Chorizo Potato Tacos

Chorizo potato tacos are the ultimate easy meal to make and one of the tastiest taco recipes you can make at home. The chorizo and potato are cooked on a sheet pan making it so easy and it allows all of the delicious chorizo flavor to soak into the potatoes during cooking. This chorizo taco recipe will be your new favorite weeknight dinner once you see how easy and delicious it is!

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Total Time: 25 minutes minutes

If you are looking for a really quick meal this chorizo taco recipe is for you. These chorizo potato tacos are loaded with so much flavor on their own without any toppings added and makes a great easy to go taco for those busy nights.

Because these tacos with chorizo have potatoes added to the sheet pan with them when cooking, the potatoes soak up the juices from the chorizo which makes them so delicious.

This recipe has only 3 ingredients (not including the salt) and all you have to do is slice up your ingredients place on a sheet pan and bake. By using the sheet pan to cook everything up, cleanup is a breeze as well.

Chorizo Potato Taco Ingredients

• Spanish chorizo. Spanish chorizo is different from Mexican chorizo since it is cured. Try to find Spanish chorizo for this recipe if you can.
• Potatoes. I like to use red new potatoes. Any new potato will work for this taco recipe.
• Olive oil.
• Salt. I always use kosher salt.
• Tortillas and your favorite toppings.

Now if you cannot find Spanish chorizo, you can use Mexican chorizo as a substitute. You will just need to make sure you crumble the Mexican chorizo with your hands before placing it on the sheet pan.

How to make chorizo tacos

Prepare chorizo and potatoes

To prepare the chorizo and potatoes for these chorizo tacos, all you need to do in this step is clean your potatoes and then go ahead and dice them up along with the chorizo. Try to make sure they are the same size so they cook evenly.

Cooking your chorizo and potatoes

In this step you add your diced up chorizo and potatoes to a sheet pan then drizzle with a little olive oil and add a pinch of salt. Mix it all up (I like to use my hands) so everything is coated in the olive oil.

Bake in pre-heated 375 degree oven for 20-30 minutes or until the potatoes can be pierced with a fork.

The only seasoning you need is just a touch of salt because all of the flavor from the chorizo is going to cook out and mix with the potatoes. Chorizo is loaded with delicious Spanish spices so you can think of it as free seasoning for any ingredients that cook alongside it.

Lightly mash the potatoes with the chorizo

The very last step in making these chorizo and potato tacos is lightly mashing up some of the potatoes into the chorizo while it is on the sheet pan. The potatoes are nice and soft after cooking so you will only need a fork to do this.

This helps mix the chorizo flavor into the potatoes even more and gives a little more texture to the chorizo potato filling.

Toppings for the BEST Chorizo Tacos

This really simple sheet pan chorizo potato taco dinner is all about easy and that includes the toppings. You use can use as little or as much as you like. I always prefer to use a simple pico de gallo and some lime for my tacos.

Here are some of my favorite toppings:

• Pico de gallo. This is just a fresh blend of chopped tomatoes, onions, cilantro, hot peppers and lime with a touch of salt. I make this meal even easier buy purchasing already made pico de gallo from my local store. You can make your own too.
• Poblano Sauce. If I have a little extra time, I love making a batch of this to pour over these chorizo potato tacos.
• Chopped onion. You can use Spanish onion, white onions or red onions. Use what you have on hand.
• Guacamole.
• Fresh sliced avocado.
• Pickled veggies. When I have time I do love making pickled radishes and onions to go over my tacos. You can do this 30 minutes or the day before. This is as simple as adding equal amounts vinegar to water placing your veggies in it and adding a little salt.
• Salsa. Salsa helps give extra flavor and some moisture. Traditional salsa or salsa verde are great.
• Cheese. Cheese is always a great option. Traditional tacos will have a crumbled queso blanco. Shredded cheddar or jack cheese work great too.
• Lime juice. Lime squeezed over the top of the tacos just adds a really nice fresh flavor and wakes up all of the flavors.

Once you have decided what toppings you want on your tacos, all you are almost done making them. Remember, these chorizo potato tacos are a really easy recipe!

The best tortillas to use for chorizo potato tacos

In my house this is just a matter of personal opinion. I prefer good quality flour tortillas but my family loves crunchy corn tortillas. It tastes great with either one.

You can also use soft corn tortillas if you prefer those or if you are following a gluten free diet.

Variations

Making these leftovers into chorizo and potato breakfast tacos

One of my absolute favorite things to have for breakfast are breakfast tacos and chorizo is one of the best additions. To make these leftovers into breakfast tacos just follow these steps:

• Pre-heat a pan over medium heat.
• Add one tablespoon of olive oil.
• Add 1 cup of your chorizo and potatoes leftovers.
• Warm for about 2 minutes stirring it a few times.
• Crack 2 eggs and mix it well.
• Pour the eggs over your chorizo potato mixture in the pan.
• Add a good hefty sprinkle of cheese.
• Mix around until the eggs are cooked through (about 3-4 minutes.)
• Add to 2 flour or corn tortillas and enjoy.

Making these into chorizo and sweet potato tacos

You can easily substitute sweet potato for the regular potato if you like. There is no change to the cooking time.

More Chorizo Recipes

In addition to these chorizo potato tacos, I really love using Spanish chorizo in many of my quick meals. I use it to fully season burgers like with my chorizo and pork burger , to add as a quick delicious topping to my savory chorizo and zucchini galette or to make a quick Spanish chorizo and peppers tapas.

Although these chorizo tacos are amazing just the way they are, more flavor will be added to these tacos when you add some toppings.

It really does not get any simpler than this potato and chorizo taco recipe. These are really just the easiest tacos you can make at home.

Pairing Ideas

Here are some great recipes we love serving alongside these chorizo potato tacos:

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