Carrot Greens Recipe: Carrot Top Chimichurri
Carrot top chimichurri is an easy, flavorful, and super-versatile sauce. It's fabulous spooned over steak, chicken, or fish // stirred into a bowl of chickpeas // or mixed with sour cream for a dip. And it's a great way to use up carrot greens.
Servings: 8
Calories: 126kcal
Ingredients
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano or 1 tablespoon minced fresh
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ⅓ cup minced carrot tops
- ⅔ cup minced green herbs parsley leaves, cilantro leaves, green onion or scallion greens // see note
- ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions
- In a small mixing bowl, stir together the vinegar, garlic, oregano, salt, red pepper flakes, and black pepper. Let sit for five minutes while the vinegar mellows the bite of the garlic.
- Stir in minced greens.
- Drizzle in olive oil while stirring constantly. That's it!
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Notes
- To prep the carrot tops, run your fingers down the thick stems to remove the small tender leaves and stems. Discard thick stems.
- You can adjust the vinegar, garlic, and salt to taste. I prefer a punchy, full-flavored chimichurri. It wouldn't be crazy to lower the amounts of any of those ingredients by ⅓ to ½. Just keep in mind that salt and acid have a close relationship, so changing one will probably make you want to change the other.
- This recipe is VERY accommodating when it comes to your choice of greens. Carrot tops are fairly strong, so unless you really adore them, I wouldn't use more than half a cup. Parsley is the traditional green in chimichurri, but cilantro works beautifully too. I often do a combination of ⅓ carrot tops, ⅓ cilantro and ⅓ green onion tops.
- Due to the high acid content, chimichurri keeps well tightly sealed in the fridge for a few days. You can freeze it if you like, too.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 | Calories: 126kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Sodium: 269mg