Want to know one of the easiest ways to improve your home-cooked meals? Always choose to make your own sauces over buying them at a store! Honestly, this is one of the most common things that I see home cooks fail to do that keeps their meals from achieving greatness. Maybe it’s due to laziness, or maybe some people just don’t have a grasp over how easy it is to make sauces. Who knows, I’m not a mind reader. But what I do know is that it doesn’t matter if its salsa, balsamic vinaigrette, or a simple gravy; a good homemade sauce is often cheaper, and always taster than the store-bought crap. That’s why today I’m going to be teaching you, fine folks, how to make one of the most popular sauces found around the world, tartar sauce. So if you’re ready then let’s get into the recipe.
Tips, Tricks & Suggestions
- Fresh dill is definitely better than dry, however, my grocery store is often out of it so most of the time I use dried. If you do have access to fresh dill and want to use it then upgrade the measurement to a tablespoon.
- This sauce will keep in your fridge for a week. Also, I highly recommend that you make it the night before as it will allow the flavors to meld together.
- While I prefer to use dill pickles in my tartar sauce you can definitely substitute it with sweet pickles. It’s really just a matter of your personal preference. Also, you can sub either of them out with relish if you’re in a pickle…. Pun not intentional.
- Are you making up a seafood feast, then try pairing this tartar sauce with our recipe for classic cocktail sauce.
- This sauce pairs well with our recipe for delicious salmon cakes!
Tartar Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: None
Servings: Roughly ¾ cup
Ingredients
½ Cup of mayonnaise
2 Tablespoons of dill pickles, finely diced
1 to 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice
1 Tablespoon of capers, finely chopped
1 Teaspoon of dried dill weed
½ Teaspoon of dijon mustard
Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Make the sauce: Mix together the mayonnaise, dill pickles, capers, dill weed, mustard, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in a bowl. If you prefer your sauce to be a little thinner then add in an additional tablespoon of lemon juice and mix it in. Add some salt and pepper to taste.
- Let the sauce sit in your fridge for at least 30 minutes, the longer the better.
- Use the tartar sauce with seafood and enjoy!
Tartar Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ Cup of mayonnaise
- 2 Tablespoons of dill pickles finely diced
- 1 to 2 Tablespoons of lemon juice
- 1 Tablespoon of capers finely chopped
- 1 Teaspoon of dried dill weed
- ½ Teaspoon of dijon mustard
- Salt & pepper to taste
Instructions
- Make the sauce: Mix together the mayonnaise, dill pickles, capers, dill weed, mustard, and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in a bowl. If you prefer your sauce to be a little thinner then add in an additional tablespoon of lemon juice and mix it in. Add some salt and pepper to taste.
- Let the sauce sit in your fridge for at least 30 minutes, the longer the better.
- Use the tartar sauce with seafood and enjoy!
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