Ground Chorizo Sauteed Carrots Corn
Green Beans
Simple, Tasty, Healthful and Colorful

Ground chorizo sauteed carrots corn green beans.....this is a recipe that I was created in a desperation.

Prep Time: ZERO  Cook Time: 30 Minutes  Serving: 4

There was a sales of baby carrots.  It was half price.  To me, it was impossible to walk away from the deal.  In the back of my head, I was thinking, "I can make soup or doing something with them.  Got to get them." 

Well, a couple weeks passed, it was too hot to make a pot of soup.  I can cook them up to make something else.  But there were so many things waiting for me to be done.  What could I do with these baby carrots?  Throwing them into the garbage is the last thing I want to see where my food belongs.

As usual, my weekly grocery shopping trip came up.  I always love to go by myself.  I can take my time to enjoy it and check out other new ingredients for some inspiration.

Then, the ground chorizo was right in front of me.  It felt like it was calling my name.  I could not resist it.  Thinking of sweet and spicy would be the perfect fit. But I want more colors in my plate.  What can I do?

After getting back home and putting the grocery away, I saw a bag of frozen green beans and corn kernels.  Then, there came the ideas of this recipe.

I used fresh baby carrots.  You can definitely turn this into a pantry side dish by substituting with frozen carrots.

I tried ground and pre-cooked chorizo several times in the past.  The pre-cooked one can slice up nicely and less spicy.  The ground one has more bite into it which I love.  Feel free to switch up to the pre-cooked one to satisfy your taste buds.

To make it more filling, serve this with steamed rice.

Ground Chorizo Sauteed Carrots Corn Green Beans Recipe and Instructions

Ingredients

2 lbs (907g) Baby Carrots
1 lb (454g) Frozen Whole Green Beans
1 lb (454g) Frozen Corn Kernels
12 oz (340g) Ground Chorizo (not the pre-cooked one)
2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 cup (237g) Water
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat pot with Extra Virgin Olive Oil at medium high heat.
2. Add chorizo and break it up with spatula, stir regularly and cook for 5 minutes.
3. Add carrots and water, cover and cook at high heat for 12-15 minutes until carrots start to get tender (after those 12-15 minutes, the carrots are not completely fork tender.  You still can feel a bit of resistence when you poke them with a fork.)
4. Add corns and cook until crisp tender, about 3 minutes.
5. Add green beans and cook until crisp tender, about 5 minutes.
6. Salt and pepper to taste and serve immediately.

Ground Chorizo Sauteed Carrots Corn Green Beans Steps with Photos

Ground Chorizo Sauteed Carrots Corn Green Beans - Carrots need to be cooked for 12-15 minutes on high heat to get them tender

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