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Chorizo

Definition: A spicy pork sausage seasoned with paprika. The spanish version uses a smoke pork and the Mexican version uses fresh pork. This sausage often comes in large links which you can break apart or leave solid to cook.

Chorizo often contains parts of the animals head such as cheeks, salivary glands or lymph nodes.

Pronunciation: chore-EET-zoh

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