
Salsa verde (green sauce)
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- No cook
- Easy
- Serves 4
Try our delicious salsa verde recipe with tarragon, parsley, capers and wild garlic. This herby green sauce is perfect with traditional roast chicken and fish.
- Dairy-free
- Gluten-free
- Nut-free
- Vegetarian
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There's nothing nicer than roast chicken. Perfect for Sunday lunch or an evening meal, this quick-to-prepare recipe pairs well with a fresh salsa verde
- 1 small pack of tarragon
- 2 small packs of flat-leaf parsley
- 30g wild garlic(or 2 garlic cloves)
- 3 tsp Dijon mustard
- 40g small capersdrained, rinsed and roughly chopped
- 200ml extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal474
- fat51g
- saturates7g
- carbs2g
- sugars1glow
- fibre1g
- protein2g
- salt2.4g
Method
step 1
Chop the herbs and garlic, mixing with 1 tsp sea salt, until very fine.
step 2
Add the mustard and capers, and combine. Transfer the mixture to a bowl and stir in the olive oil.
step 3
Add the vinegar, little by little, stirring and tasting as you go – trust your palate!
Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2016
Comments, questions and tips (7)
Overall rating
stuartrolfe0093mCPLLMa
How small is small when referring to the packs of parsley and tarragon? Frustrating when you have to ask these questions.
shazking196549064
Depending on your taste buds. Aragon is quite pungent so I would add 1/3 to the other herbs. I use parsley and basil and tarragon. The only thing I do add at the end is the vinegar as it can make or break it I add a splash then taste and add more depending on the dish. Hope this helps
SeanHansbury
I have made various types of salsa verde and I think this is a really nice recipe. I have no insight as to whether it is ‘authentic’ but, frankly, I don’t care as I love the taste. I hade no sherry vinegar tonight so switched it for rice wine vinegar. We had it with an Iberico rib crown, oven…
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La Salsa Verde se hace con un fondo de cebolla, puerro y ajo, pochados en aceite de oliva, añadiendo harina y sofriéndola para luego desleirla con vino blanco seco y fumet. Aparte se pasa por el mortero perejil y agua caliente, con una galletabmaria, formando una pasta verde viva que se diluye a…
Rowena_N
This was so good with sea bass, how long should this last in an airtight container in the fridge?

goodfoodteam
Hi, thanks for your question. This should keep for about a week in the fridge in an airtight container. If you pour a thin layer of oil over the surface it should prevent the surface discolouring, otherwise you can just scrape off the surface layer or give it a good stir before using. You can also…
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i thought there were anchovies in?

goodfoodteam
Hi there - Adam from the Good Food cookery team here - anchovies are quite divisive, so some people leave them out - but if you like them, I'd suggest finely chopping 4 anchovy fillets in oil and adding them to the salsa verde. Thanks