Chimichurri Dressing

This chimichurri dressing is so delicious that you will want to shimmy your way across the kitchen to get it out of the fridge!

I recently posted a chimichurri sauce I make all the time and as I was eating it, I realized I’d never made a dressing out of this sauce.

One of the ways I eat chimichurri is I dollop some in my salad and mix it around with my fork.  So a dedicated dressing is naturally the next progression.

In fact, have your tastes changed over the years?  I’d love to know because mine definitely have.

Here are a just a few recipes my tastes have expanded to include:

• Bourbon and other whiskey drinks
• Martinis
• Oil and vinegar dressings

I like all of the above now, where I never used to.  And they are all equally surprising to me.  Now, I prefer my oil and vinegar dressings over creamy ones.  (Move over, blue cheese!) However, I never would have thought that possible.  But it is.

This chimichurri dressing tastes like the sauce only better.  It’s probably the extra oil.

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How to make this dressing

The photo above shows some the ingredients for the chimichurri dressing: cilantro, parsley, garlic paste, olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

I pull out my food processor and add 1 cup of packed cilantro, as well as 1 cup of packed parsley, to begin with.  I also add 1 cup of extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin.

Next, I turn the food processor on high for 2 minutes, until the ingredients are smooth.

Here is the delicious chimichurri dressing.

We poured this delicious chimichurri dressing on our garlic shrimp salad!

So, I hope you enjoyed this recipe!

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Shimmy for Chimichurri Dressing

This dressing is so delicious on any salad!  Truly!

5 from 7 votes

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Course: Dressings

Cuisine: Sauce

Keyword: chimichurri dressing

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 10 minutes

Servings: 32 tablespoons

Calories: 22kcal

Author: Elaine Benoit

Ingredients

• 1 cup cilantro packed
• 1 cup parsley packed
• 1 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
• 3 cloves garlic crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin

Instructions

Process

• Add all the above ingredients in a food processor and process for 2 minutes or until smooth
• Make a salad
• Dribble dressing on the salad
• Eat salad
• Smile
• Enjoy

Equipment

food processor

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Nutrition

Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 22kcal | Sodium: 38mg | Potassium: 15mg | Vitamin A: 190IU | Vitamin C: 2.7mg | Calcium: 3mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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