Tahini Sauce Recipe – 3 Ingredients

This isn’t straight-up tahini — it’s a deliciously smooth sauce made from tahini, lemon juice, and garlic. It will be your new favorite!

You might wonder why I have a recipe on my site for tahini sauce when a drop of it could send my son, N, to the ER with an anaphylactic reaction because of the sesame seeds in tahini.

This could be explained in three ways:

1. I’m a risk taker (except I’m SO not).
2. I’m a terrible mom. (Nah. I’m okay. Usually.)
3. We freaking love the stuff. <– *dingdingding!*

Okay. We love it and we’re verrrrry careful.

However. I probably won’t be making it often because a 1 and 1/2-year-old’s allergies combined with my crazy = a stressful event.

Update: We’ve learned more about the severity of N’s allergies and I NEVER make this anymore. I miss it but nothing is worse risking that precious life. Food allergies are serious business. Eat some tahini for me, please?

This tahini sauce has three ingredients (4 counting water). It’s so easy to make! 

Don’t get this tahini sauce mixed up with plain tahini — which is paste made from sesame seeds. Tahini is similar to peanut butter but with sesame seeds instead of peanuts. It’s thicker than this sauce, which is made with tahini, garlic, lemon juice, and water.

This tahini sauce is perfect for dipping a variety of meat dishes such as shish tawook, beef kafta, chicken kofta, or chicken shawarma drumsticks.  It’s also great for dipping vegetables in as well. I love it with homemade falafel.

How to Make Tahini Sauce in three easy steps:

1. Gather ingredients – tahini, lemon juice, garlic, water.
2. Blend together in a blender until smooth, scraping down sides if needed.
3. Pour out and serve! That’s it!!!

Love homemade sauces?

Homemade is so much better! Easy, convenient, fresh, and economical, with no added preservatives or flavor enhancers. Try:

 

• Homemade Tzatziki Recipe (Cucumber Yogurt Sauce)
• Fry Sauce — easy French Fry dipping sauce
• Easy Cheese Sauce, microwave or stovetop
• Mild Pesto
• Cherry Chipotle BBQ Sauce

Verdict: I love it — just like the stuff we order from restaurants.
Husband’s take: Ben is a tough critic when it comes to some of his Middle Eastern favorites but he LOVES this! Win for Rachel.
Changes I would make: None.
Difficulty: So easy!