED CHICKEN AND CHORIZO WITH RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large frying pan over medium heat. Cook chicken for 3 minutes each side. Remove from pan and transfer to a plate.
• Add sausage and onion to pan and cook for 2 or 3 minutes until golden. Add curry powder, green pepper and tomato and cook for further 2 minutes or until just tender. Add stir through sauce and bring to the boil. Return chicken to the pan along with olives. Cook for 2 minutes until chicken is heated through.
• Serve with a bed of rice and sprinkle with parsley.

PAN-FRIED SPROUTS & CRUNCHY CHORIZO CRUMBS

Steps:

• Tip the bread into a food processor and pulse into crumbs. Add the chorizo and pulse again to combine. Heat a little of the oil in a large frying pan, and cook the chorizo crumbs gently for 20 mins, drizzling with more oil if the pan becomes dry, until the chorizo has released its fat and becomes crisp and the crumbs are toasted. Scoop out onto a plate. Will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a day.
• Heat the butter in the frying pan until foaming, then cook the sprouts gently for 15 mins, turning occasionally until golden and slightly charred. Toss in the crumbs and cook for a minute to heat through, then serve.

FRIED CHORIZO WITH GARLIC

Steps:

• Cut the sausages into 5mm slices; cook the sausage slices in a large heated pan, preferably non-stick, stirring until crisp; drain on absorbent paper.
• Discard the fat from pan and wipe the pan clean with kitchen paper towelling.
• Heat the olive oil in the same pan; cook the sausage slices, garlic, Italian herbs and red pepper flakes (if using) until they are heated through and serve the sausage slices on toothpicks, sprinkled with the fresh parsley, as part of an antipasto platter.

CRISPY FRIED CHORIZO AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat, add the chorizo and onion and cook until the chorizo turns lightly brown and gets all nice and crispy on the edges, about 6-10 minutes, before setting aside.
• Add the potatoes to the pan and cook until golden brown and crispy, about 10 minutes, before mixing in the chorizo and onions.