Filipino-Style Chorizo

Lawng • gah • NEE • sah

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Preparation info
  • Makes about

    16

    links
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Filipinx

By Angela Dimayuga and Ligaya Mishan

Published 2021

  • About

This was my favorite cured meat when I was a kid: a chubby little sausage, sticky-sweet from the juices caramelizing in the pan, each bite dunked into suka at bawang and followed by a mouthful of hot rice. Two links were just enough. Longganisa is a cousin to chorizo and has countless preparations; I put brown sugar and soy sauce in mine, a union of salt and sweet. You get some sting from the garlic vinegar, and paprika brings a hint of smoke. I like the snap of a sausage casing, but you ca