Chipotle debuts chorizo in KC test market

Show me the chorizo.

Chipotle Mexican Grill picked Kansas City as the test market for a new menu item: chorizo.

According to the Kansas City Star, the Mexican-style fresh sausage – a blend of ground chicken and pork with paprika, cumin, garlic and red wine – is available throughout the city’s 33 locations.

Chipotle corporate chef Nate Appleman recommends combining the chorizo with white or brown rice, black beans, tomato salsa, sour cream or cheese and a little guacamole.

The Star reports Chipotle also is bringing its “Cultivate Festival” to Penn Valley Park 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on July 18. The fifth annual event, the festival previously has been held in Chicago, Denver, San Francisco, Dallas, Minneapolis and Phoenix.

Read more from the Kansas City Star.