Easy Homemade Chimichurri Sauce
Easy Homemade Chimichurri Sauce is easy to make and packs so much flavor. This bright green sauce is made with fresh herbs, spices, olive oil, and red wine vinegar. The taste is out of this world and will bring anything you drizzle it on to a whole other level. Great on grilled steak, chicken, fish, and veggies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup parsley
- 1 cup cilantro (see note)
- 1 shallot
- 5 garlic cloves
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried red pepper flakes
- 1.5 tsp pink salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 cup red wine vinegar
- 2/3 cups extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
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Measure out 1 cup parsley and 1 cup of cilantro from the bunch. Peel shallots and garlic cloves.
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Add parsley, cilantro, shallots and garlic to a food processor bowl. Sprinkle oregano, red pepper flakes, pink salt, black pepper and drizzle red wine vinegar over herbs.
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Close food processor and pulse ingredients until finely chopped and blended together. Careful not to over due it as everything can get pasty. You want everything to be in very small pieces.
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Pour mixture to a small mixing bowl or mason jar and pour olive oil into it. Stir all ingredients with olive oil making sure oil is well incorporated into mixture. Cover chimichurri sauce and refrigerate for 1-2 hours before serving. The sauce is best when served chilled.
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Serve chimichurri with your favorite grilled foods or use as marinade. Keep sauce refrigerated with a tight seal for up to a week.
Recipe Notes
- Authentic chimichurri sauce doesn't traditionally have cilantro- Cilantro makes for a great addition to this sauce because it adds so much flavor. If you're not a fan of cilantro you can omit it from this recipe. Double the amount of parsley using 2 cups instead of 1.
- The best parsley for chimichurri is flat-leaf parsley- It has the best flavor for chimichurri sauce.
- Be careful not to over pulse your chimichurri in the food processor- Everything can get pasty. You want everything to be in very small pieces.
- Use really good quality extra virgin olive oil- It will give the chimichurri the best flavor.
- No shallot?- Substitute for about 1/4 of a medium red onion.
- Substitute for red wine vinegar- You can use white vinegar.