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Chimichurri Sauce

30 Monday Apr 2012

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Chicken, Easy, Grilling, Healthy, Pork, Sauces, Uncategorized

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chimichurri, cilantro, garlic, jalepenos, oregano, parsley

This recipe comes from my BFF Kevin – it’s a good thing I told him about this blog, or he may have never given me the recipe! I guess I should say the recipe originally comes from his mother…but he passed it on, and just said, “It’s really, really good.”

I looked over the ingredients and was sold.

So Easy, so delish…I was dipping Wheat Thins in it to “test it” as soon as it was blended, and it tastes awesome immediately! Although letting it sit to let the flavors marinate together is probably the best idea…if you can wait that long.

I served it with basic grilled chicken and pineapple cilantro quinoa. Just so you know, I like cilantro. And lots of it. I may have had garlic breath for days after eating this, but it was worth it!

Chimichurri Sauce

Recipe

  • 4 cloves garlic
  • 4-5 jalapeños (fresh) whole
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon kosher salt
  • 1 tablespoon ancho chili powder (I only had standard chili powder, still worked!)
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 1/2 – 3/4 cup cilantro
  • 1/2 – 3/4 cup italian parsley
  • 1/3 – 1/2 cup olive oil

Put all in food processor and puree to desired consistency.

Add 2-3 bay leaves. Let sit for an hour.

Keeps well for up to a week, in a sealed container, in the fridge.

Use to dress chicken, pork, beef or fish.

Thai Beef Salad…from a model

06 Tuesday Mar 2012

Posted by BakedNorthwest in Bloggerific, Easy, Healthy, Main Dish, Side Dish, Steak

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amazing, beef, brown sugar, chrissy teigen, cilantro, fish sauce, jalepenos, limes, palm sugar, red onion, salad, shallots, snohomish, steak, swimsuit model, thai, thai chili powder, tomatoes, twitter, yum nua

Ok, time for me to go on a huge tangent (I guess it’s not really a tangent since it’s my first sentence…) but this is how it all started:

I joined Twitter for “professional” reasons about a month ago. I still have no idea what I am doing on there, nor do I know if I even like it that much…but anyways, my friend Morgan told me I *HAD TO* start following Chrissy Teigen. I didn’t recognize her name, but I instantly knew she was super hot and liked food. Pretty good combo. A few days passed, I got on Twitter again, and was like, “Who IS she?” Then found the link to her website, and oh my god, it is basically my dream blog. Food…recipes…obsessed with Pioneer Woman…holy shit, is that John Legend?!? WHAT IS GOING ON!!!

So then I go to wikipedia, and find out that not only is she some awesome swimsuit model, BUT SHE IS FROM SNOHOMISH. Which means we were basically neighbors and therefore would probably be best friends if we met in real life. Then I finally make the connection that she was the model in almost all of the Alloy catalogs I used to get back in the day (aka two years ago…but nevermind that) and I am just super in love.

So I made a few of her recipes this weekend.

And they did not disappoint. The steak may have gotten a little overcooked (those damn limes…) and we may not have had all the fancy ingredients, but this still turned out so good! I always figured the first thai dish I tried to make would be an epic failure, but no! If you have never made a thai dish before, this is a great place to start! And low carb and totally healthy in my book. If I eat this everyday, I am hoping my body will morph into a double of Chrissy’s.

Recipe
Thai Beef Salad (Yum Nua)
from So Delushious

Ingredients

  • Good steak, cooked preferably on a grill to rare or medium rare (the lime will do some additional cooking). Allow to rest at room temp before slicing.
  • 4 Shallots or 1 small red onion, sliced into skinny wedges
  • 1 bunch Cilantro, coarsely chopped, no stems
  • Tomatoes, cherry (1/2 c sliced in half) or 1-2 vine ripened (cut into wedges)
  • 2 Limes
  • 1 tbs Palm sugar or brown sugar (I used brown)
  • 1-2 tbs Fish sauce
  • 1tbs Thai chili powder or regular chili powder if you go to lame grocery stores like me
  • Fresh Thai chili peppers or jalapenos, sliced thinly

Grill the steak as directed above and slice into thin strips after allowing to rest for 15-20 min.  Add to a large mixing bowl. Add palm or brown sugar to a small bowl and add some of the lime juice and mush into a thick liquid form. The non-vegetable ingredients go first into the steak bowl, lime, fish sauce, chili powder, sugar. Toss with your hands to incorporate all over the steak. Add the rest of the veggies, toss and taste. Tasting as you go is the most important part. Mine tasted amazing right off the bat, so no adjusting required.

NOTE: It is highly likely you will be seeing more posts relating to Chrissy Teigen, she is a girl crush (and blog crush) that I don’t see going away anytime soon. ❤

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