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This quick and easy mint yogurt sauce for chicken is bright, fresh, and tangy. It also works great for lamb or pita and veggie dipping!
Here’s What You’ll Love About This Sauce
If you’re a fan of Greek yogurt and creamy sauces, you’ll love this mint yogurt sauce. It’s cooling, bright, fresh, and tangy, which makes it perfect for grilled chicken. Especially skewers! It’s less fussy than homemade tzatziki, too. Just stir everything into a bowl, let it sit for half hour, and have at it.
Ingredients
- Full fat plain Greek yogurt.
- Fresh mint leaves. If for some reason you stumbled upon this recipe and aren’t keen on mint, you can use fresh parsley instead. It’ll still be fresh and wonderful!
- Garlic.
- Lemon.
- Ground cumin.
- Cayenne. This adds a nice little kick, but you can sip it if heat isn’t your thing.
- Salt & pepper.
How to Serve Yogurt Sauce for Chicken
- My favorite way to enjoy this yogurt sauce is over my grilled Moroccan chicken skewers. It would also be great with these Za’atar grilled chicken drumsticks or chicken shawarma lettuce wraps!
- Slather this mint yogurt sauce on a chicken burger to jazz it up.
- You can serve it as a dipping sauce for chicken tenders or chicken nuggets, or just pita, naan, and veggies!
- My sheet pan Greek chicken would taste great with this stuff.
Don’t feel like you’re limited to chicken, however. This would be fantastic on a salmon burger or served with roasted potatoes. Whatever you want!
Storage
- Mint yogurt sauce can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 3 days. The shorter lifespan is due to the raw garlic, which is a bit of a debate in the culinary world as some say it shouldn’t be eaten after a day since it becomes acrid. But I’ve survived playing by the 3 day rule!
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More Homemade Condiments & Sauces to Try
- Hummus With Za’atar & Sweet Paprika
- Caesar dressing
- Dill Pickle Buttermilk Ranch Dressing
- Green Goddess Dressing With Greek Yogurt
- Smoky Maple BBQ Sauce
Mint Yogurt Sauce for Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 cup full fat plain Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup finely chopped mint leaves
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- Zest of one lemon
- 1 TBSP freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 1/4 tsp cayenne
- Kosher salt and cracked black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Place all of the ingredients into a bowl or sealable container. Mix the ingredients thoroughly until everything is well blended. Taste and season to your preference (more salt, more cayenne, etc.)
- Cover, and let the sauce sit at room temperature for 30 minutes. (This lets the ingredients set.) Use immediately or refrigerate it for up to 3 days.
This yoghurt sauce was so good! Added flavour and moistness to the chicken I served it with. Will definitely be making again.
This was such a quick and easy sauce that does not disappoint! Was the perfect addition of flavor to dinner; my whole family loved it!
I love this – so fresh and delicious, and paired so well with the curry i made last night.
My next chicken recipe is ready Thanks. This is so flavorful. I love the combination of Mint , lemon and yogurt. Yumm
I love the freshness in this sauce, between the mint and the lemon. So yummy!
Thank you for posting this recipe.
This is extremely deliciousÂ
So glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you that’s just what I was looking for I wanna make the recipe tomorrow cannot wait to try it out thank you again
I hope you love it! Keep me posted :)
Thank you for sharing this recipe Dana. I’m planning on making mujadara later this week, do you think a dollop of your sauce (which seems rather thick) would work well as a topping? I was thinking of either your sauce or tahini.
What do you think?Â
Have a wonderful day.
Hi Dimitri! Mujadara tends to be served with yogurt, so this would work wonderfully! Please let me know if you try it :)
Hope you have a great week!