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Do you need a versatile dip for a Grazing Board? Or a yogurt-based sauce for a spicy dish, like Chicken Shawarma? Tzatziki Sauce is the perfect thing.
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What's So Special?
This simple dish is so much better when you make it fresh rather than buy a prepared sauce.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Vegetables
Freshly prepared cucumber, garlic, and dill are the key ingredients. Use a vegetable chopper to get uniform pieces of cucumber.
Greek Yogurt
Be sure to buy the full-fat yogurt; we tried it with no-fat yogurt, and the sauce was too tart.
Garlic
Every week, as part of my Meal Prep Routine, I dice a large batch of garlic. It’s a tremendous time saver. It’s a little tedious to separate and peel two bulbs of garlic, but it saves time later.
Put the peeled cloves into a small food processor and grind until you have tiny pieces. It yields about 4 ounces of diced garlic that is stored in a glass jar covered in olive oil. It lasts at least a week.
Substitution Formula: 1/2 a teaspoon of ground garlic is equivalent to one clove.
How to Make Tzatziki sauce
The process is very easy! After you chop the cucumber, there isn’t much to it. It’s a five-minute sauce.
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Tzatziki Sauce
Do you need a versatile dip for a grazing board? Or a yogurt-based sauce for a spicy dish? Tzatziki Sauce is the perfect thing.
Ingredients
1 cup whole-fat Greek Yogurt
1 tablespoon lemon juice, freshly squeezed
1/2 cup of cucumber, seeded, chopped into 1/4” pieces – reserve a tablespoon for garnish
2 cloves garlic, diced finely
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon of fresh dill, remove large stems and chopped into small pieces
1 teaspoon crushed red pepper, optional
kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Gather and prepare all of the ingredients
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the yogurt, lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, and spices.
- Then gently fold in the cucumber and dill, reserving some of each for garnish.
- Transfer to a serving dish and garnish with the remaining dill and cucumber. then serve.
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