A spicy Spanish sausage made with pork and often flavored with paprika and garlic.
From Spanish 'chorizo,' which likely comes from Latin 'lucanica' (Lucanian sausage) blended with Iberian elements. The term spread throughout Spanish and Spanish-American cuisine.
Chorizo's red color comes from paprika, not from the meat being undercooked—and this sausage became so iconic to Spanish culture that 'chorizo' became slang for a dishonest person in some regions!
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