Fried Sage Salsa Verde

This is delicious and the whole family enjoyed it! I made it to accompany plain beets. It's tangy in the most pleasant way. My 8 year old said, "I feel this sauce is giving me energy!" I kept the canola oil that the sage was fried in to reuse. It has a lovely aroma.

I made this for Thanksgiving this year and fell absolutely in love with it. Do you think it would work well with prime rib for Christmas? It inspired me to want a bright fresh tasting condiment for the beef because of how well it went with turkey.

Repeat. Great on roasted vegetables

Not at all worth the time, and a waste of cooking oil. (Unless you filter and save the oil. More time and effort). A simple salsa verde would work just as well.

I needed a recipe to make the most from my overgrown sage in the garden and found this. I doubled the sage and halved the shallot (only had one on hand). Served with a simple roast chicken, steamed baby potatoes, and peas. Used the leftover mixture on scrambled eggs the next morning. Fantastic flavor and I will definitely make again.

Just gets better, will definitely make this again.

This got many compliments at our traditional Thanksgiving table. I loved how it freshened up all the “family favorite” recipes that my mom and aunt would never dream of changing. ;-) I like how it was a great condiment by itself or in combination with the cranberries and gravy. (I also made a pumpkin spice guajillo chile hot sauce that worked the same way.) Like some other commenters, I didn’t love frying the sage or making it immediately before dinner. May try softening it in oil or vinegar.

last year i hosted thanksgiving for my very midwestern family and their midwestern pallets. there was a lot of tan and grey on the menu. but i had to make myself happy as well, so i made this fried sage salsa. it was without a doubt the best thing on the table, even though the old midwesterns balked at something so vinegary and green. it complemented everything so nicely and brighted up an otherwise heavy and creamy meal. also wonderful the next morning on soft scrambled eggs.

Can dried sage (not store bought) be used and are there any changes ?

Terrible - Tasted overwhelmingly like raw shallots. I made it exactly to recipe, using fairly small shallots. (I often like dressings with raw shallots). Then I spent an hour trying to salvage it with other flavors. Finally simmered it to cook the shallots - now it's edible.

Delicious addition the the Thanksgiving table, and very fun to put together! Everyone loved this sauce! It’s vibrant with an earthy underpinning and, honestly, so much more beautiful on the plate than gravy!

This recipe finally got me to breakdown and pick up a spider. What a difference that tool makes! The result was perfectly fried sage that didn't burn (it picked up the leaves quickly) and way less mess. The salsa itself was good, tasty and I used it in salads and as a topping for butter beans. Next time I will increase the amount of sage...that was the only flavor I found myself wanting more of.

I made this for Thanksgiving and the general consensus at the table was that it was just salad dressing. The shallot and vinegar dominated, which isn't bad in a salad, but for turkey topping it wasn't great - very one note - onion-y and sharp. Additionally, the sage flavor was, sadly, completely undetectable. It ended up in the garbage. Alternatively, Samin's herb bread crumb, shallot-y topping was a big hit.

I would call this a chimichurri rather than a salsa verde since it’s ingredients are so similar. I followed the directions exactly and it was just what the turkey needed. Thank you Samin!

Wow. I made a batch of this for Thanksgiving, expecting that only my wife and I would enjoy it as an alternative to gravy. The whole table went crazy for it, scraping it out of the bowl to get every last drop, and expressing mild irritation at me for not making more. Absolutely perfect on turkey, with scalpel-like acidity and freshness to cut through all the fat of the meal. I made another batch to get us through the leftovers weekend. This is now a family favorite!