Tzatziki Sauce
I wanted to make a batch of tzatziki sauce for some chicken gyros and Mediterranean pasta salad I was making for dinner. I found an easy Tzatziki sauce recipe from Ina Garten that looked perfect. This simple sauce took only a few minutes to make and turned out tangy, creamy, and flavorful–I loved the texture. This Greek cucumber sauce is great for sandwiches and as a dip for pita chips or veggies, and it tasted fantastic in the gyros I made for dinner.
Tzatziki Sauce
Ingredients:
- 2 (7-oz) containers of Greek yogurt
- 1 cucumber, peeled and seeded
- ¼ cup sour cream
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp minced fresh dill, chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
How to Make Tzatziki Sauce
Place the yogurt in a bowl. Grate the cucumber and squeeze the grated cucumber with your hand to remove some of the liquid.
Add the cucumber pulp to the yogurt along with the sour cream, lemon juice and zest, vinegar, dill, garlic, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste; stir.
Place into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving so flavors have time to mingle. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 (7-oz) containers of Greek yogurt
- 1 cucumber peeled and seeded
- ¼ cup sour cream
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp minced fresh dill chopped
- 2 cloves of garlic minced
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the yogurt in a bowl. Grate the cucumber and squeeze the grated cucumber with your hand to remove some of the liquid.
- Add the cucumber pulp to the yogurt along with the sour cream, lemon juice and zest, vinegar, dill, garlic, sea salt, and freshly cracked pepper, to taste; stir.
- Place into the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving so flavors have time to mingle. Enjoy.
There’s nothing quite like a good tzatziki sauce. I could put it on everything!
Oh yum! I bet it was fabulous in your gyros. Delicious!
Yummy, and refreshing!!!
XO Kris
yum, yum, yum. this is one of my favorite sauces–it’s absolutely the most refreshing combination of ingredients around!
So much better than store bought!
I love Tzatziki sauce!! It goes well with just about anything!!
There is no dill in real tzaziki, nor is there sour cream, vinegar or lemon juice. Replace these 4 ingredients with 3-4 tablespoons of the best olive oil you can get your hands on and you have real tzaziki.
Sounds delicious!!
Are you planning on posting the gyros recipe?? I hope so!
It’s always great to find a way to make something you like and don’t use all the time from ingredients on hand! Excellent work.
Excellent sauce and my favorite brand of yogurt.
thid look delicious Pam!
I’ve been meaning to make tzatziki to use up some of the FIVE MILLION TONS of cucumbers the.boy’s mom has been gifting us! Perfect timing.
Oooo this looks great. Wonderful ingredients!
I love tzatziki sauce, it it so good on gyros.
This is the staple sauce in our house. We LOVE it with almost anything!
We love this sauce on so many things. I can’t wait to try your version, Pam!
my husband loves this sauce, and he likes a little bit of chopped red onion in it for a twist sometimes.
I love it! I like to add some cayenne pepper to give it some kick!