Best Ever Chimichurri Recipe (from Texas de Brazil)

Name: Best Ever Chimichurri Recipe (from Texas de Brazil)
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 2 tbsp Garlic (2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh garlic (approximately 6 cloves, more or less to taste)); ½ cup Parsley (½ cup fresh parsley leaves); ¼ cup Cilantro (¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves); 1 cup Olive Oil (1 cup high-quality olive oil (or avocado oil)); ¼ cup Lemon Juice (¼ cup fresh lemon juice (4 tablespoons, from approximately 2 large lemons)); 1 tbsp Dried Oregano (1 tablespoon dried oregano); 1 tbsp Red Pepper (1 tablespoon crushed red pepper (more or less to taste)); ½ tbsp Table Salt (½ tablespoon table salt (plus more to taste))

Best Ever Chimichurri Recipe (from Texas de Brazil) - Condiment,Sauce (Latin American)

10 minMexican

Servings16

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Steps

1Add 2 tablespoons roughly chopped fresh garlic to bowl of food processor. Pulse garlic until minced.
2Add ½ cup fresh parsley leaves and ¼ cup fresh cilantro leaves to food processor with minced garlic. Pulse until leaves are uniformly chopped. Scrape down sides of food processor bowl with silicone spatula as needed.
3Add 1 cup high-quality olive oil, ¼ cup fresh lemon juice, 1 tablespoon dried oregano, 1 tablespoon crushed red pepper (to taste), and ½ tablespoon table salt (to taste) to food processor. Pulse until ingredients are well combined, being careful not to over-process mixture into paste. Scrape down sides of food processor bowl with silicone spatula as needed.
4Taste chimichurri and add garlic, crushed red pepper, and salt as needed. Add ingredients in small increments and pulse 1 to 2 times to incorporate. Taste again and continue adjusting if needed.
5When satisfied with flavor, use prepared chimichurri to marinate meat of choice, or transfer sauce to airtight container and refrigerate until ready to use.