Chorizo, Spanish

Chorizo is a traditional pork sausage from Spain that is available both spicy and hot. Unlike Mexican chorizo, the Spanish sausage is dry cured and ready to eat.  The sausage is used in slices to flavor paella or can be added to beans, soups or stews. This sausage is spiced with choricero chiles. 

Substitute For Spanish Chorizo

If you don't have Spanish chorizo you can substitute equal amounts of:

• Andouille sausage  would be a good substitute because it is nice and spicy and is also fully cooked so it just needs to be heated.  It works very well in soup, stews and rice dishes like paella.
• OR - Kielbasa is also fully cooked and works well in soups or stews.  It is not as spicy as Spanish chorizo.
• OR - Hawaiian style Portuguese sausage which needs to be cooked before it is used.
• OR - Use linguica but again, it must be cooked before it can be eaten.  Similar to the Hawaiian style sausage but probably easier to find in parts of mainland U.S.
• OR - 
• Typically Mexican chorizo is not a good alternative for Spanish chorizo.