This easy chimichurri sauce for steaks, chicken, and pork is fast and delicious. A popular Argentinian cilantro sauce, you’ll enjoy this homemade condiment on everything! And you can make it without a food processor or blender. Let’s make it.
What is chimichurri sauce?
Traditional chimichurri sauce includes parsley, oregano, and garlic for a fresh flavor extravaganza that is delicious on steak. It’s a tasty green sauce with a multitude of uses. The appearance is a coarse pesto-like sauce.
In addition to parsley and oregano, this particular recipe has cilantro which adds a nice fresh flavor to the condiment.
Use leftover chimichurri sauce as a steak marinade, chicken marinade or to drizzle on sous vide boneless pork chops. It also tastes great on potato sides.
Why this homemade chimichurri sauce is so good
- There are plenty of substitutions for ingredients so you can shop your pantry and fridge for this recipe.
- See tips to make chimichurri sauce without food processors or a blender.
- This is the best chimichurri sauce homemade condiment for steak, pan grilled chicken, tri tip steak, and pork dinners like this smoked pulled pork. You can put it on everything!
- You can store leftover chimichurri sauce in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.
Ingredients
Here are the chimichurri sauce ingredients for this recipe.
- Parsley, fresh
- Cilantro, fresh
- Oregano, dried (substitute fresh oregano)
- Garlic, minced
- Vinegar, red wine
- Olive oil (regular or extra virgin olive oil)
- Lime juice (or lemon juice)
- Salt and pepper
- Red pepper flakes (optional)
- To thicken up the sauce, add ¼ medium red onion or yellow onion.
Note: A more authentic Argentinian Chimichurri sauce does not have cilantro, and instead has extra parsley in its place.
How to make Chimichurri Sauce without food processor or blender
There are two ways to make this easy chimichurri recipe. First, let’s cover how to make it without a blender or food processor.
- Finely chop fresh parsley and cilantro on a cutting board until minced into very small pieces.
- Add finely chopped herbs, dried oregano, minced garlic, red wine vinegar, olive oil, lime juice, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to a mixing bowl and whisk thoroughly until combined.
How to make Chimichurri Sauce in a food processor or blender
- Add all ingredients (no need to dice or chop garlic cloves and fresh herbs ahead of time) to a food processor or blender and pulse for 5-10 seconds at a time, scraping down the sides in between, until pureed or chopped to your liking.
FAQs
Chimichurri sauce is best 3-5 days, when stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container. The flavor evolves as it ages, so I like to plan ahead and make it up a few days before I want to use it!
Yes, freeze chimichurri for up to 2 months. Let it thaw overnight to use it in recipes the next day.
Parsley gives a slightly bitter taste to chimichurri sauce, but your sauce will also become extra-bitter if it is mixed at too high a speed. High speed mixing with a blender can cause the polyphenols to break away from the fatty acid in the olive oil, so you want to keep the speed down when you’re mixing this up.
Chimichurri sauce is delicious with any kind of sous vide porterhouse steak or grilled steak like coulotte steak. For a date night meal, make this skirt steak or flank steak with chimichurri sauce. It’s also delicious with pasta, roasted veggies, on sous vide fingerling potatoes, or with chicken and rice. And if you have too much and don’t know what to do with it, use it as a dipping sauce served in a small bowl for smoked wings or grilled wings.
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Meat thermometer recommendations
Every home chef needs a reliable meat thermometer to cook food perfectly.
On Sip Bite Go, you’ll often see me using:
- Meater thermometer – a fancy wireless thermometer that connects to a phone app – gifted to me from a Traeger partnership.
- ThermoPro digital thermometer – which has a wire that connects the thermometer to a display box outside the oven/grill.
It’s like being psychic! The great thing about either of the thermometers above is that I don’t have to take the food out of the oven to know the temperature.
How to use ‘em… What I do is stick the digital thermometer in steak, pork, chicken, whatever… Then put the food in the oven, on the smoker, or grill.
While the meat cooks, it reads the temperature so I know exactly what temp meat is as it’s cooking. Without having to take it out and check. It’s really difficult to overcook food when you know exactly what temp it is inside!
Are you a foodie, too?
Hey home chefs, I have some delicious steaks for you to put this cilantro sauce on, like my sous vide filet mignon and sous vide prime rib. I love making steak in the sous vide machine because it gives me that perfect edge to edge uniform doneness, and I’ll finish with a three minute sear in my cast iron pot to achieve a mouthwatering brown crust.
Another recipe to try here is this smoked bacon wrapped pork tenderloin. It’s so tasty!
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Chimichurri Sauce For Steaks | Sip Bite Go
Ingredients
- 1 cup parsley fresh
- ½ cup cilantro fresh
- ½ tsp oregano dried (substitute 1 tbsp fresh oregano)
- ½ tbsp garlic minced
- 2 tbsp vinegar red wine (substitute sherry vinegar)
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- ½ lime, juiced substitute lemon juice
- ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper black
- ¼ tsp red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
How to make Chimichurri Sauce without food processor or blender
- Finely chop fresh parsley and cilantro on a cutting board until minced into very small pieces.
- Add finely chopped herbs, dried oregano, minced garlic, red wine vinegar, olive oil, lime juice, salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes to a mixing bowl and whisk thoroughly until combined.
How to make Chimichurri Sauce in a food processor or blender
- Add all ingredients (no need to dice or chop garlic cloves and fresh herbs ahead of time) to a food processor or blender and pulse for 5-10 seconds at a time, scraping down the sides in between, until pureed or chopped to your liking.
Notes
- Serve it at room temperature for best results.
- A more authentic Argentinian Chimichurri sauce does not have cilantro, and instead has extra parsley in its place.
- To thicken up the sauce, add ¼ medium red onion or yellow onion.
- Leftover chimichurri sauce should be stored in the refrigerator for 3-5 days and is great to use as a steak marinade, chicken marinade or to drizzle on sous vide pork.
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