Sausage chorizo and egg tacos are one of the best ways for how to cook chorizo since the meat is already seasoned for your tacos! Cook tacos in under 15 minutes ready for the whole family to eat in no time!
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Ingredients for Chorizo Tacos
- Chorizo - use raw, ground Mexican-style chorizo for this recipe as it resembles taco meat instead of using Spanish chorizo links. You can use any chorizo meat or even a plant-based chorizo option as you really cannot taste the difference! You can also make homemade chorizo.
- Eggs - provides protein and helps mellow out the spice of the chorizo.
- Cheese - gooey cheese to add flavor.
- Tortilla - to help hold our taco mixture, you can also put this on chips as well for chorizo nachos.
How to Cook Chorizo for Tacos
- Place chorizo in a skillet over medium heat. Cook like you would cooking sausage. Remove chorizo from skillet.
- Add eggs - crack eggs in same skillet and scramble. Add chorizo back to the skillet.
- Add cheese - melt cheese with other ingredients.
- Assemble - add about Ā½ cup of the mixture to a taco shell and top with your favorite toppings!
Toppings for Chorizo Tacos
- Cilantro lime creme
- Sriracha mayo
- Avocado
- Cilantro
- Tomatoes
- Salsa
- Sour cream/Greek yogurt
- Black beans
- Pinto beans
- Corn salsa
Frequently Asked Questions about Chorizo
Chorizo is a spicy Mexican sausage that is either in a ring or ground up.
I find chorizo in the meat and cheese refrigerator section of the grocery store. If you are looking for the soy kind, this may be located in the meat alternative section by the tofu in the lettuce area.
Raw, ground chorizo is best since taco meat is typically ground. The purpose of using chorizo is that the meat is already flavored!
Chorizo is usually fully cooked after 8 to 10 minutes over medium heat.
You will notice that once you start frying your chorizo, the meat will turn slightly darker red in color and there starts to be more oil separating from the meat. See pictures below for details. It will smell fully cooked when it is done or when it is burning.
Variations of How to Cook Chorizo for Tacos:
- Vegetarian - make this vegetarian by making tofu scramble instead of using eggs and use vegan chorizo.
- Add carbs - add hash browns, tater tots, cubed potatoes, etc to make tacos with potatoes.
- Nachos - instead of using a taco shell, spread mixture on corn chips!
Storage and Reheating Chorizo:
Store leftover chorizo tacos meat and eggs in an air tight container for about 3 days. To reheat, heat mixture in skillet with about 2 tablespoon of water to provide moisture. I would not recommend freezing the tacos as eggs do not freeze well with the cheese.
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Recipe
Chorizo and Egg Tacos
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Ingredients
- 1 tube ground chorizo
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup shredded cheese of choice
- flour tortillas
Instructions
- Place chorizo in a skillet over medium heat. Cook like you would cooking sausage stirring and breaking the meat into tiny pieces. Once fully cooked, remove chorizo from skillet
- Add eggs - crack eggs in same hot skillet and scramble with spatula, fully cooking the eggs. Once eggs are scrambled and cooked, add chorizo back to the skillet.
- Add cheese - melt cheese with other ingredients in the skillet.
- Assemble - add about Ā½ cup of the mixture to a taco shell and top with your favorite toppings!
Nutrition
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You had me at 15 mins. I canāt believe this chorizo taco could be achieved in such short notice. It was flavourful and everyone love it.
One of my favorite breakfasts!
Sounds so delicious! Love this quick and easy recipe!