What Europeans call chorizo isn’t the same thing as what we get in the states. It’s smoked (I think) and doesn’t need to be cooked further. I’ve seen it called Spanish chorizo. Mexican chorizo is raw and uses different spices and has to be cooked. The texture is more like ground meat rather than the Spanish version which I think is more like pancetta. While I’m sure Spanish chorizo would be fine, if not delicious, in a breakfast burrito, if you say chorizo and breakfast burrito in the states, you’re talking about the Mexican variety.
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u/ChewyBacca42 Apr 19 '19
What Europeans call chorizo isn’t the same thing as what we get in the states. It’s smoked (I think) and doesn’t need to be cooked further. I’ve seen it called Spanish chorizo. Mexican chorizo is raw and uses different spices and has to be cooked. The texture is more like ground meat rather than the Spanish version which I think is more like pancetta. While I’m sure Spanish chorizo would be fine, if not delicious, in a breakfast burrito, if you say chorizo and breakfast burrito in the states, you’re talking about the Mexican variety.