Chorizo Mac and Cheese

Hello Everyone,

I use chorizo in many dishes. Dishes I use it in usually have ground beef a its main ingredient. Three particular dishes are home style
tacos/burittos, spaghetti, and Frito pie /nachos. I use it in
conjunction not in lure of. Provides something extra to each of the three dishes. Spaghetti coloring, nachos/frito pies sensation and
tacos/burittos a spicy flavor. Do normal preperation, mix and season to taste and you have different dishes that’s sure to satisfy even the
pickiest eaters.

Do you think i can prep it and let it sit in the fridge then bake it the next day?

I haven’t made it ahead, but I don’t see why you couldn’t do as you’ve described. ~Elise

I have used cooked & crumbled chorizo in quesadillas, w/a pepper jack
cheese. A stuffing for chile rellenos. I like mixed with fried potatoes for breakfast. Mixed in with refried beans. Put on a pizza.
I can’t wait to try in Mac & Cheese – sounds delicious.

This sounds great! I will be trying it out soon.

My favorite use of chorizo is in “Mexican eggs Benedict”. It’s basically an English muffin topped with a chorizo patty, tomato, and poached egg with cilantro hollandaise sauce. Also you can make home fries from the same pan that you cooked the chorizo in and it will infuse the potatoes.

I mostly use chorizo for nachos and I make a great chip dip with it using velvetta cheese and chorizo in a crock pot, but I am usually to busy to make my own Chorizo, but Sunset Farm Foods has a great chorizo chub.I can sometimes find it in stores, but usually I have to order from their website , http://www.sunsetfarmfoods.com, but it is soo worth it.

I made this recipe the other day and wow, was it ever tasty. Wasn’t too sure about the lime juice so I only used 1 teaspoon but will definitely use the full amount next time.

Elise, looks great! The best use of chorizo I’ve ever tasted would have to be chorizo stuffed dates wrapped in bacon, you should really make them!

I made this with soy chorizo and based on Jenny R’s comment above added 1.5 cups of milk. I think the extra milk was a good idea, but my result wasn’t dry at all. However, I didn’t mix in any corn starch with the cheese (didn’t have any) and I cooked the onions briefly in a little olive oil before adding the soyrizo as soy meat doesn’t add oil to the pan the way animal meat does. It’s quite nice – thanks!

Thought I’d give a little update–made this the other day with soy chorizo and despite adding an extra 1/2 cup of milk, it still ended up a bit dry. I’m guessing its because the soy chorizo is drier and a bit less greasy than the real deal?? Regardless, the flavor was still fantastic! Next time I make it with soy I will up the milk to 2 cups :)

I got my chorizo at my local health food store -had never had it before. Mine was a bit firm and I didn’t see how it’d become soft enough to smash up in a skillet, so I put it in a food processor with a small amount of water and voila! I had a pate consistency. :). My Mac n cheese is baking right now for dinner!

Great idea! ~Elise

In Mexico they take the chorizo cook then it cover with green peppers and onion grilled but still crisp.. cover it with like a Monterrey Jack cheese and put under broiler.. serve with fresh flour tortillas or fresh made corn chips.. Out of this world! That is the soft Mexican style.. not the Spanish chorizo.

Great,great,great! No breadcrumbs, Ok I did have time and all the bread on hand but I opted for Doritos. I also had no pepper jack on hand but I did have a nice jalapeno (on a stick?) which I added to the onions. More lime juice on the side and a scoop of sour cream. Will add this to my Mac and cheese file.

I just had this literally 10 seconds ago and wanted to let you know it tasted great! I did however make a huge change, as in, I didn’t use chorizo, I used ground turkey (I had it in the freezer already). I still liked it!

Thanks for the absolutely killer mac and cheese recipe! I put this together as listed with the exception of using some fresh bulk chorizo from a local latin market and whole wheat elbow mac. A recipe like this ought to be doubled, just on general principle, so that is exactly what I did. The results: A perfect lasagna dish of mac and cheese. The first taste was perfect, but I have to say, this dish kept getting better each day. the last morsel was scarfed up today for lunch (5 days later)and it just as good, or better, than Thursday night’s fresh batch.

We made this tonight…it was fabulous! I used the Mexican-style Chorizo as well. It was kind of funny because my husband asked if there was cinnamon in the mac and cheese, and I thought it smelled like cinnamon when the sausage was frying. Either way – it was wonderful and much easier than I had anticipated. The balance of flavors was just perfect. I will definitely be making this again.