This classic Argentinian sauce is delicious! Chimichurri adds so much flavour to any grilled meat or roasted vegetables. The spice and pungent garlic have such a kick, its so addictive! This is such an easy recipe to make too, lifting you dinner time game in no time.
This is great for barbeque season aka all summer!
Ingredients
- chilli - every chimichurri needs chilli. I always prefer fresh chilli for this recipe, but dried chilli flakes are still ok, if you need.
- garlic - nothing is quite as pungent and punchy as garlic, but its so delicious in the sauce.
- parsley - the addition of parsley balances out the big flavours of chilli and garlic
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Step 1: Finely chop parsley, chillies and garlic and place in a small bowl.
Step 2: Add remaining ingredients and combine well. Allow to sit for at least 15 minutes before serving.
Hint: make this chimichurri in advance, especially if catering for a large group. The longer the ingredients sit together, the greater the flavour.
Substitutions
Making too many substitutions to this recipe would ruin it. Here are a couple that maintain a lovely balance of flavour;
- Lemon juice - instead of red wine vinegar use lemon juice. Never use white vinegar or white wine vinegar.
- Chilli flakes - use dried chilli flakes instead of fresh
Storage
Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 24hrs.
Top Tip
Please don't use a food processor to chop the parsley or in any way to make this sauce. The food processor quickly turns things into a paste, this needs to be light with floating pieces of flavour.
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Pairing
These are my favourite dishes to serve with chimichurri:
Chimichurri
Ingredients
- ½ C parsley
- 2 small chillies
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ C olive oil
- 2 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- pinch dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Finely chop the parsley, chillies (remove seeds) and garlic and place in a medium bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients into the bowl and combine.
- Allow to sit for a minimum 15 minutes before serving. Best served after 2hrs. Enjoy!
Let me know if you have tried this recipe