Easiest Chimichurri Recipe - Delicious Sauce & Marinade for Steak, Chicken, Pork

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil is healthier, while vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

red wine vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar offers health benefits, while white vinegar is often cheaper.

Introduce chimichurri as a sauce, condiment, dressing, and marinade.

Show ingredients: parsley, olive oil, red wine vinegar, garlic, kosher salt, ground black pepper, dry oregano, crushed red pepper flakes.

Trim stems from parsley and chop it roughly for measuring.

Roughly slice garlic cloves before adding to the food processor.

Add chopped parsley, garlic, salt, pepper, oregano, crushed red pepper, and red wine vinegar into the food processor.

Pulse the mixture a few times until everything is nicely broken down and mixed together.

Scrape down the sides of the food processor with a rubber spatula and pulse a couple more times.

Transfer the processed mixture into a bowl and pour in the olive oil.

Stir the mixture until fully combined.

Let the chimichurri sit for a couple of hours in the fridge to allow flavors to meld.

Prepare bone-in chicken thighs for marinating with chimichurri.

Marinate the chicken thighs with chimichurri and grill them using indirect heat.

Cook the chicken until the internal temperature reaches 165°F.

Baste the chicken with chimichurri while cooking and spoon more chimichurri over the chicken when plating.

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