Longaniza is a Spanish sausage 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 of several regions of Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Chile. In the Philippines, it is called longganisa and has hundreds of variants with different vernacular tastes and forms due to the 144 ethno-linguistic groups of the archipelago.

Characteristic of: Argentinian cuisine Chilean cuisine Dominican Republic cuisine Mexican cuisine Puerto Rican cuisine Uruguayan cuisine
Categories: Fermented sausage Filipino sausage Sausage
Has language-specific term: Longganisafil
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Wikidata ID: Q3259068
Wikipedia title: Longaniza
References:
Wikipedia article: Longaniza
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Chapea
Longganisa


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Chorizo de Macao

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