Is this cooked? If not, how do I cook it? I am not Portuguese, and I appreciate the help!

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  1. Ready to eat. You can cut it in round slices and eat it. It is also possible to cook it in some oven dishes.

  2. They’re already smoked, so safe to eat. Some people prefer it ‘raw’, other people prefer it cooked.

    You can try to flame grill it (although people usually do it in special containers – I can’t think of the right word for it). You can look up *chouriço assado* or *chouriço á bombeiro* . Grilling it in an oven should do about the same

    You can also try making a *caldo verde* with it, it’ll cook in the boil

  3. Slice it thin and enjoy with a beer.

    Or.

    Grill it ubtil the fat starts boiling and enjoy with a red wine ans fresh bread.

  4. Hello! If you want to really enjoy it to the max, poke it with a needle/fork several times and then grill it with fire generously. Don’t add salt.

  5. Hi OP, this is Chouriço, but in Alentejo which is one of the Regions of Portugal, we call it Linguiça.

    It is usually eaten without cooking, having been left to smoke in the chimney in case it is done after the pig is killed at home, or left to dry and artificially smoked if it is done in a factory.

    You can also roast the chorizo ​​with a clay pot and alcohol, it’s simple, easy and quick. I leave you here on how to do it.

    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm46wLWykDg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm46wLWykDg)

    Now I can only wish you Bon Appetit.

    **Edit: Caros Redditores, não vale a pena chatearem-se:. Penso que falo por todos que seja o nome Chouriço, ou Linguiça, a qualidade das carnes Alentejanas é reconhecida em todo o Mundo e essa deverá ser a principal e continua preocupação na Produção.**

  6. You can also slice it (maybe 1cm thick) and cook in a frying pan. Just toss the slices and the fat will help to cook it. Just don’t let it burn too much. You’ll see when it’s good, a nice brownish colour.
    Eat with nice bread, like Pão Alentejano, Mafra or Pão de Rio Maior.

  7. You can eat it like that, but I suggest a dish that I just ate, “ervilhas com ovo escalfado”, search recipes in your language, it’s very easy to make and it’s very delicious.

  8. Try it both ways

    It’s ready to eat but grilled is also very good.

    Sometimes I prefer it like that but others, I rather have it grilled

  9. Get some sort of wide and shallow depth, flame proof container with a grill on top (about the same size as the linguiça), dump some etylic alcohol in it, like the kind you get from a pharmacy (the 96% proof kind), light it on fire and roast the linguiça over it. Good stuff.

  10. Another way to do it is roll it in foil and stick it an oven at 200 degrees for 45 min to 1hr inside an oven dish

    Capture the sauce with thick slices of bread

    Then unfold it from the foil and cut it in slices as it would be thick coins .

    Eat paired with red wine and oranges 🍊

  11. I feel your pain. I go to the supermarket and stare at the sausage section scratching my head for at least 10 minutes each time. I call it sausage Russia roulette. So far nothing has killed me.

  12. You can eat it how it is, or you can make some cuts in the skin (like in a fatty sausage) and set it over fire.

  13. Can be eaten raw. Also fried, cut into small pieces. Can also be grilled, which is my favorite.

  14. Besides all these great suggestions, it can also be used to add flavour to other dishes like rice based dishes or stews. For those you can just slice it and add in the beginning of the cooking.

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