Chorizo de Bilbao, also known as Chorizo Bilbao, is a type of
Philippine
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
pork and beef
dry sausage
Fermented sausage, or dry sausage, is a type of sausage that is created by salting chopped or ground meat to remove moisture, while allowing beneficial bacteria to break down sugars into flavorful molecules. Bacteria, including ''Lactobacillus'' ...
. It was originally produced by
Spanish Filipino
Spanish Filipino or Hispanic Filipino ( Spanish: Español Filipino, Hispano Filipino, Tagalog: Kastílang Pilipino, Cebuano: Katsílà) are people of Spanish and Filipino heritage. The term may also include Filipino mestizos of Spanish ances ...
Vicente Genato of the Genato Commercial Corporation in Manila and the name is a
genericized trademark
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originating from the branding coined by Genato from his family's original home city of
Bilbao
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,
Spain
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.
Today, most of the production has shifted to the American company Marca El Rey, who copied the branding. The sausages are popular in the
Philippines
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and among
Philippine American communities in the
United States
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. The ingredients of Chorizo de Bilbao is mostly identical to other unsweet Filipino ''
longganisa
Longaniza (, or ) is a Spanish sausage ( embutido) similar to a chorizo and also closely associated with the Portuguese linguiça. Its defining characteristics are interpreted differently from region to region. It is popular in the cuisines ...
s'', except for the addition of
paprika
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and the dry and fine texture similar to pepperoni.
See also
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Chorizo de Macao
Chorizo de Macao, sometimes called Longaniza Macau, is a Filipino cuisine, Filipino dry sausage, dry pork sausage. The ingredients of Chorizo de Macao is identical to other Filipino sweet ''longganisas'' (''longganisa hamonado''), except for it ...
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List of sausages
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References
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Philippine sausages