How Long to Cook Chorizo?

Chorizo is a heavily sliced sausage link that you can cook in different ways. It works really well with eggs, cooked veggies, and bread. It’s really very easy to cook chorizo, but only when you know how long do you cook chorizo? Here, we are going to explain how long do you cook chorizo in skillet, microwave, on the grill?

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If you are cooking Chorizo in a skillet, it will take 10 mins. for the whole chorizo sausage link, 5 mins. for sliced one, and 5 mins. for ground or chopped chorizo.
For grilled chorizo, it takes 30 mins. per sausage link, includes glazing the casing.
When it comes to cooking them on a charcoal grill, it takes a longer time to reach the desired temperature. You have to add at least 20 mins. extra to your grill time.
If you are cooking them in the microwave, it will take 35 mins. per pound to bake whole chorizo sausage link at 350°F, 30 mins. per pound to bake sliced chorizo at 350°F, 20 mins. per pound to bake ground or chopped chorizo at 425°F.

How Long to Cook Chorizo in Red Wine?

Red Wine is tasty. It works really well with meat to add richness and mellows the intense flavor of chorizo. Chorizo is fast cooking meat when you stew it with red wine, it takes around 15-20 mins. to cook perfectly.

How do You Know When Chorizo is Done Cooking?

When you cook chorizo, it releases red oil having a wonderful fragrance. When you start cooking chorizo, it is soft and when it turns brown it becomes more solid to touch. The color also changes from brighter red to dull brown-red when you cook. If it still feels sticky to touch, then it needs more time to cook well.

How to Store Chorizo?

Chorizo can be stored in the refrigerator. An unopened chorizo sausage lasts up to two weeks or one week if it’s opened. As you know that it’s raw, so it’s better to wrap it with cling film or seal it in its original packaging, so it doesn’t spoil other food placed in the refrigerator. You can freeze cooking chorizo in the freezer. This is the right way to keep it soft and it won’t start to dry out like it would in the refrigerator.

By it’s not necessary to keep cured chorizo in the refrigerator, a cool dry place is sufficient. You just have to wrap it in its original packaging, it can last up to 3 months out of the refrigerator and up to 6 months inside it.