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title: "Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Chimichurri"
description: "It has the sass and pizzazz of the salsa and the energy of someone doing the tango on your palate. It’s chimichurri, the South American sauce that’s just perfect with a steak – not least, the superb cut of beef known as the picanha."
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publisher: "Daily Maverick"
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section: "TGIFood"
author: "Tony Jackman"
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canonical_url: "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-07-05-chimichurri/"
published: "2019-07-05T14:43:15"
updated: "2020-09-15T11:32:06"
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# Lockdown Recipe of the Day: Chimichurri

> It has the sass and pizzazz of the salsa and the energy of someone doing the tango on your palate. It’s chimichurri, the South American sauce that’s just perfect with a steak – not least, the superb cut of beef known as the picanha.

By Tony Jackman · Published 5 July 2019, 16:43 SAST · Updated 15 September 2020, 13:32 SAST

## Content

From Argentina and Uruguay – no, not Brazil – comes this perky, vivacious salsa packed with parsley and garlic, but also containing oregano, chilli, red wine vinegar and not a little olive oil. It goes well with picanha, rump, fillet, pork, even a nice rare tuna steak.

**Ingredients**

1 cup parsley, very finely chopped

4 fat cloves garlic, finely minced

3 Tbs fresh oregano leaves, picked from their stems and finely chopped (or use 2 tsp dried oregano)

2 Tbs red wine vinegar

Half a cup extra virgin olive oil

Coarse salt, a generous amount, to taste

Pepper to taste

**Method**

Combine all ingredients in a bowl or jug and stir. Do not blend. **DM/TGIFood**

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