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This Chimichurri Sauce Recipe is one sauce you need to keep at the ready to take even your boring Wednesday night chicken sheet pan dinner to something worthy of a dinner party.
What’s in this Chimichurri Sauce Recipe?
Chimichurri sauce falls into the Salsa Verde family of sauces. Many cultures have something of this nature. It’s basically fresh herbs, garlic, some sort of acid, maybe some spice and salt. Latin American Chimichurri is the most basic form and uses cilantro as the primary herb whereas Mediterranean Salsa Verde uses parsley and other tender herbs and adds in capers and sometimes anchovies. Chermoula sauce from Morrocan cuisine adds more complex flavors by adding spices such as smoked paprika and cumin. Mexican Salsa Verde, though it shares the exact name with the Mediterranean version, adds tomatillos to the basic ingredients for a sauce with a lot thicker consistency and perfect for an alternative accompaniment to chips than regular salsa.
This Chimichurri Sauce Recipe Prevents Waste
What??? I know this sounds ridiculous, but it really does. When I have cilantro or parsley stems, I don’t throw them away, I blend them up to make a batch up chimichurri. They are stronger in flavor than the leaves and have more fiber so your resulting sauce will be thicker, but very flavorful. I also do the same thing when I have green onions that are going downhill. I slice them roughly then throw them in for the onion component. It is freezable so if you make it but don’t need it right away, freeze in a small jar or in ice cube trays to keep for later.
ways to use chimichurri sauce
Chimichurri Sauce on Potatoes. Yep. The beautiful, green sauce on juicy grilled steak. For sure. A jar of the herbaceous deliciousness to put on almost anything? Of course! It’s great on fish, chicken, steaks, burgers and veggies.
Chimichurri Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 cup lightly packed cilantro (roughly chop stems)
- 1 cup chopped green onions
- 1 ½ tsp oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt (or to taste)
- 2 tbsp sherry or red wine vinegar
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/2 cup olive oil
Instructions
- Pulse all ingredients together in a food processor or blend in blender. Refrigerate for 1 week or freeze for up to 3 months.