Easiest Way to Prepare at dinner Quick and Easy Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)

Easiest Way to Prepare at dinner Quick and Easy Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce) Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Quick and Easy Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce). A bold, creamy garlic sauce and dip, Lebanese toum is easy to make at home with the help of a food processor and a little good technique. Also known as Toum, this quick sauce is super flavorful and a bit spicy. One of the best reasons to keep a bunch of fresh garlic at home.

This Lebanese Garlic Sauce is light, fluffy and packed with flavor.

Serve with grilled meat, shish kebobs or warm pita.

It's super popular to spread it over Shish Tawook, grilled chicken, shawarma, rotisserie chicken and many other Middle Eastern dishes.

You can cook Quick and Easy Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce) using 6 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Quick and Easy Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce)

1. It’s of garlic, minced.

2. Prepare of egg whites.

3. It’s of juice of lemon.

4. Prepare of salt.

5. Prepare of canola oil.

6. It’s of ice water.

It's basically a slow and steady emulsion process of garlic and oil and it's utterly heavenly!

But be sure to dry the garlic very well before you start.

Add cooked potato (mashed) or a couple tablespoons of Greek yogurt.

Either of these items will thicken the toum sauce and take a bit of the garlic edge off.

Quick and Easy Toum (Lebanese Garlic Sauce) instructions

1. Blend the garlic, salt and 1/4 of the lemon juice for 1 minute in a blender. Using a spoon, scoop the sides of the blender with all over the place' garlic bits..

2. Add the egg whites, blend for 30 seconds..

3. Pour a small amount of oil slowly and blend for 30 seconds. Pour a small amount of lemon juice and blend for another 30 seconds. Repeat this alternating process until youve used up all your oil and lemon juice. Remember to do it slowly, otherwise the emulsion might not work..

4. Your mixture should emulsify. To make it have the consistency of mayonnaise, add 1 tbsp of ice cold water..

5. Store in the fridge in a covered container for about 1 hour to let the garlic flavor set..

6. Serve with pita, as dip for fries, chips or fish fillets or salad dressing. Can be stored for up to 2 weeks..

As you probably guessed, this Lebanese Garlic Sauce was the most recent food gift I received from my Aunt Paula.

The recipe is just four simple ingredients, but with a little love it turns into a magical, intoxicating, and addictive sauce you'll be spreading on pita sandwiches, serving with Beef Shawarma, or dipping with Chicken Tawook.

While it does require a little knowledge and know-how.

Feature Video: Chef Kamal Making The Garlic Sauce.

Chef Kamal is a Lebanese American Chef and food blogger with some amazing recipes.