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10 Ways to Love Chimichurri

The spicy, garlicky, herbaceous Argentine sauce was made for meat—but also for sandwiches, eggs, salad, and more

Elaine Johnson
1 /10 Iain Bagwell

Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad with Chipotle Chimichurri Dressing

To turn the usual chimichurri seasoning paste into an exciting salad dressing, just add fresh lime juice and olive oil.

Recipe: Grilled Steak and Vegetable Salad with Chipotle Chimichurri Dressing

2 /10 Tara Donne

Picnic Crostini with Roast Beef, Chimichurri, and Quail Egg

These appetizer-size crostini are made with baguette slices and quail eggs, but you could easily make a meal-size version with a wider loaf of bread and fried chicken eggs.

Recipe: Picnic Crostini with Roast Beef, Chimichurri, and Quail Egg

3 /10 Annabelle Breakey

Bison Tri-Tip with Chimichurri

Here’s a version of chimichurri that leans Mediterranean, with the inclusion of rosemary and a little balsamic vinegar. It’s great on beef as well as bison.

Recipe: Bison Tri-Tip with Chimichurri

4 /10 Aya Brackett

Beef Empanadas with Chimichurri

Watch these appetizer pastries disappear at your next party. Frozen puff pastry makes them easy to pull off.

Recipe: Beef Empanadas with Chimichurri

5 /10 Annabelle Breakey

Argentine-Style Sausage Sandwiches

Plenty of chile flakes in the chimichurri sauce makes these easy sandwiches exciting.

Recipe: Argentine-Style Sausage Sandwiches

6 /10

Chimichurri Chicken and Rice

This 30-minute recipe for very simply cooked chicken and rice is all about the big flavors of the chimichurri sauce.

Recipe: Chimichurri Chicken and Rice

7 /10 Thayer Allyson Gowdy

Gaucho Steak with Four-Herb Chimichurri

Food Network star Guy Fieri puts loads of herbs and black pepper into his sauce for skirt steak.

Recipe: Gaucho Steak with Four-Herb Chimichurri

8 /10 Leo Gong

Chimichurri Romaine Spoons

A Sunset reader likes to mix chopped salty cheese with chimichurri as an appetizer topper for romaine spears.

Recipe: Chimichurri Romaine Spoons

9 /10 Monica Buck

Bistec Argentino al Chimichurri (Steak with Chimichurri Sauce)

Choosing between beef ribeye or New York strip steaks may be the hardest part of making this 35-minute recipe.

Recipe: Bistec Argentino al Chimichurri (Steak with Chimichurri Sauce)

10 /10

Whole Grilled Sea Bass with Chimichurri Sauce

Las Vegas chef Rick Moonen grills a whole fish in a grill basket so it keeps its shape, using chimichurri for both seasoning and for a sauce at the table.

Recipe: Whole Grilled Sea Bass with Chimichurri Sauce