Easy Yogurt Mint Sauce

This deliciously seasoned yogurt mint sauce is one you will make again and again. It's a great snack or an addition to many dinners.

You can also serve it as a dip for veggies, fries, crackers, or seafood. You can also serve it with Fried Lamb Chops, Cast-Iron Chicken Breast, or Romanian Meatballs.

Recipe ingredients

The mint yogurt sauce recipe uses minimal ingredients.

• Yogurt: I prefer full-fat Greek yogurt; it makes the best sauce. However, you can make the dip with lower-fat yogurt as well, but it will be a bit more acidic.
• Fresh mint leaves. If you like mint, check out this Cucumber Yogurt Salad, too.
• Spices: Fine sea salt, ground black pepper, ground cumin, and coriander, and some red chili flakes (to taste).
  • The dip tastes lovely, even if you only use salt and pepper.
• Fresh lemon juice: You can substitute it with freshly squeezed lime juice.
• Garlic: 1 or 2 garlic cloves (or more if you like it - I do like it!).

How to make yogurt mint sauce?

• Chop the mint very finely (1). Grate the garlic.
• Mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl and adjust the taste (2).
• That's it!

Tips for making yogurt mint sauce

• Salt: Start with about ¼ teaspoon salt and add more to taste. Do that, especially if you use table salt, which is more potent than Kosher or sea salt.

• Sugar: You might need to adjust the taste with a tiny pinch of sugar. You will probably only need to do that if you use lower-fat yogurt, which is more acidic than full-fat.

• Rest for at least 15 minutes before serving so that the fresh mint has the time to impart its flavor to the yogurt. 

• Variations: Use other fresh herbs to make the Greek yogurt dip. Tarragon goes excellently with fish or chicken; for instance, parsley and chives are pretty universal, and cilantro would be great for anything Mexican. Really, the sky is the limit!

Storage

Refrigerate in an airtight container; it will be fine for 3-4 days; if it lasts that long, we tend to put it on everything when we have it in the fridge.

If it separates a bit, just stir it well before serving.

The dip is not suitable for freezing.

How to use it?

You can use the yogurt mint sauce for almost anything.

• Great dip for vegetables, crackers, crisps, tortilla chips, and fries.

• Sauce for lamb chops, slow-cooked lamb, fried garlic eggplants, fried zucchini, Oatmeal Patties, Baked Cauliflower Potato Patties, Baked Broccoli Cauliflower Balls with Cheese, and so on.

• Grill: I prepare the mint yogurt sauce almost every time we grill. It goes perfectly with grilled chicken or pork, skewers of any kind, or grilled veggies.

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