This authentic tzatziki sauce recipe is healthy, easy to make, and versatile. It uses simple ingredients including creamy Greek yogurt, cool cucumber, and fresh dill. Tzatziki pairs well as a sauce with meat or as a dip with veggies or warm pita bread. So DELISH!

Greek-style tzatziki is made with strained yogurt, cucumbers, olive oil, garlic, salt, and sometimes lemon juice. It also has dill, parsley, or mint.

My dad taught me how to make tzatziki sauce 30 years ago, and I’ve been making it ever since. My dad made it with sour cream instead of Greek yogurt. I have made it with all sour cream, all yogurt, and a combo of the two. My favorite way to make it is with Greek yogurt and a little sour cream. You can experiment and see which way you like it best! 

We love tzatziki on Greek chicken or lamb served in a warm pita with lettuce, tomato, onion. It’s also a great dip for veggies and homemade pita chips. I like serving it with my roasted red pepper hummus on a Mediterranean appetizer board. Eating it right from the bowl with a spoon is also perfectly acceptable! 🙂 YUMMY!

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Authentic Tzatziki Sauce

This authentic tzatziki sauce recipe is healthy, easy to make, and versatile. It uses simple ingredients including creamy Greek yogurt, cool cucumber, and fresh dill. Tzatziki pairs well as a sauce with meat or as a dip with veggies or warm pita bread. So DELISH!

Course Appetizer, Side Dish

Cuisine Mediterranean

Keyword healthy appetizer, healthy sauce, healthy dip, clean eating sauce, clean eating dip

Prep Time 10 minutes

Servings 2 cups

Ingredients

• 1 cup Greek yogurt (full fat) You can use 1 1/2 cups and omit the sour cream
• 1/2 cup sour cream (full fat) optional - You can use all yogurt
• juice from 1/2 of lemon
• drizzle of olive oil
• 3/4 of an English cucumber
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Cut cucumber in half lengthwise, scoop seeds out and finely chop.

2. Add all of the ingredients to a medium bowl and mix until well combined.

3. Best if chilled for at least 30 minutes before serving. This allows flavors to meld and marry. 🙂

Recipe Notes

Serve as a sauce with meat, topping for pita sandwich, or as dip for veggies and/or pita chips.

We recommend using organic ingredients whenever possible.