By: Mike - CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
As a Chef I get asked frequently for some fun and light sauce ideas. Note: a good sauce is meant to enhance the natural flavors and round out the dish, not overpower it. Someone once asked me to find a sauce that was a one stop shop. Crazy right? Being one for a challenge I started messing around with sauce ideas and asked some chef buddies for ideas and chimichurri kept coming up. The cool thing about chimichurri sauce is that it’s flexible. What I mean by that is this: take out parsley and add cilantro, remove basil and try oregano, get rid of the chili flakes and add some jalapeños. Yes, there you have it. A sauce that can be tailored to go great with things like: beef, chicken, lamb, hybrid striped bass, potatoes and even some Grilled Mexican White Shrimp.
As you will find with our recipes, we highly encourage messing around. Use our recipes as a template to spark some culinary craziness. Switch out ingredients, adjust as needed and have fun. Cooking is a love and passion of ours and we hope it will become the same for you.
| Ingredient | Quantity | Measure | Prep Instructions | |
| Parsley | 1 | Cup | Washed, drained and rough chopped | |
| Garlic | 4 | Cloves | Peeled and minced | |
| Basil | 1/4 | Cup | Washed, drained and rough chopped | |
| Olive Oil | 1/2 | Cup | Use a good oil for this, EVOO is a great choice | |
| Red Wine Vinegar | 1/4 | Cup | Could use White Balsamic if desired | |
| Sea Salt | Taste | Adjust as needed | ||
| Pepper | Taste | Adjust as needed | ||
| Red Pepper Flakes | Taste | Adjust as needed | ||
| Methodology | ||||
| Place all ingredients except the oil into a mixing bowl. | ||||
| Add the oil slowly and using the hand blender to emulsify the mixture. Be sure not to puree the mixture, it should be chunky. | ||||
| Season to taste. | ||||
| If you don’t have a hand blender, this will work great in a blender. Pulse the mixture to get a good final sauce. Don’t puree. | ||||
Dating after divorce in your forties means learning an entirely new set of social dynamics.…
In an increasingly interconnected world, raising children who think critically and embrace diverse perspectives has…
Wielu ludzi, którzy wyjeżdżają z Polski, napotyka ten sam problem: jak oglądać telewizja polska za…
The security and IT landscape has changed dramatically over the last decade. Organizations are no…
If you want to trade in your car, understand that you are doing something that…
The Southeastern part of the United States is home to some of the most petrifying…