Chimichurri
Uncooked sauce for meat
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Key Takeaways
- Chimichurri ( Spanish: [tʃimiˈtʃuri] ) is an uncooked sauce used as an ingredient in cooking and as a table condiment for grilled meat.
- The sauce comes in green ( chimichurri verde ) and red ( chimichurri rojo ) varieties.
- It is similar to Moroccan chermoula and Italian pesto.
- Another theory is that the name may be a variant of Spanish chirriburri 'hubbub', ultimately perhaps from Basque zurrumurru 'noise, rumor', many Basques settled in Argentina and Uruguay in the 19th century.
Chimichurri (Spanish: [tʃimiˈtʃuri]) is an uncooked sauce used as an ingredient in cooking and as a table condiment for grilled meat. Found originally in Argentina and used in Argentinian, Uruguayan, Paraguayan and Brazilian cuisines, it has become widely adopted in most of Latin America. The sauce comes in green (chimichurri verde) and red (chimichurri rojo) varieties. It is made of finely chopped flat-leaf parsley, chili peppers, minced garlic, olive oil, oregano, and red wine vinegar or lemon juice. It is similar to Moroccan chermoula and Italian pesto.
Etymology
The name may be derived from the Basque tximitxurri 'hodgepodge', 'mixture of several things in no particular order'. Another theory is that the name may be a variant of Spanish chirriburri 'hubbub', ultimately perhaps from Basque zurrumurru 'noise, rumor', many Basques settled in Argentina and Uruguay in the 19th century.
Various false etymologies purport to explain the name as a corruption of English words, most commonly "Jimmy['s] curry", "Jimmy McCurry", or "gimme curry", but no contemporary documentation of any of these stories has been found.
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