Tahini Sauce

Name: Tahini Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: about ¼ cup (80 ml)
Cuisine: Middle Eastern
Ingredients: 2 Tbsp sesame paste (30 ml) Tahini; 2 Tbsp water (30 ml) Water; 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (15 ml) Lemon Juice; ½ Tbsp garlic powder (7.5 ml) Garlic Powder; about ¼ tsp (2 g) Salt; about ¼ tsp (0.5 g) Pepper

Independent adaptation of a publicly published Chris Shepherd recipe. Not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Chris Shepherd.

DRESSING · SOLE OR FLOUNDER SABICH

In the published recipe, this is the dressing for sole or flounder sabich. The same recipe pairs it with Chermoula, the chermoula.

Chris Shepherd's tahini sauce for a sole or flounder sabich.

On the jar

TAHINI

Method: shake
Yield: about ¼ cup
Ingredients: 6
Jar batch: 3.4× recipe

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Ratio

TAHINI 30 mlWATER 30 mlLEMON JUICE 15 ml

Ingredients

Tahini2 Tbsp sesame paste (30 ml)
Water2 Tbsp water (30 ml)
Lemon Juice1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice (15 ml)
Garlic Powder½ Tbsp garlic powder (7.5 ml)
Saltabout ¼ tsp (2 g)
Pepperabout ¼ tsp (0.5 g)

Method

Pour to the lines in order (bottom → top): TAHINI, WATER, LEMON JUICE.
Season to finish: GARLIC POWDER (about 2 Tbsp), SALT (to taste), PEPPER (to taste).
Cap the jar and shake until emulsified.

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Provenance

Houston chef of Underbelly and later Georgia James / UB Preserv lineage; James Beard Best Chef: Southwest 2014. Vietnamese–Korean diaspora flavors of Houston’s Gulf Coast pantry.

Adapted from a Chris Shepherd recipe (Chris Shepherd / Alaska Seafood (sole/flounder sabich)).

FAQ

Can this go in a shake jar?

Yes. Its liquids pour to printed fill-lines, so it can be one of the sauces on a PantryFlex jar.

What do the quantities mean?

This page lists the published recipe in household units (with metric in parentheses). A PantryFlex jar makes a 3.4× batch of it. The jar's printed lines, counts, and QR guide are already scaled to match, so follow the jar or this page, not a mix of both. Amounts in the jar’s ADD row are rounded to the nearest common spoon measure (T = tablespoon, t = teaspoon) so they can be read off the glass.

Where did this recipe come from?

Adapted from Chris Shepherd / Alaska Seafood (sole/flounder sabich) (published as “Tahini Sauce”). Full citation lives in Provenance.

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