Casa M Chorizo Rojo - Casa M Spice Co
★ Issue CMSC·21–006 · Published 07 Feb 2021

Casa M Chorizo Rojo.

Grind three dried chiles into paste, fold in pork, cure three days—you've made real chorizo rojo

PREP 30 min
COOK 0 min
TOTAL 72:30h h
SERVES  
HEAT hot
BLEND RATING 4.9 140 reviews · Chain Reaction®
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Grind three dried chiles into paste, fold in pork, cure three days—you've made real chorizo rojo

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1-1/2 cup Casa M Spice Co® Uncontrolled Chain Reaction®
  • 1 cup ground guajillo chile
  • 1/2 cup ground chipotle chile
  • 1/2 cup ground ancho chile
  • 10 whole cloves
  • 2 teaspoons allspice
  • 2 Tablespoons salt
  • 6 bay leaves
  • PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER:
  • 4 cups white vinegar
  • 4 pounds ground pork

Method

  1. 01

    Grind cloves and bay leaves

    3 min

    Pulse the cloves and bay leaves until they're fine and powdery, about the texture of coarse sand — you want them to dissolve into the paste, not hide in chunks.

  2. 02

    Mix all adobo dry ingredients in large bowl

    5 min

    Whisk the Casa M Uncontrolled Chain Reaction® with the ground chiles, salt, allspice, and your ground cloves and bay leaves until everything's evenly distributed with no dry pockets. This is your adobo base — it should look like a uniform, brick-red powder.

  3. 03

    Add vinegar and hand-mix to uniform paste

    4 min

    Use hand mixer to blend well.

  4. 04

    Mix ground pork into adobo by hand

    8 min

    Use gloves if sensitive; mixture should be uniform red.

  5. 05

    Spread pork thin on sheet and poke holes

    6 min

    Poking holes creates surface area for drying.

  6. 06

    Refrigerate to pickle and dry for 3 days

    4320 min

    Optional to remix daily; not needed for this batch size.

From Mike's Notebook

01

Poking holes isn't optional—it's what separates chorizo that dries evenly from meat that spoils at the center.

02

Hand-mixing the pork into adobo takes longer than you think; stop when you see no streaks of white.

03

The three-day cure works because vinegar both flavors and preserves; skipping days means you're just marinating.

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