Tacos de Chorizo y papas or Chorizo and potato Tacos, yum! Two previous post here on Spicie Foodie I shared my recipe for homemade Mexican chorizo, and here is the first recipe to use the Chorizo. If you are lucky enough to have fresh Mexican chorizo available at your local grocery or Mexican food stores , that chorizo will works just fine. The only thing you’ll have to with the commercial chorizo is remove it from the casing. Chorizo can come in either natural/edible casings or in plastic casings. If it’s plastic just remove the chorizo from the plastic. If the casing is edible then you need to remove it when it’s being fried, just start removing the chorizo to break up. What ever the case may be with the chorizo you have on hand it will need to resemble broken up ground meat when cooked.
Your ingredients:
(serves 2-3)
300 grams or a little over 1/2 lb. homemade Mexican chorizo (get the recipe here)
3 medium potatoes
1 small onion
corn tortillas (make your own with this recipe)
corn oil or sunflower oil
Optional toppings :
salsa, like this pico de gallo
jalapenos or hot peppers
avocado
finely chopped onion and/or tomatoes
fresh cilantro
1. Peel and dice the potatoes, they need to be small. You can either boil the potatoes for a lighter calorie version or the normal way is to add a couple of tablespoons of oil to a hot pan and fry the potatoes until they have cooked through. If you are boiling the potatoes , drain and set aside. If frying the potatoes , after they have softened remove from the pan and set aside. Next in the same pan add the chorizo and fry until it’s cooked all the way through about 10-15 minutes. Drain some of the oil, then add the potatoes back in. Cook for another 5-8 minutes until the ingredients are well combined.
2. Warm up the tortillas and place some of the chorizo mixture in the center. You can either serve on it’s on like this..
Or top with some salsa or any of the optional toppings suggestions, this is how I like to eat mine sometimes…
Either way you choose these chorizo potato tacos are so good! Serve with a cold Mexican beer or some aguas frescas and you’ll have yourself a authentic Mexican meal. Buen Provecho!
Mexican tacos looks delicious.One of my fav
I have some chorizo sitting in my fridge and was trying to decide what to do with it. You have definitely given me inspiration!
Hmm…LOVE chorizo!
This looks wonderful! My mouth is watering!
This looks delicious…perfect for lunch!
Hi Nancy,
How are you?
I'm nominating you for the Happy 101 award because I love reading your blog.
Your blog always make me drool in front of my laptop lol!
What a great idea. Looks and sounds really delicious. My kids love Tacos and this little change would be very much appreciated in my house.
Thank you all for visiting, hope you all enjoy making and tasting these Tacos!
Hi Liv, Wow Thanks so much and I'm glad to hear it :) It's funny because I was just given the award by Elin of Elinluv's Tidbits Corner and you are on my list of people to give to, hehe!
Greedily, I'd love to have all the toppings and a larger amount of chorizo : ).
I have SUCH a weakness for chorizo!
Love love love me some chorizo! This sounds so good.
I've been on a taco craze for two weeks. I just made a breakfast taco with potatoes and chorizo and loved it. Haven't blogged about it yet, but it's in the wings. I've never made home made chorizo. I really should give it a try. These look wonderful.
Beautiful tacos, beautiful blog….
@ TasteH.K. – iIt's all about making it as you like it :)
@Scott- I know me too :)
@Tasty Eats- Hope you try it soon!
@Lea Ann – Would love to see your blog's recipe & photos:)
@Sushma – Thank you :)
these look delicious! i love finding new recipes for chorizo, and the toppings are great! yum!
Thanks Brie and hope you enjoy it :)