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Easy Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

July 11, 2019 By Chelsey 14 Comments

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This Tzatziki Sauce recipe is so easy and delicious!  It’s a creamy, tangy and refreshing cucumber yogurt dip that adds so much flavor to any Mediterranean dish!

tzatziki sauce

I could literally drink this tzatziki sauce right from this bowl. It’s that good.

If you’ve never tried tzatziki sauce you are missing out big time. Tzatziki sauce (pronounced zat-Zee-kee) is the most delicious creamy, tangy and refreshing cucumber and yogurt sauce that is common in Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. It’s full of flavor and spiced with garlic, dill and lemon.  I love pairing it with spicy foods, because it has such a wonderful cool and refreshing flavor.

Homemade Tzatziki Sauce

Homemade Tzatziki Sauce is WAY better than from the store and even most restaurants in my opinion.  You have complete control over your flavors and texture by making it at home, so you can make it really thick and chunky, or thin and smooth, it’s up to you. I like mine in between – thin enough to pour over my food, but thick enough to be creamy and full of delicious flavor. How do you like your tzatziki sauce?

Plus, did I mention this sauce was SUPER easy to make? So why not make it homemade?!

I love serving this Easy Tzatziki Sauce with any Mediterranean food. Some of my favorites are lamb gyros, chicken shawarma, lamb kofta and these delicious Mediterranean Bowls with Greek Turkey Meatballs (recipe coming soon!).

 

Mediterranean Bowls with Greek Turkey Meatballs and Tzatziki Sauce

Tips for Making the Best Tzatziki Sauce

  • Remove the seeds of the cucumber with a small spoon, so the sauce doesn’t get too watery
  • Use fresh herbs (dill is traditional but you can also add mint)
  • Use the fine tips of the dill leaves and discard the thick stems
  • Use fresh lemons for the lemon juice
  • Let the tzatziki sauce refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving to give the flavors a chance to develop

If you love Mediterranean food as much as I do check out these other recipes:

  • My favorite Greek Salad with the BEST easy blender dressing!
  • Mediterranean Sweet Potatoes from Chelsea’s Messy Apron
  • Greek Baklava from House of Nash Eats

Tzatziki Sauce in a bowlHope you enjoy this Easy Tzatziki Sauce Recipe as much as we do! Don’t forget to pin it for later!

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Easy Tzatziki Sauce Recipe

Tzatziki Sauce in a bowl with dill on top

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5 from 7 reviews

This Tzatziki Sauce recipe is so easy and delicious!  It’s a creamy, tangy and refreshing cucumber yogurt dip that adds so much flavor to any Mediterranean dish!

  • Author: Chelsey @ The Saucy Fig
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 2 1/2 cups tzatziki sauce 1x
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups plain Greek yogurt
  • 1 English cucumber, peeled and seeds removed
  • 1 lemon, juiced (zest is optional)
  • 2 tablespoons fresh dill, finely chopped
  • 3 fresh mint leaves, finely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • pinch of pepper

Instructions

  1. In a food processor, grate the peeled and seeded cucumber. Remove and place the grated cucumber on paper towels. Place more paper towels on top and press down to absorb the water from the grated and diced cucumber. Leave for 5 minutes to continue to absorb the water.
  2. Add all of the ingredients including the grated cucumber back into the food processor and mix until well combined. You can just quickly pulse for a thicker, chunkier tzatziki sauce, or puree for a minute or two for a less chunky (still thick and creamy) tzatziki sauce.
  3. Adjust salt and pepper to taste.

Notes

*You can easily make this in a bowl without a food processor if you wish! Just mix everything by hand, it will be a little thicker and more textured, but still tastes just as good!

*If you prefer your sauce to have more texture, just finely chop the cucumber instead of grating it and mix the sauce in a bowl by hand!

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  1. Carla Singh says

    October 29, 2019 at 6:59 pm

    I’ve never made tzatziki sauce before, but this truly was extremely easy when using a food processor. Very delicious with the Buddha bowls recipe.

    ★★★★★

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    • Chelsey says

      October 31, 2019 at 12:33 am

      Isn’t it so easy in the food processor?! Happy to hear you liked it!

      Reply
  2. Nanette Rasband says

    August 15, 2019 at 10:43 am

    5 stars
    I made this sauce last night and it was a quick, delicious accompaniment to my mezze platter. Since I didn’t have fresh dill, I used dry and it was still fabulous. Thanks for the combination of flavors. The garlic was perfect in it, along with the mint. Thank you!

    ★★★★★

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    • Chelsey says

      August 15, 2019 at 7:06 pm

      I’m so glad you liked it! I’ve never tried using dried dill, but that’s awesome that it worked well! Definitely makes it a lot easier to make on a whim without having to go to the store 🙂

      Reply
  3. Jo Thrasher • Jo Eats says

    August 1, 2019 at 6:55 am

    I could eat tzatziki sauce on almost anything. Looks great!

    ★★★★★

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    • Chelsey says

      August 3, 2019 at 1:04 am

      Thanks! Isn’t it the best sauce?! I drown everything in it 😉

      Reply
  4. Kim | Give it Some Thyme says

    July 12, 2019 at 3:25 pm

    Love tzatziki!! so versatile as a sauce and as a dip. And it’s so easy to whip up a batch! this looks so delicious chelsey!!

    ★★★★★

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    • Chelsey says

      July 13, 2019 at 6:32 pm

      Thank you! I love this recipe because you can make it so quickly in the food processor 😉

      Reply
  5. Jas @ All that's Jas says

    July 12, 2019 at 1:34 pm

    It’s my go to sauce for BBQs and as a dip. Love the creaminess and tanginess of this tzatziki sauce with Mediterranean flavors. Yum!

    ★★★★★

    Reply
    • Chelsey says

      July 13, 2019 at 6:33 pm

      Isn’t it so yummy?! Love how refreshing and creamy it is paired with spicy Mediterranean food 😉

      Reply
  6. Haley Seymour says

    July 12, 2019 at 1:26 pm

    I love tzatziki! It is so delicious on EVERYTHING! Love that this is such an easy approachable recipe!

    ★★★★★

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    • Chelsey says

      July 13, 2019 at 6:35 pm

      Thanks! It really is so easy to whip up in the food processor!

      Reply
  7. Alexandra Shunk says

    July 12, 2019 at 1:14 pm

    This tzatziki sauce recipe looks delicious!! I always try to make my own rather than buying it! It is so easy and always tastes better! Sometimes I’ll even make my own yogurt!! Thanks for the yummy recipe!!

    ★★★★★

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    • Chelsey says

      July 13, 2019 at 6:37 pm

      Homemade is definitely better than store bought 😉 I’ve wanted to try making my own yogurt, definitely going to try it one of these days!

      Reply

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