How to: Store Cilantro

One thing I am not crazy about is buying fresh herbs. Not because they are expensive, but because they always end up going south on me before I can use them. But I had two recipes calling for cilantro, so I went ahead and bought the bunch.

After my celery experience, I searched online for tips on storing cilantro and here is what I learned:

Fill a glass with about 1 inch of water and put the cilantro in like a big green bouquet:


Cover everything with a paper sack and stick it in your fridge.


As it turned out, I forgot to add cilantro to the first of the two recipes and had to move the 2nd recipe back a couple of days - a full week after I bought the cilantro, it still had a strong aroma and was quite fresh.