This cilantro chimichurri recipe is a quick and easy flavour booster to drizzle over roasted veggies, burgers, pasta salads or whatever else your heart desires! It's:
Ready In Minutes
No Food Processor Required
Fresh
Spicy
Garlicky
And Tangy!
Ingredients For This Chimichurri Recipe
Traditionally, chimichurri is made with parsley and oregano.
I love that this is a quick and tasty sauce that can be adjusted to suit whatever herbs you need to use up! That's why this version uses cilantro instead of parsley but feel free to use the traditional herb!
For some history about this tasty sauce from Argentina and Uruguay and for an authentic recipe, head to Cafe Delights Authentic Chimichurri Recipe!
We had some cilantro that needed using so we chopped up this quick cilantro oregano chimichurri recipe.
We use:
- Cilantro (or sub parsley)
- Fresh Oregano (sub ½ teaspoon dried for the 2 tablespoon fresh)
- Garlic
- ½ a Red Chilli Pepper (or sub dried red chilli pepper flakes)
- Good quality Olive Oil
- Red Wine Vinegar
- And Salt and Pepper to taste!
How Chimichurri Differs From Pesto
Chimichurri is best made without the use of a food processor.
All the chopping is done by hand, making this a fantastic tasty sauce to make in a pinch if you don't have access to a food processor.
Both pesto and chimichurri traditionally use olive oil to bind the herbs together, BUT chimichurri adds in vinegar for a bit of a tangy taste! It tends to be a looser sauce than a thick pesto so I find...
*I adjust the amount of oil I use depending on how I'm serving the chimichurri. For our Avocado Chimichurri Portobello Burgers I use less oil so that the sauce is a little chunkier and not as runny!
Recipe Cost For Cilantro Oregano Chimichurri
This recipe makes just under 1 cup of chimichurri and costs us approximately: CAD $3.99 using fresh oregano and CAD $3.49 using dried oregano.
Our local grocery store does sell bottled chimichurri which would cost us: CAD $1.00/100ml vs. our homemade version at roughly: $1.99/100ml.
So, this recipe is not the most cost effective BUT it sure is much more tasty and fresh than store-bought chimichurri... AND...
This recipe is a fantastic way to make sure your fresh herbs don't go to waste! With every ingredient in this recipe being from our pantry except for the fresh herbs... we can chop up this quick sauce any time we have cilantro or parsley that needs using!
So what do you think? Will you chop up this tasty and quick chimichurri the next time you need to use up your herbs?
Make sure to let us know in the comments below how you serve your chimichurri! Use it as a super tasty marinade, drizzle it over roasted veggies or add it to a pasta salad. We love it on our Avocado Chimichurri Portobello Burgers!
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Cilantro Chimichurri For A 10 Minute Tasty Sauce!
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 200 ml 1x
- Diet: Vegan
Description
This tasty cilantro chimichurri recipe is ready in 10 minutes! No food processor required! Chop up this flavour booster and drizzle away!
Ingredients
- ½ cup cilantro leaves and thin stems (or parsley for a more authentic version)*
- 2 tbsp oregano leaves (or ½ tsp dried)
- 3 cloves garlic
- ½ red chilli deseeded (or a pinch of red pepper flakes)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp red wine vinegar
- ⅛ tsp sea salt
- ⅛ tsp pepper
*Fresh ingredients you need that are not part of our pantry and freezer tips.
Instructions
- Finely chop your cilantro, oregano, garlic, and chilli by hand.
- Add the oil and vinegar.
- Stir to combine and allow the sauce to sit for 10 minutes for the flavours to combine.
- Taste and add more of any ingredient desired. Add more oil and vinegar for a thinner sauce and more garlic, chilli pepper, salt or pepper as desired.
- Chill for 1-2 hours before serving if possible.
- Serve over roasted vegetables, drizzle over our Avocado Chimichurri Portobello burger, add it to pasta salads etc!
Notes
Approximate Cost: CAD $3.99 ($1.99/100ml) using fresh oregano and $3.46 with dried oregano vs. $3.49 ($1.00/100ml) store-bought.
Feel free to use parsley in place of cilantro for a more authentic chimichurri.
This recipe is a fantastic way to use up fresh herbs that don’t have much time left!
- Category: Sauces & Dips
- Method: Raw
- Cuisine: Argentinian
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