Vegan Chimichurri Sauce with Green Onions
Servings: 8
Calories: 100kcal
Think you can’t make your own vegan chimichurri sauce at home? Think again! Chimichurri sauce is almost as easy to make as it is to open a jar of store-bought sauce! Plus, you can control your own seasonings and the ingredients used. This home-crafted chimichurri sauce has the added zing of green onions for a rich, highly flavorful, vegan topping or sauce for your tofu creations, veggies, or salads.
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Equipment
- food processor
Ingredients
- 6 Tablespoons olive oil
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 3 medium green onions
- 1 medium jalapeno see notes
- ½ cup parsley leaves chopped, packed
- ¾ cup cilantro leaves and stems, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic see notes
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Peel and finely mince the garlic. Chop the green onions – both white and green portions.
- Slice the top off the jalapeno and mince. For a mild chimichurri, slice out most of the seeds before mincing. Or you can use "tamed" jarred jalapenos.
- Give the cilantro and parsely a coarse chop.
- Combine everything in a food processor and pulse several times on low until everything is finely chopped, but not blended. You don't want to over process this sauce.
- Taste and add more salt as needed.
- Cover and allow to sit in the fridge for 2 hours for best results. This will give the flavours time to develop.
Notes
If you don't have a food processor and prefer to do it by hand you can. Chop up the cilantro and parsley leaves finely, then combine all the solid ingredients on a large cutting board and chop them together until your preferred consistency is reached. Then add to a bowl with the oil, vinegar, and salt and whisk with a fork to combine.
Can be stored covered in the fridge for up to 5 days. Allow to warm slightly before serving as the olive oil will solidify when cold.
This recipe will make about one cup of sauce. I have accounted for two tablespoons per serving - so eight servings total.
Use a jarred "tamed" jalapeno if you don't like the heat but still want the flavor. You can also make to scrape out any seeds if you want a little heat.
You can use jarred minced garlic if you don't want to mince fresh garlic. Use about one teaspoon per clove of garlic.
Nutrition
Serving: 2Tablespoons | Calories: 100kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Sodium: 150mg | Potassium: 58mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin A: 492IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 0.5mg