This Chorizo Fried Rice is just what you need for lunch or dinner, an explosion of flavors in your mouth. And it just takes 30 minutes to make.
In the countryside of Panama, a place named las Tablas, they make great chorizos. If you are in the city, we call them chorizo “tableño” because of where they are made. In the countryside, they are known as “choriza de puerco” in Spanish.
These homemade chorizos are made with pork, garlic, culantro, onion, sweet chili peppers, achiote, and salt. They also smoke them for long hours, so they get that red color from the achiote.
This pork chorizo fried rice will have a yellowish color instead of the traditional brown, because of the achiote in the chorizo. But the taste would be on point. This dish is a fusion, mix of Asian and Panamanian flavors.
What you will need
For this recipe, we would need the following ingredients:
- a bag of frozen mixed vegetables
- cooked white rice preferably to be at least a day-old
- small yellow onion
- five pork chorizos
- chopped garlic
- low sodium soy sauce
- oyster sauce
- sesame oil
- avocado oil
The utensils used to prepare this recipe were a Wok, a wooden spoon, and little bowl.
Tips for making this Chorizo Fried Rice
Now that we have our the ingredients needed for the fried rice recipe, I’ll give you some of my tips:
- For the white rice, we need it to be at least a day old, and cold, which will help with the texture of the fried rice. Just cooked rice will make your fried rice sticky, for this reason, I don’t recommend it.
- Using frozen mixed vegetables makes it an easy way to add veggies to your dish. It may not be as authentic as Chinese cuisine, but it works.
- The oyster sauce is my secret ingredient. It provides another depth of flavor that compliments the pork chorizo.
- The sesame oil will provide another layer of flavor to the fried rice. You don’t need much, so a little goes a long way.
- You can replace the white rice, with brown rice to increase the fiber intake.
- If you don’t have avocado oil, you can replace it with vegetable oil. Just use an oil that has a mild flavor.
Chorizo Fried Rice Preparation
The preparation for this recipe is simple. First, we are going to start dicing our yellow onion. Next, we will prepare our sauce, in a bowl mix the low sodium soy sauce, the oyster sauce and the sesame oil. Also, we are going to remove the casing from our chorizos.
Cooking Chorizo Fried Rice
Now, on to the cooking of the fried rice. To start the cooking process we would do is to heat up the wok and add the chorizo pieces. Cook until there are browned and fully cooked. Make sure to break them apart during cooking. Remove from the wok and set aside.
Next, we will half a tsp of sesame oil and avocado oil to the wok and saute the onion for a couple of minutes. Then add the garlic and saute for one more minute.
Now add the bag of frozen mixed vegetables and cook until the vegetables have softened. Make sure to stir constantly, so the vegetables cook evenly.
Add your white rice and mix in with the vegetables. Next, add your sauce and continue stirring for two more minutes.
Garnish with scallions or green onions, and it is ready to be devoured.
Pork Chorizo Fried Rice
Ingredients
- 1 bag frozen mixed vegetables (carrots, corn, green beans, peas & lima beans), 16 oz / 454 g
- 3 cups cooked white rice
- 1 small yellow onion
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 5 pork chorizos, I used chorizo "tableño" which are made in Las Tablas, but they are mainly made of pork. (aprox 1 pound)
- 2 tsp avocado oil, divided
Sauce
- 3 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil, divided
- 3 scallions or green onions, (optional, used for garnish)
Instructions
Prep
- Dice the yellow onion.
- Remove the chorizos from their casing.
- Mix the low sodium soy sauce, oyster sauce and 1 tsp of the sesame oil and set aside.
Cook
- In a wok fry your chorizos until fully cooked through. Remove from the wok and set a side.
- In the same wok, heat the avocado oil with 1 tsp of sesame oil.
- Saute the diced onion for a couple of minutes. Next, add the garlic and saute for 1 more minute or until fragrant.
- Add your frozen mixed vegetables and cook for 5 minutes or until the vegetables have softened. Make sure to stir constantly, so the vegetables cook evenly.
- Add your rice and mix with the vegetables. Then add your sauce and continue stirring for a couple of minutes.
- Garnish with some scallions or green onion, and your chorizo fried rice is ready to be enjoyed!
Notes
- You can replace the white rice, with brown rice to increase the fiber intake.
- If you don't have avocado oil, you can replace it with vegetable oil. Just use an oil that has a mild flavor.
- If you can't get the Panamanian chorizo you can use normal pork chorizo. Or even switch thing up a little with another type of chorizo, or even chicken or meat. This will probably change the end result flavor, but I can imagine it would taste great too.
Nutrition
As a result, you will have an explosion of flavors bursting as you eat this pork chorizo fried rice. This chorizo fried rice was a hit at my mom’s office. Everybody was asking her where she bought it.
If you try this recipe, let us know! Leave your comment below. We love to see what you are preparing in your kitchens.
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Love fried rice and Thanks for some great tips on preparing it. Looks Yummy!
This sounds incredible, chorzio is one of my favourite things and it’s so hard to find in Italy….I’m keeping this recipe for next time!
I love chorizo! I wish I could try your las Tablas, it sounds amazing! I love that you combined it into a fried rice too! Very ingenious!
Such a great weeknight dinner! Looks great!
I always forget about savoury rice dishes like this and they are incredibly tasty. This is a nice reminder for me.
Whoa, I never thought I’d see chorizo and oyster sauce in the same recipe! But it sounds YUMMY. I have a Latin-American grocery in town that makes its own chorizo, and although it isn’t smoked like what you describe, it definitely has achiote and a delicious blend of herbs and spices. I’ll try it out with your pork chorizo fried rice—post haste!
We love fried rice at our house! Looks so delicious. I’ll have to make it soon!
We absolutely love chorizo! I love having it in a paella but have never tried it in fried rice. That’s another favourite dish so I will look forward to trying this out. It sounds delish!
I just can imagine the chorizo taste and spices coating the rice, and this looks so easy to make too. Will be keeping this recipe for our future dinners.
Mmm. I love chorizo and your fried rice dish looks so tasty! Beautiful colors! Can’t wait to make this!
This sounds delicious. I love fried rice, and I love the spicy chorizo. I know that this is a great combo of the two.
I love all the photos that walk through the process! This looks so delicious!
Sounds like a nice flavourful rice. I love chorizo…and yes this would make a meal all by itself. I could eat this any night of the week. So much better than takeout.
We love chorizo and fried rice.. So cool to put the two together. Can’t wait to try this. Great tips too! Thanks
Beautiful photos!! Makes me want to jump right in and start eating on the chorizo and fried rice. We really love chorizo and with the rice I can imagine it makes a wonderful dish. Thank you for the tips — almost appreciate those. Will be trying this soon.
This looks so good. Wonderful tips you provided as well!! I tend to purchase frozen fried rice from Trader Joe’s and I add an egg. I will be trying this dish asap!!
Thanks for sharing this recipe – so simple! Great photos too!
My husband was just commenting this week that he likes rice, but prefers “dressed up” rice to plain white rice. This is going on the menu.
This sounds SO good! Such a great idea for dinner!
I have cauliflower rice and Chorizo… I know what I’m having for dinner tonight! Thanks for the inspiration!
This is great! Perfect for leftover rice, too. Love chorizo. Saving!
What a delicious looking dinner! I love fried rice, and adding the chorizo would make it SO good!
Such a tasty dish! So much better than take out…love the addition fo the chorizo!
One of the best filling one pot meal that too with left over rice, chorizo and veggies, Love it. I think I can every day. I have weakness towards the rice dishes.
Most definitely an explosion of flavours in the month. .Forget about your takeaway this is much better. .lovely photos
Drooling all over the pictures! Love chorizo, but never thought about adding it to fried rice, brilliant!