The tzatziki sauce is a quick Greek recipe based on cucumbers and Greek yogurt. Aromatic and light, perfect to serve with a simple salad of tomatoes, onion, and feta. I love sauces, for example, the feta and yogurt sauce or the yogurt sauce for kebabs, but my first love remains the tzatziki sauce. There are many variations of this sauce, but I find the original recipe to be the best. The fundamental thing to do is to remove the water from the cucumbers, otherwise, you risk having a watery and tasteless sauce. Once this is done, just mix the ingredients and the tzatziki sauce will be ready to keep in the refrigerator.
Try these quick summer sauces as well:
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring, Summer, and Autumn
- Energy 113.43 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 5.43 (g) of which sugars 2.78 (g)
- Proteins 2.49 (g)
- Fat 9.66 (g) of which saturated 1.35 (g)of which unsaturated 0.02 (g)
- Fibers 0.37 (g)
- Sodium 139.81 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 50 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 6 oz 2% fat Greek yogurt
- 3 tbsps extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tbsps white wine vinegar
- 1 clove garlic
- 4 pinches salt
- 1 sprig dill (or chives)
What you need to make Greek sauce
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Grater Large holes
- 1 Colander
- 1 Garlic press
Additional tips for quick tzatziki sauce
In the market, you can find different varieties of cucumbers. I recommend the Dutch variety. It is less watery and more digestible.
Tzatziki sauce without garlic
You can make the sauce without garlic if you prefer. Instead, you can use a little finely chopped fresh scallion.
Tzatziki sauce without dill
Dill is very present in Greek cuisine, but not everyone likes it. You can replace it with chives or dare with fresh Greek basil.
Tzatziki sauce with plain yogurt
The original recipe for tzatziki sauce uses Greek yogurt with 5% fat, which gives the typical creaminess of this recipe. If you don’t have it, you can use the same weight of plain yogurt, blended with 1.75 oz of feta.
Greek tzatziki sauce without cucumbers
You can remove the cucumbers from the recipe, resulting in a flavored Greek yogurt sauce that goes well with sandwiches and salads. A bit like yogurt dressing.
