Chermoula

Name: Chermoula
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: about 2¼ cups (550 ml)
Cuisine: African
Ingredients: 2 bunches cilantro Cilantro; 1 bunch parsley Parsley; 2 Tbsp mint leaves (30 ml) Mint; 1 Tbsp cumin seeds (toast) (15 ml) Cumin; zest + juice 1 lemon Lemon; 6 garlic cloves Garlic; 2 tsp paprika (10 ml) Paprika; 1 tsp Aleppo pepper (5 ml) Aleppo; 2 cups olive oil (480 ml) Olive Oil

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Chris Shepherd recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Chris Shepherd.

FINISHING SAUCE · SOLE OR FLOUNDER SABICH

In the published recipe, this is the finishing sauce for sole or flounder sabich. The same recipe pairs it with Tahini Sauce, the tahini sauce.

Chris Shepherd's chermoula for a sole or flounder sabich.

On the jar

GREEN

Method: blend
Yield: about 2¼ cups
Ingredients: 9

Blender sauce. Cook from the recipe

Ratio

Mint 30 mlCumin 15 mlPaprika 10 mlAleppo 5 mlOlive Oil 480 ml

Ingredients

Cilantro2 bunches cilantro
Parsley1 bunch parsley
Mint2 Tbsp mint leaves (30 ml)
Cumin1 Tbsp cumin seeds (toast) (15 ml)
Lemonzest + juice 1 lemon
Garlic6 garlic cloves
Paprika2 tsp paprika (10 ml)
Aleppo1 tsp Aleppo pepper (5 ml)
Olive Oil2 cups olive oil (480 ml)

Method

This sauce needs a blender. The jar is for storing it, not making it.
Combine measured ingredients and blend until smooth.
Taste and adjust salt and acid.

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Provenance

Houston chef of Underbelly and later Georgia James / UB Preserv lineage; James Beard Best Chef: Southwest 2014. Vietnamese–Korean diaspora flavors of Houston’s Gulf Coast pantry.

Originally published as Green Chermoula.

Adapted from a Chris Shepherd recipe (Chris Shepherd / Alaska Seafood (sole/flounder sabich)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

No. This one needs a blender or stove, so make it from this page. Jars only carry pour-and-shake sauces. Its companion jar is below.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). On a jar, the printed lines, counts, and QR guide carry the jar-batch amounts. Follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Chris Shepherd / Alaska Seafood (sole/flounder sabich) (published as “Green Chermoula”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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