Two of my most favorite items there are vegetarian stuffed grape leaves and chicken kebabs. The chicken kebabs and sandwiches come with this delicious garlic sauce…kind of like a super garlicky mayo.
Last night we prepared some Middle Eastern food for dinner. We didn’t have the time to make proper kebabs, so we just grilled up some chicken, and I made some garlic dip, and a super fast hummus.
The garlic dip recipe comes from Anissa Helou’s Lebanese Cuisine cookbook. The dip was excellent!
Ingredients:
- 8 garlic cloves
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1 egg yolk
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- 4 TBSP olive oil
- 1 TBSP yogurt
Directions:
- Chop the garlic, add the salt to the garlic and with the back of your knife, make a paste by adding pressure to the knife as you run the knife over the garlic. The salt acts as an abrasive and helps the garlic turn into a nice paste.
- Whisk the egg in a mixing bowl and then add the garlic paste. Stir in the lemon juice, then slowly whisk int he olive oil; then add the yogurt.
- Use the garlic sauce as a dip for grilled chicken.
Garlic Sauce:
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