Easy Homemade Tzatziki Sauce
Learn how to make your own Greek tzatziki sauce in just five minutes with this simple recipe! Whether you're serving it as an appetizer, with gyros or using it as a dip for pita bread, the tangy and refreshing ingredients will be sure keep everyone happy at home.
Tzatziki makes an excellent healthier choice for dip!
I love traditional dips made with sour cream and all those other sinful ingredients, but tzatziki has always been my favorite! I love how satisfying tzatziki sauce is with its flavorful combination of garlic, lemon and dill.
I honestly can never get enough dill – I love the stuff!
The scent of dill really brings back happy memories of when I was a little girl growing up on my grandparents farm. My grandmother always had fresh dill weed growing in her garden so she could use it for her pickling. 🙂
One of the most important things to keep in mind when making tzatziki sauce is the moisture content of the cucumber used in the recipe.
Too much moisture from the cucumber will make your sauce way too watery and you certainly don't want that.
Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise, then using a spoon scoop out the seeds in the middle. I like to leave the skin on my cucumbers so I rarely peel them – it's up to you though – you can peel it if you like.
After this, grate the cucumber finely and coarsely and place it into a metal strainer over a bowl. Sprinkle the cucumber with a little salt and give them a squeeze with your hand to remove some of the moisture.
Give the cucumber pieces about 25-30 minutes to drain any more of the excess moisture.
You might be surprized with how much liquid you can get out of one cucumber!
Give them another squeeze and then all you have to do is combine with the rest of the ingredients in the recipe!
In addition to using tzatziki as a dip, it works very well used in sandwiches or wraps!
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Easy Homemade Tzatziki Sauce
- Yield: about 2 cups 1x
Ingredients
- 1 large English cucumber
- 1 tbsp fresh dill
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Salt
- Pepper
- 2 cups Greek Yogurt
Instructions
- Slice the cucumber in half lengthwise.
- Using a spoon scoop out the seeds in the middle and discard.
- Using a grater, finely grate the cucumber into a mesh strainer over a bowl.
- Sprinkle some salt on the cucumber and squeeze out some of the moisture using your hand.
- Allow the cucumber to sit in the strainer for 25-30 minutes to drain any more excess moisture.
- Discard the water that accumulated in the bowl.
- In a medium sized bowl combine all ingredients. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Place the sauce in the fridge for at least 1 hour before using in order to allow the flavors to develop.
I’ve never braved homemade gyros or tzatziki but tonight that all changes. This recipe looks delicious and easy! Thanks for sharing it!
Excellent! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
Thanks so much for commenting. 🙂
Michelle
Excellent tzatziki recipe and if i may give an extra tip i woud suggest you replace the lemon juice with grape winegar, get rid of the pepper and go heavy on the salt. Great way you re handling cucumber!
Now, I super want to give this a try. It looks really yummy!!!!
I saw this post on pinterest and pinned it because it looks so yummy! I love this!
Thanks so much Erin! 😀
I was just telling my SIL that I was in the mood for a gyro with a good
Tzatziki Sauce. I will have to try this
Good timing then! 😀
I love Tzatziki on gyros! I can’t wait to make this!
Yum! I’ve had this but didn’t know what it was called. Thanks for sharing the scrumptious recipe.
I am a big dill fan too!! I haven’t tried tzatziki sauce, but I surely would!
Oooooooh tzatziki!!! Never made my own, but you’ve simplified it wonderfully! Shared!
I could eat this stuff by the spoonful! Looks delicious! Thanks!
This would be a sauce my family would love indeed and they never had a tzatziki sauce before. I will have to try making it for them. I don’t eat yogurts but they do. Thanks for sharing.
I love how effortlessly easy it is to make! I remember having this sauce with a grilled veggie panini (my favorite!) at a local Greek eatery before it closed down.
I will definitely be trying this! I absolutely love tzatziki sauce– especially on pizza!
I have to admit, I have never heard of Tzatziki Sauce before. It does look delicious though and I would love to try it because I have heard that Greek food is amazing. I definitely need to expand my tastes.
Yum! Tzatziki. It tastes so complex, I never knew it was so simple to make.
I love the smell of dill also, it’s so lemony it freshen up your nose! Thanks for sharing this recipe. I will try to make this. I love dill because they are easy to grow!
Yummy! I have had and love Tzatziki sauce – never thought about making it – and now I have your recipe and can do – thank you!!
I’ve always wanted to know how to make this sauce! Thanks for sharing this recipe, I’m going to try it out!
This looks so yummy! I haven’t tried Tzatsiki sauce before though! Looks like I really need to.
I just love Greek food! I don’t know why I never thought of making this sauce myself!! Glad I saw this because I am definitely pinning to try later!
I really love this Tzatsiki sauce and my kids and hubby too. I’d love to make this again.
I adore Tzatziki sauce! I could almost eat it with a spoon! I haven’t made it in years. So glad you shared your recipe.
I love Tzatsiki sauce for dipping. I never realized how easy it was to make though! Thank you for sharing.
Tzatziki sauce is SO fresh and cooling. I love having it on wraps.
Oh how fun! I’d love to make my own tzatziki sauce. My daughter would appreciate this recipe too.
I never have tried this before. Iowever we love everything it’s made it, so it must be amazing.
That sounds absolutely delicious. I will definitely be picking up ingredients for these n making this very very soon.