How to Make Delicious Portuguese Churrasco Marinade

Dear Portugal – There are so many reasons to love you, but unfortunately the food is not one. Bacalao is not for me and yet you proceed to put in everything. However, I will thank you for your culinary contribution to the world with churrasco and peri peri sauce. Thank you.

If you don’t know yet, it’s time to get to know churrasco. In Portuguese, churrasco essentially means barbecue which you may be familiar with from the fan favorite Brazilian steakhouse, Fogo de Chao. However, when I recently visited Portugal, I found a delicious churrasco marinade at a local grocery store and you know I had to recreate it because it was so good.

In this recipe, I use it on chicken that I cut into chunks for kabobs, but you could use this marinade on any meat you like or if meat is not your thing, this marinade could even transform that tofu into something special.

So next time you are looking for a differently delicious marinade for your same ole same ole chicken, steak, pork of even tofu, look no further than my churrasco.

Tools:

A food processor would be very helpful for this recipe. Did you know my parents won’t get one because they think it will be hard to clean???? Please tell me you know that you can toss this thing in a dishwasher!!

Churrasco Marinade Ingredients:

1 red pepper

4 cloves of garlic

1/2 red onion

Juice of 1/2 lemon, about 2 tablespoons

1 teaspoon of coriander

1 teaspoon of cumin

2 tablespoons of red wine vinegar

1/4 cup of olive oil

1 tablespoon of fresh parsley

1 teaspoon of salt

1/2 teaspoon of pepper

Instructions:

1. In a skillet over medium heat, add the pepper, onion, and garlic. Turn the vegetables every 3-5 minutes or so until they have a decent char on each side.
2. Toss the lightly charred vegetables in the food processor along with the rest of the ingredients and pulse until smooth.
3. Marinate your protein of choice for 1- 4 hours and to get yourself the true Portuguese experience, cook this on a grill.