Tartar Sauce
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The ultimate seafood condiment, this creamy tartar sauce is rich, tangy, and slightly sweet.
Tartar sauce is a rich seafood condiment made with mayonnaise, capers, chopped pickles, minced onion, and other seasonings. If you’ve been buying it at the supermarket, you’ll be delighted when you taste this homemade version. It’s easy to whip up and tastes infinitely better than the bottled stuff. Plus, it’s composed almost entirely of pantry staples; the only ingredients you’ll need to buy fresh are a lemon and shallot.
The flavor of this tartar sauce is tangy and slightly sweet, thanks to the addition of briny capers, tart lemon juice, and sweet pickled relish. Serve tartar sauce with fish and chips, fried seafood, seafood sandwiches, crab cakes, or salmon cakes.
What You’ll Need To Make Homemade Tartar Sauce
Step-by-Step Instructions
Begin by mincing the shallot and capers.
In a medium bowl, combine the mayonnaise, capers, shallots, lemon juice, relish, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and pepper.
Stir to combine. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary. Homemade tartar sauce will keep in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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Tartar Sauce
The ultimate seafood condiment, this creamy tartar sauce is rich, tangy, and slightly sweet.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise, best quality such as Hellmann's or Duke's
- 2 tablespoons capers, drained and chopped
- 1½ tablespoons minced shallots (from 1 small shallot)
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon)
- 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
- ¾ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, capers, shallots, lemon juice, relish, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, and pepper. Taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Make-Ahead Instructions: The tartar sauce will keep in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
Nutrition Information
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- Serving size: 2 tablespoons
- Calories: 165
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated fat: 3 g
- Carbohydrates: 2 g
- Sugar: 1 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Sodium: 205 mg
- Cholesterol: 9 mg
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Gluten-Free Adaptable Note
To the best of my knowledge, all of the ingredients used in this recipe are gluten-free or widely available in gluten-free versions. There is hidden gluten in many foods; if you're following a gluten-free diet or cooking for someone with gluten allergies, always read the labels of your ingredients to verify that they are gluten-free.
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Delicious! This is the best tartar sauce recipe I have ever made. Pairs perfectly with your salmon cakes. Thank you for sharing.
This sauce is to die for. My family loved it on the crab cakes, and a few days later added a bit of horseradish and put it on steak. Phenomenal. Many thanks.
The best tartar sauce that I have ever tasted. My previous recipe was also quite good but this is without question the best!