Wondering what to make with chorizo? Here are plenty of delicious recipes using chorizo, from creamy chicken and pasta to pies, tray bakes and more.
Chorizo is one of those ingredients that can completely transform a dish. It brings an incredible amount of smoky, savoury and often spicy flavour to everything it touches, especially as it cooks and releases all that gorgeous oil.
Here I’ve rounded up my very best recipes with chorizo. Whether it’s the star of the show or simply working its magic in the background, these are recipes you’ll come back to time and time again. So if you’ve got a pack of chorizo lurking in the fridge, or you’re just looking for an excuse to go and buy one, you’re in exactly the right place.
1. One Pan Creamy Chicken and Chorizo
If you make one recipe from this list, this is a very good place to start. Juicy chicken thighs in a rich chorizo sauce, all made in one pan in just 30 minutes.
2. Smoky Sausage and Bean Casserole
An OG recipe on the blog and still one of my favourite ways to use chorizo. It’s smoky, rich, ridiculously hearty and exactly what you want when you’re knee-deep in comfort food season.
3. Slow Cooker Chicken and Chorizo
This truly is a magical recipe – the way the slow cooker marries all those gorgeous flavours together is almost too much to bear.
4. Creamy Chorizo Gnocchi
Chorizo and gnocchi are a match made in heaven. Combine them in a creamy tomato sauce, and you’re on to a winner. It’s actually quite unbelievable that a dinner so delicious can come together in just over 20 minutes!
5. Spanish One Pot Chicken and Orzo
Chorizo, peppers, olives and sun-dried tomatoes all bubbling away with orzo in one pot. There’s an outrageous amount of flavour packed into this one.
6. The Ultimate Halloumi Sandwich
This is the type of sandwich you could eat for dinner. It’s loaded with chorizo, halloumi, avocado and sun dried tomato pesto. Need I say more?
7. Chicken and Chorizo Pasta
This is family comfort food through and through. It’s the type of dinner that’ll get requested weekly, and one you’ll never get tired of either!
8. Spanish Chicken Tray Bake
One of those dinners where the oven does most of the hard work. The chorizo releases all that gorgeous flavour into the tray, which the potatoes very kindly soak up.
9. Red Wine Chorizo Bolognese
Traditional bolognese? Absolutely not. But beef, chorizo and red wine make one heck of a ragù, so I’m willing to deal with the consequences.
10. Chicken and Chorizo Pies
Crisp and flaky pastry, packed with a saucy and flavoursome chicken and chorizo filling. These little handheld pies are dangerously easy to demolish!
11. Halloumi Hotpot
Think rich chorizo and sweet potato underneath a layer of golden halloumi. It’s a slightly rogue take on a hotpot, granted, but just go with me on this one.
12. Chorizo Pasta
The chorizo fat is recycled here, and soaked up by the garlic and shallots. With such a simple selection of ingredients, it’s hard to believe how one dish can be so full of flavour.
13. Chicken and Chorizo Potato Bake
The potatoes cook right on top of the chicken and chorizo, meaning they’re soft underneath, crispy on top and soaking up all that flavour in between.
14. Chorizo Sausage Rolls
When a regular sausage roll just won’t cut it, we introduce chorizo and a few other friends. Watch these disappear at any occasion you serve them!
15. Cheesy Chorizo Hasselback Chicken
This is one of the most delicious ways to cook chicken breasts. The flavour from the chorizo seeps into the chicken and the rich tomato sauce underneath.
16. Sweet Potato Breakfast Hash
Sweet potato and chorizo is one of my all-time favourite combos – the sweetness balances the smoky spice so beautifully. Turn it into a hearty one-pan breakfast and things only get better.
17. Breakfast Burritos with Chorizo Beans
The chorizo beans are the star of the show here, with crispy potatoes, scrambled eggs, avocado and cheese taking things through the roof. These are breakfast burritos done right.
18. Chorizo Scrambled Eggs
Smoky chorizo folded through soft and creamy eggs – truly the perfect way to start the day!
19. Spicy Baked Beans
Proof that baked beans can be considerably more exciting than opening a tin. Chorizo and chipotle make them smoky and spicy, then obviously I went and added cheese.
And there we have it! A collection of the most delicious chorizo recipes. If you loved this roundup be sure to Pin it for later! Made any of the recipes? Let me know how you got on in the comments.
