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Recipe Potato and Chorizo Tacos

Easy chorizo and potato tacos topped with salsa verde just like at the taco stand. They are salty, greasy and spicy in the very best way. Big flavor! Yum!

Prep 10m
Cook 20m
Total 30m
Yield 16 servings
Source: mexicanfoodjournal.com by Douglas Cullen

🥄 Ingredients

  • 1 pound waxy potatoes
  • 1/2 pound chorizo
  • 1/2 medium white onion
  • 1 bunch of spring onions
  • Salsa Verde
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 16 corn tortillas (taqueria size, the small tortillas)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. TACO FILLING

  2. Remove the outer membrane from the chorizo

  3. Peel the potatoes

  4. Chop the potatoes into 1/4" pieces

  5. Finely chop the onion

  6. Heat 4 tablespoons of cooking oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat

  7. Add the chopped potatoes to your pan and stir to coat the potatoes with oil

  8. Add the salt and pepper and stir again

  9. Cook the potatoes for 3 minutes then add the chopped white onion

  10. Cook the onions and potatoes together for 5 minutes

  11. Add the chorizo and stir to incorporate

  12. Cook the potato, onion chorizo mixture for 10 minutes

  13. (The filling is ready to eat when the chorizo has rendered all of its fat and is just starting to get crispy.)

  14. Adjust the salt if needed

  15. SERVING

  16. Chop the spring onions

  17. Warm the tortillas on a comal

  18. Put 1 tablespoon of filling on each tortilla

  19. Garnish with the chopped spring onions and a spoonful of salsa

  20. Serve 4 tacos per person

📊 Nutrition (per serving)

119 kcal Calories
17 g Carbs
4 g Protein
4 g Fat

Nutritional values are estimates from the original source.