The green sauce that fixes leftovers

Name: The green sauce that fixes leftovers
Total time: 10 min
Yield: About 1 1/2 cups
Ingredients: 2 packed cups soft herbs — parsley, cilantro, dill, or any two; 3 scallions, roughly chopped; 1 jalapeño, seeds out if you like; 2 cloves garlic; 1/4 cup rice vinegar or lime juice; 3/4 cup olive oil; 1 tsp kosher salt; 1 tsp honey

by Emma · Boise, ID

Day-four rice and a plain chicken thigh become dinner. I make it every Sunday and it's gone by Thursday.

Total time10 minutes
ServesAbout 1 1/2 cups
PostedJune 24, 2026

Ingredients

2 packed cups soft herbs — parsley, cilantro, dill, or any two
3 scallions, roughly chopped
1 jalapeño, seeds out if you like
2 cloves garlic
1/4 cup rice vinegar or lime juice
3/4 cup olive oil
1 tsp kosher salt
1 tsp honey

Method

Put everything except the oil in a blender or food processor and pulse until roughly chopped.
With the motor running, pour the oil in a thin stream. Stop as soon as it comes together — over-blending heats the herbs and turns the whole thing army green.
Taste and adjust: more salt if it's flat, more vinegar if it's heavy, more honey if the jalapeño got away from you.
Store in a jar with a thin film of oil on top. Bright green for three days, still good for five.

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