Vegan Tzatziki Sauce Recipe (dairy Free)

16 ounces
5 min

Vegan tzatziki sauce is creamy, tangy, and delicious. This simple dip adds a fresh flavor to your sandwiches, gyros, salads, falafel, vegetables, and more.

A bowl of tzatziki.

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Spooning tzatziki sauce onto a pita filled with falafel.

How to Use Tzatziki

Tzaztiki is often used as a dip with grilled meat, gyros sauce, or falafel sandwiches. It is also served as a dip for roasted vegetables or flatbread. (Try pairing it with this Turkish pide flatbread recipe.)

Tzatziki, the classic Greek combination of garlic, yogurt, and cucumber, is versatile and often served with grilled meat, gyros, roasted vegetables, pita bread or flatbread.


Ingredients

  • Large cucumber - peeled, seeded, and grated.
  • Plain vegan yogurt - 1 ½ cups (use unsweetened yogurt)
  • Fresh garlic - 3 cloves - minced
  • Fresh dill - ¼ cup - finely chopped
  • Fresh lemon - 1 lemon - juiced
  • Salt and pepper - to taste
  • Extra virgin olive oil - Optional - drizzle on top when serving as a dip


Instructions

Making this vegan tzatziki sauce recipe is so easy! While making this sauce, extract moisture from the cucumbers as possible. This step will help keep your tzatziki sauce thick.


Step 1: Peal the cucumber, cut it in half, and remove the seeds. Using a box grater or food processor, grate cucumbers. Use your hands to squeeze the excess liquid out of the grated cucumber. You want to squeeze out as much water as possible. Place the grated cucumber in a medium-sized bowl.


Step 2: Add the yogurt, garlic, dill, and lemon to the bowl with the cucumber and mix. Add additional lemon juice, salt, and pepper to your desired taste.

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Up close picture of a bowl filled with tzatziki.


Vegan Tzatziki Sauce Recipe (dairy Free)
Recipe details
  • 16  ounces
  • Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 0 Minutes Total time: 5 min
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Ingredients

  • ▢ 1 large cucumber, peeled, seeded, and grated
  • ▢ 1 and 1/2 cups plain vegan yogurt
  • ▢ 3 cloves fresh garlic, minced
  • ▢ 1/4 cup fresh dill, finely copped
  • ▢ 1 lemon
  • ▢ salt and pepper to tate
  • ▢ Extra virgin olive oil - Optional - drizzle on top when serving as a dip
Instructions

Step 1: Peal the cucumber, cut it in half, and remove the seeds. Using a box grater or food processor, grate cucumbers. Use your hands to squeeze the excess liquid out of the grated cucumber. You want to squeeze out as much water as possible. Place the grated cucumber in a medium-sized bowl.
Step 2: Add the yogurt, garlic, dill, and lemon to the bowl with the cucumber and mix. Add additional lemon juice, salt, and pepper to your desired taste.
Tips
  • Storing instructions - Place in an airtight container or in a bowl tightly covered with plastic wrap. Vegan tzatziki can be stored in the refrigerator for up to three days.
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