{"id":1294,"date":"2025-03-16T02:00:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T02:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/chorizo-potato-tacos\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T02:28:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T02:28:27","slug":"chorizo-potato-tacos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/chorizo-potato-tacos\/","title":{"rendered":"Chorizo-Potato Tacos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>3 medium (about 12 ounces) boiling potatoes (Yukon gold&#8217;s or the smaller red or white-skin potatoes work well here), peeled if you wish, cut into 1\/2-inch cubes<br \/>\n12 ounces fresh Mexican chorizo sausage, casing removed<br \/>\n1 medium white onion, cut into small pieces<br \/>\nSalt<br \/>\n3\/4 cup Roasted Tomatillo Salsa<br \/>\n1 avocado, pitted, flesh scooped from the skin and sliced<br \/>\n12 warm tortillas<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scoop the potato into a microwave-safe bowl, cover with plastic wrap, poke a few holes in the top and microwave on high for 3 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Lay the chorizo and onion in a very large (12-inch) skillet (preferably non-stick) and set over medium heat. Cook, stirring frequently and breaking up clumps, until the fat renders, the sausage looks cooked, and the onions are translucent, about 6 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Scoop the potatoes, leaving the steaming liquid behind, into the skillet and continue cooking until the potatoes are soft, about 5 minutes. If the potatoes begin browning long before they\u2019re soft, reduce the temperature a little. Taste and season with salt if you think the mixture needs it\u2014some chorizo is so highly seasoned, little additional salt will be needed.<\/p>\n<p>To serve, scoop the mixture into a deep bowl. Set out with the cheese, cilantro salsa, avocado and warm tortillas.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rickbayless.com\/recipe\/chorizo-and-potato-tacos\/\">Original<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3 medium (about 12 ounces) boiling potatoes (Yukon gold&#8217;s or the smaller red or white-skin potatoes work well here), peeled if you wish, cut into 1\/2-inch cubes 12 ounces fresh Mexican chorizo sausage, casing removed 1 medium white onion, cut into small pieces Salt 3\/4 cup Roasted Tomatillo Salsa 1 avocado, pitted, flesh scooped from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-favorites","category-main-course"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1294\/revisions\/2465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kayeskinner.com\/food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}