Homemade Tartar Sauce
This Homemade Tartar Sauce is perfect for crab cakes, alongside fish and chips, or even spread on top of a tasty fish burger! It’s packed full of fresh flavor using pickles, capers, and herbs, you’ll be skipping the store-bought version after just one taste!
The Best Tartar Sauce
This Tartar Sauce is filled with chopped pickles and capers, loading it full of flavor while also giving it crunch! Want even more crunch to your sauce? Just simply add in chopped onions as well!
In just 15 minutes this Homemade Tartar Sauce recipe quickly comes together! It’s easier to just skip the store and whip up a batch from scratch, plus you just can’t beat the taste of a homemade sauce!
Rebecca’s Recipe Review
Taste: Bright flavor from the lemon juice and fresh herbs combined with the slightly salty, tangy flavor of pickles. Zesty.
Texture: Creamy and crunchy.
Ease: 2/10
Pros: Made with minimal ingredients in 15 minutes or less, and can be tailored to your taste buds with a few recipe adjustments.
Cons: None.
Would I Make This Again? Yes, we always whip up this easy tartar sauce when fish in some form is on the menu!
Tartar Sauce Ingredients
The base of this homemade sauce uses both mayonnaise and Greek yogurt. From there, it builds up with pickles, capers, parsley, chives, and lemon juice.
Variations and Substitutions
- If you don’t have capers you can easily substitute them for more pickles or relish of your choosing.
- For a tangy, sharp flavor with a little bit of spice, you can try adding in some Dijon mustard, vinegar, or Cocktail Sauce!
- Swap out the pickles for dill relish, sweet relish, or even pickle relish! You’ll still get a pickle flavor just in a different variation. Sweet pickles like my Bread & Butter Pickles are also a delicious option.
- If you want the added onion flavor without the crunch, mix in a little bit of onion powder!
- Want some heat? Add some cayenne pepper to taste.
- Old Bay seasoning is a great addition for adding even more flavor! You can also sprinkle in salt and pepper if desired.
How To Make Homemade Tartar Sauce
- Mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl and stir thoroughly to combine.
- Serve immediately, or for the best taste, I recommend serving after it’s been in the refrigerator for at least two hours.
How To Serve Tartar Sauce
- Fried Fish
- Fish Sticks
- Sandwiches
- Crispy Shrimp
Make More!
If you’re feeding a crowd and need a larger batch just double or triple the ingredients on the recipe card. This will ensure that the ratios stay the same for the best flavoring!
How To Store Homemade Tartar Sauce
Homemade Tartar sauce will last up to two weeks in the refrigerator stored in an airtight container. This certainly helps with making it ahead of time when you know there’s a fish dinner in the near future!
Here are a few more great sauce recipes to try with your family!
- Marinara Sauce – Homemade flavor perfect for dipping your favorite breadsticks in!
- Burger Sauce – A delicious condiment recipe great for topping burgers and sandwiches!
- Homemade Shrimp Cocktail Sauce – Takes your shrimp cocktail to a restaurant-worthy level!
- Fish Taco Sauce – The creamiest topping to finish off your fish tacos!
- Maple Mustard Dipping Sauce – Just 3 ingredients to mix up a dip for your chicken tenders!
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Homemade Tartar Sauce
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup mayonnaise
- ⅓ cup Greek yogurt
- 1 cup chopped pickles
- 3 teaspoons finely chopped capers
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped chives
- 1-2 teaspoons lemon juice
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon old bay seasoning optional
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a bowl and stir to combine. Can be served immediately, but tastes best after refrigerated for 2 hours.
Notes
- Chop finely or leave bigger pieces depending on how chunky you want the sauce to be.
- If you don’t have capers, you can substitute them with additional pickles.
- I sometimes like to add some lemon zest and Old Bay Seasoning to my tartar sauce for even more flavor.
- Usually, there is no extra salt needed but it gets better with some freshly ground pepper.
- This sauce will get better when it had a chance to sit a bit and let all flavors infuse the mayonnaise and yogurt. You can make it in advance and it will stay good for up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator.
- Variations:
- If you don’t have capers you can easily substitute them for more pickles or relish of your choosing.
- For a tangy, sharp flavor with a little bit of spice, you can try adding in some dijon mustard, vinegar, or Cocktail Sauce!
- Swap out the pickles for dill relish, sweet relish, or even pickle relish! You’ll still get a pickle flavor just in a different variation. Sweet pickles like my Bread & Butter Pickles are also a delicious option.
- If you want the added onion flavor without the crunch, mix in a little bit of onion powder!
- Want some heat? Add some cayenne pepper to taste.
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