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Add the chorizo and cook, breaking it apart with a spoon, until browned and slightly crisp at the edges, about 5–7 minutes.

From Salon • May 19, 2026

The dish, made of browned ground beef, rice and basically whatever else you have on hand, has inspired hundreds of posts since January.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

It needs only a brief bloom — fragrant, not browned.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

In a large skillet over medium heat, cook sausage until deeply browned and the fat has rendered, about 5–7 minutes.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026

That close—twenty yards — and I could see the delicate latticework of the leaves, the texture of the soil, the browned needles beneath the pines, the configurations of geology and human history.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien