Want to make an easy and delicious Tzatziki Sauce Recipe? This one takes just a few minutes, and comes out creamy and perfect for topping gyros!
Tzatziki Sauce Recipe
This Tzatziki Sauce Recipe is yet another stupid simple but delicious recipe where you basically throw things together in a bowl and eat. It’s hard to see how five little ingredients can produce so much flavor, but somehow they all do, and it all works beautifully.
I can eat a whole bowl of this Tzatziki Sauce Recipe by myself. I use it when I make gyros, either in the Instant Pot or in the oven and it adds a fresh, light taste to the dish.
I also use it when I make Chicken Shawarma. By the time the chicken cooks you could whip up this Tzatziki, cut up a few vegetables for a raw salad, and hey presto! Dinner.
Most people would put this into a pita round along with the meat, but since I try to low carb, I end up just eating the meat with the dip and honestly, that’s where the flavor is at anyway, so it works for me.
For the garlic in this dish, I can’t mince it finely enough so I tend to use about half a teaspoons of pre-minced garlic. I’ve seen recipes that ask you to shred and then drain the cucumbers but I have to say I almost never drain them when I’m making Tzatziki. I don’t mind it a little wet and dip-like, but mainly it doesn’t last long enough in our house to need much draining.
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Ingredients
- 1 large cucumber peeled and grated, about two cups
- 1 cup Greek yogurt
- 2-3 cloves Garlic minced
- 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame paste)
- 1 squirt lemon juice
- Salt to taste
- Chopped Parsley to garnish (optional)
Instructions
- This is another stupid simple recipe.
- Combine all ingredients to yield about 2 cups worth of dip.
- Eat.
Nutrition
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Terri B. Chun
We never have the ground beef shwarma without this. It’s becoming a comfort food at our house!
Ranya
This was delicious! Didn’t have pine nuts so roughly chopped almonds, jasmine rice because I didn’t have basmati, used bone broth instead of water, and also used ground elk. So easy. Served with peas. Even 3yo liked it!
Jennifer
Made this tonight for dinner. We were a little bit worried about the gray meat, but the flavor was so good! The whole family gobbled it up! I did make two loafs and had to cook them separately in my IP.
Husband said to make this again….. soon. Delicious
Healthy Kitchen 101
Normally I mostly use tzatziki for crackers or meat balls but your plate looks really healthy and hearty. I have to try it for my salad soon????
– Natalie Ellis
Mary Mae
I was greatly disappointed with the gyro recipe. This is not at all the same taste I remember eating in Germany. I’m not sure why I don’t like it. Too much of the spices maybe. Any suggestions of how to modify it would be greatly appreciated.
URVASHI PITRE
Hmm that’s interesting. It’s actually very true to the tastes in the US. I can’t recall having tried gyros in Germany so unfortunately I don’t know what would be different. Was it the meat or this tzatziki that tasted different to you?
Leah
I used to live in Germany as well. I bet she is looking for a recipe for doner kebab, with more of a Turkish flavor profile.
ShellyJ
I wouldn’t be surprised, since the doner kebabs I’ve had have a flavor profile different from gyro meat.
Kerstin
Loved it!! Thank you!!