How to Make Chimichurri Sauce

red wine vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar adds a similar acidity with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil is healthier but canola oil is more budget-friendly.

Start by introducing the dish, chimichurri sauce, which is popular in South America, especially in Argentina.

Mention that the sauce can be used with flat iron steak, chicken, and pork as a dipping sauce.

Explain that you can use a food processor or a regular blender to make the sauce.

Add garlic, cilantro, Italian parsley, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, red wine vinegar, and cumin into the blender.

Slowly add oil while blending the ingredients together.

If possible, prepare the sauce a day ahead for better flavor combination.

Scrape down the sides of the blender to ensure a nice puree.

Show the finished sauce, noting it should not be very thick but can be thickened by adding more parsley or cilantro.

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