Yes, chorizo can be eaten as raw with the help of drier cured sausage.
Pork is cured (preserved) with brine or salt then cooked to make ham.
No, prosciutto does not need to be cooked it is a dry-cured ham.
It's not cooked but dry-cured.
It's not cooked but dry-cured.
Cured meat typically is fully cooked. However, it is best to check the packaging on the meat to be sure that it does not require extra cooking before consumption.
beef that has been cured and slow cooked
mo its just cured but you can eat it
Cured foods have been preserved by adding a combination of salt, nitrates, nitrite or sugar.
Chicken chorizo is chorizo that is made out of chicken instead of the usual pork
Cotto simply means "cooked". Most salami are cured and air-dried, but not cooked; cotto salami is cooked, hence the name.
Smoked Sausage is already cooked/cured so it only needs to be heated. You can cook heat it in a pan and cook for about 10 minutes and add eggs. It is basically scramble eggs with chorizo (so good). You can also heat in a pan and add chopped potatoes. Eat like that or in a taco.