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Shawarma Sauce

[heart_this] · Jun 28, 2018 · 11 Comments

Shawarma Sauce

A tasty and easy to make shawarma sauce, aka a garlic yogurt sauce with a hit of tahini and lemon!

This is that classic creamy and garlicky sauce that’s squirted all over your shawarma just at the end that’s all sorts of good! This sauce has a base of a thick yogurt to which plenty of garlic is added before seasoning with lemon juice and salt to taste. Shawarma sauce also commonly uses mayonnaise these days and you can easily replace some or all of the yogurt with it to add that extra layer of flavour! I like to add a touch of tahini, a sesame paste similar to peanut butter using ground sesame seeds, which really brings everything together. Store this shawarma sauce in the fridge and use on or in your shawarma’s, as a dip for veggies, pita chips, in sandwiches, as a dressing, etc!

Shawarma Sauce

Shawarma Sauce
Shawarma Sauce

Shawarma Sauce

Prep Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Servings: 16(~1 cup or 16 1 tablespoon servings)

A tasty and easy to make shawarma sauce, aka a garlic yogurt sauce with a hit of tahini and lemon!

ingredients
  • 3/4 cup Greek yogurt
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced or grated
  • 2 tablespoon tahini
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • salt to taste
directions
  1. Mix everything and enjoy!
Option: Replace some or all of the yogurt with mayonnaise!
Option: Add 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro!
Option: Add 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill!
Option: Add 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint!
Option: Add 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin and/or sumac.
Option: Add sriracha for some heat!
Nutrition Facts: Calories 24, Fat 1g (Saturated 0.6g, Trans 0), Cholesterol 1mg, Sodium 8mg, Carbs 1g (Fiber 0.2g, Sugars 0.5g), Protein 1g

Nutrition by: Nutritional facts powered by Edamam
Use in:
Chicken Shawarma Warps

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Comments

  1. Aricka says

    February 9, 2019 at 7:05 am

    Hello,

    For the tablespoon of tahini…is it a paste type or ground tahini that I would buy?

    Thanks so much!

    Reply
    • kevin says

      February 10, 2019 at 11:30 am

      Tahini is a paste like peanut butter that you can find in the international section of your grocery store (or the health food section). Enjoy!

      Reply
  2. Victor says

    September 9, 2019 at 2:08 am

    Can I get a peanut butter on nsteadof tahini cod most people here don’t know this

    Reply
    • kevin says

      September 9, 2019 at 9:13 am

      Peanut butter has a different flavour but it will be nice!

      Reply
    • Charmayne says

      June 17, 2022 at 3:52 pm

      It’s great to find out that so many people do. Now and enlighten those who don’t with healthy and delicious foods that are new to others!

      Reply
  3. Patricia says

    January 26, 2020 at 2:46 pm

    I’m allergic to sesame. Any suggestions to substitute the tahini?

    Reply
    • kevin says

      February 3, 2020 at 11:57 am

      You can replace it with another nut butter (if you are not allergic). Each nut butter would change the flavour and be good in it’s own way. Cashew butter or almond butter would be a good place to start.

      Reply
  4. Stacey says

    February 16, 2022 at 7:55 pm

    Just use evoo, garlic, lemon.And salt…. the real deal Toum😋

    Reply
  5. Elizabeth Duckworth says

    March 20, 2022 at 2:55 pm

    How long will your recipe for Shawarma Sauce last in the refrigerator? I love the recipe by the way and putting it in a squeeze container is really handy, after each use I put a piece of Saran Wrap under the nozzle to make it air tight.

    Reply
    • kevin says

      March 21, 2022 at 9:46 am

      I would use it within a week.

      Reply

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    December 13, 2019 at 2:50 am

    […] Chicken, beef or lamb and a ton of vegetables. Drizzled in shawarma sauce. Give me two please. Try out this recipe by Closet Cooking. […]

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