This creamy chorizo pasta recipe is perfect for a quick and easy midweek meal. It's a real comfort food pasta dish with a gorgeous creamy paprika flavour.

Creamy chorizo pasta is the perfect comfort food
Chorizo is one of those staple ingredients in our house. I use it a lot to add extra flavour and we all love the warmth of the smoked paprika that comes out as you cook it. I also love the combination of creme fraiche and chorizo. It makes for a really comforting dish of pasta that's excellent for cooler days. This is the kind of bowl of pasta you just want to curl up on the sofa with!

So easy to make
The great thing is that it's so easy to make too. You don't need to spend long at all to make it and I even catch sight of my husband licking the plate clean at the end! That's always a sign of a successful recipe!
This creamy chorizo pasta recipe is actually one of the first recipes I made for my husband. The idea came from a recipe I found at my parents' house a long time ago. At the time I was only just beginning to get interested in cooking. I wanted to impress my future husband and felt I should expand my rather limited repertoire.

The inspiration for this creamy pasta recipe
Little did I know back then that cooking would become a passion and that my favourite tv programmes a few years later would all end up being about food. I spent an afternoon going through lots of old cook books and magazines, making notes.
This gorgeous creamy pasta dish was one of the recipes I came away with. Well, not exactly this as I only read the recipe once and I don't have those notes any more. I'm sure the recipe I make has changed a bit over the years too.

What ingredients are in this chorizo pasta?
You don't need many ingredients to make this creamy choriso pasta. Just pasta, chorizo, vegetables and and creme fraiche. I sometimes use spaghetti and sometimes another kind of pasta such as penne. It really doesn't matter what kind of pasta you use. You could even make it with gluten free pasta!
I often add peppers, onions and mushrooms for the vegetables but feel free to vary what you have.
It's best to use cooking chorizo for this as you can cut it into thick slices. If you only have the thin ready sliced chorizo it will still be tasty though. You won't need to cook it for as long either.
Can you adapt this creamy chorizo pasta recipe?
This recipe is one I've been making for years and I don't even remember the exact ingredients in the original recipe.
There are lots of ways you can adapt it by varying the vegetables you use. You can use any colour of pepper for example. You can substitute the vegetables for different ones. Courgette and aubergine go well and green vegetables like broccoli are delicious as well. You can steam it and then stir it in at the end so it's not too crunchy!
Sometimes I want my pasta to have that little bit of a kick to it and on those days I like to slice up a chilli pepper and throw that in too. I also sometimes add slices of garlic too.
If you don't have creme fraiche I'm sure you could substitute if for a little cream too.

Recipe

Creamy Chorizo Pasta
Ingredients
- 160 g pasta
- 1 green pepper deseeded and sliced
- 6 mushrooms sliced
- 1 small onion peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoon creme fraiche
- 80 g chorizo sliced
- Pinchq black pepper optional
Instructions
- Put the pasta on to boil while preparing the sauce.
- Heat a dry saucepan. Add the chorizo. Enough oil will come out of it so you don't need extra oil. Cook it for about 5 minutes till it browns. Remove the chorizo from the pan.
- Cook the vegetables in the oil from the chorizo. If there is too much oil in the pan then drain a little of it away before adding the vegetables.
- When the pasta is ready, drain it and add it to the pan with the vegetables, along with the chorizo too. Add the creme fraiche and stir well. Serve immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
More Pasta Recipes
Do check out these pasta recipes and there are plenty more if you look at my pasta category in the index.



If you like chicken in pasta then why not try my chicken piccata recipe?
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Nickki
This is exactly what I want to eat at the end of a busy day. I love pasta with chorizo. Looks absolutely gorgeous!
Corina Blum
We are all huge fans of chorizo as well! I've always got some in the fridge for meals like this.
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
YUM!!! Chorizo pasta is a realy favourite round here - but I've never made a creamy version. Going to have to try that!! Eb x
Corina Blum
I don't usually make a creamy version either as I usually make tomato sauces these days! When I was younger I always went for creamy ones though! x
Jo Allison / Jo's Kitchen Larder
This is the recipe that makes everybody ask for seconds in my house! Chorizo love is unconditional here 🙂
Corina Blum
You'd all fit in well here then as we all love chorizo too!
jacqui Bellefontaine
I must try this I wouldnt think to use Chorizo in a creamy pasta sauce very often (although i have used it in a creamy chicken sauce before. This looks delicious
Corina Blum
I imagine the chorizo must be delicious in a creamy sauce with chicken too! I use it a lot with chicken but I think always in a tomato based sauce!
Choclette
Say "creamy pasta" to me and you'd be hard put to beat me to the table. Love the look of this, it's so colourful. I've also now realised I haven't made pasta in ages and it's time I did AND it will have to be a creamy one.
Corina Blum
Creamy pasta is so comforting isn't it? I usually make tomato based sauces but I love this for a change.
Jenny Walters
What a fab meal and full of flavour! Perfect for a quick meal on the go but still good enough to satisfy everyone! My husband would love it too!
Corina Blum
Thanks Jenny! I'm glad you'd both like it.
Monika Dabrowski
There is nothing better than a quick pasta dish on a weeknight. Great recipe! Thanks for bringing it to #CookBlogShare
Corina Blum
Thanks Monika! That's so true. In fact, I'm just going to make a another quick pasta dish for dinner tonight too!
Cat | Curly's Cooking
This looks so delicious. I love chorizo and love any excuse to use it. Such a tasty and quick meal.
Corina Blum
Exactly! I don't need much of an excuse to use it either!
Joanne
Isn't it funny how a love of cooking can just creep up on you? What a spicy and delicious pasta dish.
Helen @ Fuss Free Flavours
Thanks for taking part in PPN.
The round up is now finally up! Sorry for the delay!
Helen
The Food Hunter
Sounds like a great meal
Katerina
This is such a hearty meal. My husband is a big fan of chorizo. I am sure he would appreciate this one.