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Chorizo Picante

Hot smoked-paprika Spanish cured sausage.

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About Chorizo Picante

Chorizo picante is a hot, smoked-paprika Spanish cured sausage. It is served sliced as a tapa or snack and is also used in beans, stews, soups, rice dishes, egg dishes, and sauces. Unlike fresh chorizo, it is cured and ready to slice, though it may also be cooked in a dish.

Its flavour is savoury, paprika-led, smoky, garlicky, and hot, with intensity varying among recipes. Curing removes moisture and gives the sausage a firm, dense, slightly chewy texture. When heated, its fat softens and its paprika-rich flavour spreads through surrounding ingredients.

It is commonly sold as linked sausages or rings, with a red to deep-red interior and a casing that may be natural or manufactured. It can be sliced thinly, diced, or cooked whole. Heating browns the surface, softens the texture, and releases seasoned fat into the pan.

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Chorizo Picante nutrition & diet

Chorizo Picante nutritional value

Reference: Chorizo

Per 100 g of 100 g edible portion in the named official reference form.

Calories
395kcal
Protein
24.0g
Carbs
2.4g
Fat
32.2g

Official national food-composition reference. The displayed food form is part of the estimate; cultivar, recipe, brand, processing and preparation can change values.

Portions & preparation

Reference hot smoked-paprika Spanish chorizo in the form actually eaten, distinguishing cured, ready-to-eat slices from a product requiring cooking. Remove non-edible casing where applicable and separate the sausage from bread, beans, stews, or tapas accompaniments. Brand recipe determines meat, fat, salt, spices, and additives.

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Diet considerations

This is an animal-derived sausage as described, with compatibility dependent on its confirmed meat and processing recipe. Review possible dairy, cereal fillers, coatings, and accompanying foods such as bread or legumes. Cooking in a stew can add stock, alcohol, or other ingredients, while the sausage’s portion affects the meal’s carbohydrate pattern indirectly through its accompaniments.

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Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
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  • Paleo
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  • Low-carb
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  • Halal
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  • Kosher
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What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: Composition of foods integrated dataset (CoFID), 2021 — 19-516 ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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