Name: Chimichurri Sauce
Yield: Makes 1½ cups (360 ml)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ¼ cup (7 g) fresh oregano leaves; 2 tablespoons sherry or red wine vinegar; 1 small shallot, minced; 4 large cloves garlic, minced; ⅔ cup (165 ml) olive oil; 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 1 tablespoon drained capers; 1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley; 1 small bunch fresh cilantro

Preparation info

Makes
1½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Hog Island Book of Fish & Seafood

By John Ash

Published 2023

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Ingredients

1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 small bunch fresh cilantro
¼

Method

Using a chef’s knife with a rocking motion, mince the leaves and tender stems of the parsley and cilantro. (Hand chopping is preferable to using a food processor, which tends to pulverize the herbs.) Add the oregano leaves and capers to the pile and mince into the parsley and cilantro. Transfer the mixture to a small bowl.

Stir in the olive oil, garlic, shallot, vinegar, lemon juice, an