Homemade Chicken Chorizo
Marry the smoky and hot spices like coriander, cumin, cloves, red pepper flakes, black pepper and oregano in our homemade version of chorizo sausage. Made with chicken instead of pork you're sure to love the cleaner version than store bought.
Ingredients
- 3 teaspoons mince Garlic, Cloves
- 2 tablespoons Red Pepper Flakes
- 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
- ½ teaspoons Coriander, Ground
- ½ teaspoons Cumin
- ¼ teaspoons Cloves, Ground
- ¼ teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Oregano, Dried
- ¾ teaspoons Black Pepper
- 2 pounds Ground Chicken
- ¼ cups Apple Cider Vinegar
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Freeze For Later Cooking Day Directions
These directions help you cook or prepare this meal PRIOR to being frozen for serving later (see Serving Day Directions when you are ready to prepare it to eat).
Why would I want to freeze this?
- Mix together minced garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, coriander, cumin, clove, cinnamon, oregano, and pepper. Blend until it forms a crumbly paste.
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Make From Frozen Serving Day Directions
These directions help you cook or reheat this meal AFTER it's been frozen for when you are ready to eat it.
- Thaw: In fridge
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Make It Now Cooking Directions
These directions are for cooking this recipe to serve immediately and NOT to freeze for later.
- Mix together minced garlic, red pepper flakes, salt, coriander, cumin, clove, cinnamon, oregano, and pepper. Blend until it forms a crumbly paste.
- In a large bowl, combine spice mixture, ground chicken, and apple cider vinegar. Use your hands (gloves are recommended so you don't experience burning or staining) to make sure the spice mixture is completely incorporated into the meat and that there are no chunks of spices hiding in the sausage.
- Cover sausage and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
- Cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink or use in recipes as directed.
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Thanks for brining this to our attention. The recipe has been updated.
Is this made with all white meat chicken? I’m wondering if it’s less points
Hi Debby, This recipe uses ground chicken which is all white meat. Thanks!
Hi Debby, We just wanted to follow up on our previous comment. It looks like ground chicken you buy in the store may actually have a mixture of different types of chicken (light, dark, skin). You can always make your own if you’re worried about WW Points and fat content.
I just wanted to let you know how much I love your recipe. I used to get chicken chorizo at Whole Foods but our local store stopped making it. I have a Mexican casserole thatvInmake periodically that requires chorizo and sour cream. I always use chicken chorizo and Fage 0% Greek Yogurt instead. I also slice up other bland casserole dishes with chicken chorizo. Thanks again!
We are so happy to hear that, Lynn! Thank you for taking the time to let us know!
Should I put in 3 teaspoons of cloves and 1/4 teaspoon of cloves?
Hi CJ — this recipe calls for 3 teaspoons of Garlic Cloves and 1/4 teaspoon of Ground Cloves (the spice). The cloves in the garlic (3 teaspoons) just indicate the type of garlic to use. Hope this helps!
Thank you very much!!!
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Hi Chris, we can’t wait for you to join us and our community! We have a Weight Watchers community group with members, and we think that would be an amazing fit for you!
Have been looking for a recipe! My husband has Alpha Gal and I just love chorizo, but we can’t do pork.
So glad you found this recipe Lisa. We hope this will be a great substitute for you so you can still enjoy chorizo!
You can find some made with just chicken breasts. 🙂
This is possibly clearly a stupid question asked by a teenager who has limited cooking experience but is very keen to learn.
Do you need to put the chicken mixture into a sausage casing to hold a sausage shape ???
Hi Kyle! That’s definitely not a stupid question! We love that you are excited to learn to cook!! This recipe is intended to be used as a ground sausage – not in a casing as links would be. You could form into a loaf and cut into sliced to have more of a patty as well. Hope this helps! Keep on cooking, learning and asking questions!
Looks like a delicious recipe! Before I attempt to make it, could you please confirm that it calls for 2 tablespoons of red pepper flakes? Is this meant to be very spicy?
Hi Val, yes that amount is correct. Thanks for checking!
Will this work with ground 99% fat free Turkey??
Hi Mary! The only issue that you might have with using 99% turkey would be the lack of moisture/fat. If you add in some oil or eggs/egg whites to help then it should be fine. If you prefer not to do that – then it would just be drier.