Spicy Cilantro Sauce (Zhoug)

Name: Spicy Cilantro Sauce (Zhoug)
Yield: Serves 12 (Makes 1 cup)
Cuisine: Africa & Middle-East, Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 cups, coarsely chopped fresh cilantro leaves and stems; 4 , Thai chiles, stemmed; 3 , garlic cloves, peeled; 1/2 teaspoon, ground coriander; 1/2 teaspoon, ground cumin; 1/2 teaspoon, table salt; 1/2 cup, extra-virgin olive oil

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2019

This warm-spiced, garlicky chile-herb sauce takes shakshuka to the next level.

SERVES12 (Makes 1 cup)

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

While this hot sauce, which some sources say originated in Yemen, is often served as an accompaniment to shakshuka, it's hard to imagine what it wouldn't taste good on.

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