Homemade merguez with herby yogurt from Small Victories: Recipes, Advice + Hundreds of Ideas for Home-Cooking Triumphs (page 164) by Julia Turshen

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Notes about this recipe

katiesue28 on March 29, 2023

Made this with ground turkey and they were absolutely delicious and flavorful. What a quick and easy recipe, especially when you have a lot of herbs to use up! Unfortunately my homemade naan didn't turn out well, but in the future I would love this with a thinner lavash flatbread. We also added some pickled onions and carrots that we had on had for acidity.
KarinaFrancis on February 17, 2022

We loved these! Merguez sausages aren’t easy to find here so it’s great to be able to make my own, which is why I shaped them into sausages. The flavours are nicely spiced and not too hot, I’d probably add a touch more heat next time. Served it with the chickpea salad from the same book.
bernalgirl on February 06, 2022

These are wonderfully flavorful and so easy to put together. I had extra buns to use and ground turkey in hand so I made this up as turkey burgers. I also had an herby yogurt dressed slaw leftover, which was great tucked in with the patties. I would definitely opt for a quick slaw again next time rather than plain cabbage as it made an easy and complete meal. I look forward to making these again with ground lamb or beef as smaller patties or kebabs to tuck into pita bread.
chawkins on June 27, 2021

We loved these served with naan. I used scallion and cilantro as the herb in the yogurt sauce. We grilled them and served with Vivian Howard’s marinated turnips with orange and pumpkin seeds.
MollyB on May 17, 2020

We loved these, and will definitely make again (though the 8-yr-old declared them too spicy). Don’t forget the lemon! We forgot it til too late, but it would have been good!
TrishaCP on May 19, 2019

This was a winner for us too. Served with naan and salad. (The herbs in our dressing were dill and chives.)
stockholm28 on September 30, 2017

These are very good, but I think I prefer the Melissa Clark merguez burger with the harissa mayo. These have harissa in the mix. They are certainly healthier than the MC version.
clcorbi on September 13, 2017

We really enjoyed these as well. I used scallions and cilantro as the herbs in my yogurt, and served the patties with naan and sliced radishes. The drizzle of lemon juice is essential here. I really enjoyed all the big flavors in this dish for relatively minimal effort. I would also be interested in making these into burgers.
raybun on May 21, 2017

I made the merguez into burgers and the family declared them better than my usual Jamie O Moroccan lamb burgers! The yoghurt sauce is a very good accompaniment and I used mint and parsley for the herbs.
westminstr on March 08, 2017

I used ground goat instead of lamb (a bit of an experiment). Didn't completely love the goat but the spicing on these was fantastic and would work with any ground meat. (I omitted harissa from the kid version) I used basil & parsley in the yogurt but cilantro would have been better. It was all eaten up though. Good dish, will repeat. 9/25/2017 - made again this time w ground turkey, very successful. used cilantro & parsley in the yogurt which i liked much better.
hirsheys on March 06, 2017

I thought this recipe was fantastic. Very easy and fast to put together, and lots of taste/flavor for very little work. I used ground turkey instead of lamb (I don't like lamb), which I had already planned to do and was reinforced by a suggestion to make just this replacement in the back of the book.