Chimichurri was originally a sauce strictly for grilled meats. It is said to be from Argentina and first developed by an Irishman named Jimmy McCurry. Evidently his name was rather hard for the average meat-loving Argentinean to pronounce, so it got popularized into the moniker we accept today, chimichurri. Or so I have read.

It is a fabulous story full of irony. The irony is made sweeter because it is very hard to say definitively if the story has any basis in fact.

Which is a great testament to chimichurri in general. Because it is nearly impossible to find a recipe that could definitively be called chimichurri!

I know, I have researched it.

Today another great irony is about to be born. Have you heard the story about the man who lives in California, having never actually made a chimichurri sauce before decided to create the definitive recipe? He called it “SippitySup’s Definitive Recipe for Chimichurri”. He was smart enough to put it in html too. So now if you google "Definitive Recipe for Chimichurri” you get SippitySup's definitive answer. Definitively!