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Generated illustration of Portuguese pork chouriço with sliced pieces.

Portuguese pork sausage (chouriço)

葡式猪肉香肠Púshì zhūròu xiāngcháng

A seasoned, cured pork sausage used in Portuguese and Macanese cooking, often smoked.

Type
Meat

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Usually reddish-brown, with a firm casing and a cut surface showing irregular pieces of meat and fat.

In the kitchen

Sliced or diced to season baked duck rice and fillings such as Portuguese stuffed squid.

Recipes and casings vary. Some products contain milk, gluten, soy or sulfites; check the label rather than assuming a single formula. This is not Chinese lap cheong.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有葡式猪肉香肠吗?

Does this dish contain Portuguese pork sausage (chouriço)?

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