Description
Here’s a healthy, lightened-up recipe for Mexican Chorizo, a smoky spicy and flavorful Mexican style sausage using ground turkey, ground chicken or tofu!. Can be made in 20 minutes. Vegan-adaptable, Low-carb and GF!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound ground turkey, ground chicken or extra firm Tofu.
- 3/4 – 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano (optional)
- 2 teaspoons granulated garlic ( or 2 cloves finely minced garlic)
- 1/4–1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder (or cayenne) or substute chili flakes
- 1 tablespoon vinegar (white, red, or apple cider)
Instructions
- See notes for Tofu. Place all ingredients in a medium bowl (or directly into an oiled skillet).
- Mix well. Store in the fridge, or freeze until ready to use.
- To cook, simply brown it in a skillet with a little oil, breaking it up into smaller pieces, like you would ground beef. (Alternately, you could shape into breakfast patties,or burgers, and sear, finishing in the oven if necessary.)
- Use in breakfast bowls or tacos, burritos, enchiladas, pizza, quesadillas, nachos, etc.
Notes
Tofu: Blot the tofu on all sides, pressing gently. Crumble the tofu, using your fingers into the bowl Mix with the spices- and pan sear with oil until cripsy and flavorful. Taste for salt- tofu generally needs a little extra salt.
Salt: I generally use 1 teaspoon kosher salt per pound of meat for the best flavor. Feel free to use less. Because chorizo is generally added to other things to enhance flavor, I like mine a little on the salty side. Adjust to your own tastes.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 182
- Sugar: 0.3 g
- Sodium: 561.9 mg
- Fat: 9.2 g
- Saturated Fat: 2.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 2.5 g
- Fiber: 1.3 g
- Protein: 22.9 g
- Cholesterol: 78.2 mg
