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Home » Dips, Dressings, Sauces & Spreads

Published: Aug 10, 2018 · Modified: May 19, 2020 by Libby Bloom · This post may contain affiliate links · Leave a Comment · 626 words. · About 4 minutes to read this article.

5-Minute Italian Green Sauce

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5-Minute Italian Green Sauce - a flavorful sauce featuring herbs, greens, vinegar and spices. Perfect over your favorite salad, on a pizza, with chicken, and the list goes on…

Italian green sauce

This simple Italian Green Sauce is an easy five-minute sauce with under 10 ingredients. Perfect as a salad dressing, a pizza sauce, or even as a marinade for chicken. 

To make this delicious sauce, just add garlic, shallots, red wine vinegar, parsley, basil, greens (spinach, beet greens, etc.), spices, and olive oil to a food processor and blend until well combined. That’s it! A simple, homemade sauce that will be new go-to dressing and sauce. 

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Italian Green Sauce: Tips, Tricks and Tools

All you need for this simple sauce recipe is a food processor or blender. 

Variations: Feel free to use more basil and parsley instead of spinach or beet greens. I would recommend sticking to more neutral and delicate greens (spinach, beet greens, arugula, watercress, microgreens) as heartier and more pungent greens (kale, mustard greens, chard) won’t blend as well and/or will cause the sauce to be bitter.

Ideas for using Italian Green Sauce: 

  • Use it as a pizza sauce - it’s especially good with a breakfast pizza or with zucchini and prosciutto. 
  • Drizzle it over your favorite salad or even veggie side dish.
  • Spread it on a sandwich.
  • Mix it into a grain like quinoa or rice for a flavorful Italian twist. 
Italian green sauce

We hope you love this 5-Minute Italian Green Sauce!

It’s quick, simple, and the perfect sauce for just about any salad, side dish, veggie or protein! 

Love this simple sauce recipe? Check out our other delicious dressing and sauce recipes like this Amazing Tahini Sauce or our Apple Cider Vinegar Dijon Dressing.

Did you enjoy this 5-Minute Italian Green Sauce as much as we do?

Comment below! And rate the recipe to let us know how it turned out! Not making it today? Save this Italian Green Sauce for later by pinning it to your Sauces Recipes Board and make sure to tag us at The Crooked Carrot Instagram to show us your 5-Minute Italian Green Sauce creations!

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Italian green sauce

5-minute Italian Green Sauce

5-Minute Italian Green Sauce - a flavorful sauce featuring herbs, greens, vinegar and spices. Perfect over your favorite salad, on a pizza, with chicken, and the list goes on…
3.44 from 23 votes
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Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 1 cup
Author: The Crooked Carrot

Ingredients

  • 2-4 cloves garlic
  • 1 shallot cut into chunks
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • ¼ cup parsley
  • ½ cup basil
  • 2 cups greens beet / spinach greens
  • ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 1 teaspoon Himalayan sea salt
  • ½ cup olive oil

Instructions

  • Combine: Add all ingredients, except olive oil, into a blender or food processor. Pulse until mixture is chopped. Slowly add in olive oil while the food processor is running until well combined and smooth. Enjoy!

Equipment

  • Food Processor

Notes

LEFTOVERS/STORAGE: Store in a glass container (I like to use a mason jar) for up to a week. 
NUTRITION NOTES: This Italian Green Sauce is packed with healthy fats, fiber and lots of nutrients from the greens and herbs. The nutrition information is calculated for about 2 tablespoons.
SERVING SUGGESTIONS: The perfect, versatile sauce – great as a simple salad dressing, amazing on a summery pizza, drizzle it over chicken or mix into rice!

Nutrition

Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 149mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 133IU | Vitamin C: 2mg
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