How to make Greek Yogurt.
Why choose homemade Greek yogurt?
— You get the option to make different flavors
— You can make it dairy-free and sugar-free
— Just one ingredient, and no expensive equipment required
While there are many “how to make Greek yogurt” tutorials online (and please feel free to try them if you are feeling adventurous!), these recipes usually require a yogurt starter and/or a fancy machine.
The following tutorial requires neither of these things; it is easy and quick, but it’s also a really useful trick to know! Just a few steps can turn your favorite yogurt into thick and creamy Greek yogurt—especially helpful for everyone who needs a dairy-free yogurt and can’t find/dislikes the only dairy-free Greek yogurt option on the market. It’s also great if you need Greek yogurt for a recipe and don’t want to make a special trip to the store.
How To Make Greek Yogurt
- 1 container yogurt of choice (I used Wholesoy)
- pot and fine mesh strainer
- cheesecloth or coffee filters
Place the fine mesh sieve over the pot, and line with cheesecloth or coffee filters. (See photos.) Put all of the yogurt into the strainer, then refrigerate overnight. Discard the liquid at the bottom of the pot, or save it for another use, and you are left with thick “Greek-style” yogurt! (Note: I did not have success in this recipe with So Delicious; if you like that brand, I’d recommend just buying their Greek yogurt to begin with.) Eat as you would Greek yogurt, or use in your favorite recipe that calls for Greek yogurt. I’ve posted a few recipes below.
View Homemade Greek Yogurt Nutrition Facts
3 Delicious Uses For Greek Yogurt:
I will be back tomorrow, with a new recipe!
I never knew how easy it was honestly. I had always assumed that making Greek yogurt was a difficult process because of how expensive they are in the store!
FYI “Making” greek yogurt is not draining the liquid from a commercially produced yogurt!
Lovely and helpful recipe! It would be perfect for coconut yogurt! Yummy 😀
Who knew it was so easy? But everybody knows how delicious it is! 🙂
I’ve never heard of making your own greek yoghurt before and it looks super easy. Will have to try this out sometime as the better options in stores are usually quite expensive and the cheaper ones are usually full of sugar (but if anyone has any good options for the UK I’d love to know for convenience)
Kathryn
nimblenote.blogspot.com
Gorgeous pictures! And this is genius! I’ve never seen vegan Greek yogurt near me and never tried Greek yogurt. Now I can!
YUM! I am making this today!
Great idea! There’s not one non-dairy Greek yogurt available here in the UK, that I know of.
Jo
http://www.helloseedling.blogspot.co.uk
I love this method! It works every time and I love how your directions are so easy to understand.
You forgot one of my favorite recipes of yours – Greek Yogurt Cheesecake! https://lett-trim.today/2012/09/24/greek-yogurt-cheesecake/%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
Hi Katie,
Thank you very much for ALL of the wonderful recipes on your great site. I have been able to successfully make more than a few of the recipes to my family’s and my delight. You state that any yogurt may be used to make Greek style yogurt, does that include dairy-based product? Also, will your Greek recipe be as tangy as regular Greek yogurt?
Thanks again for your culinary genius, I can hardly wait to try out this recipe as it will certainly save me money!
Peace,
Imani
For all you ladies out there who would love to make Greek yogurt, I purchased a simple pan with a strainer from Amazon. you place the yogurt in the container which is a built in strainer and let the why settle to the bottom. you will have Greek yogurt overnight. I save freeze the whey and use it in soups, stews, smoothies, anything you can think of where you want extra protein!!
I even use the yogurt to mak vegetable cream cheese for bagels.