Learn how to make this easy and delicious tartar sauce at home. This recipe has only six common ingredients that you can find in any store and no sweet relish added. As a result, you will get a creamy sauce with a crunchy texture due to the grated pickles and fresh aroma from chopped dill. Do not forget about lemon juice, preferably freshly squeezed, it adds that extra zing to the flavor!
If you ask me, Tartar Sauce is one of the best sauces out there. It goes perfectly with any type of baked/boiled/steamed fish or meat, you can have it on sandwiches and burgers. Besides, it is the tastiest dip for any snack or appetizer. Thanks to its nice tangy taste, you can have it with almost everything.
There are many ways to make tartar sauce as the number of recipes is pretty numerous. Starting from those where you are making mayo base from the scratch (using oil with eggs) and to the most basic one where you combine store-bought sweet relish with mayonnaise. I will share with you a recipe that has something in the middle. We will use already made mayo (which will save us some time) alongside fresh ingredients. Moreover, from the first time you make this recipe, you will never buy a store one ever again.
Here are my favorite dishes with which I like to have Tartar sauce:
Basic Tartar Sauce Ingredients:
- 200 ml mayonnaise;
- 70 g pickled cucumbers;
- 2 garlic cloves;
- 20 g fresh dill;
- 1 tbsp. mustard;
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice freshly squeezed.
How to make tartar sauce without relish:
- Combine mustard with mayonnaise in a deep bowl by stirring them until well mixed.
- Shred pickles using any size of grater that you prefer. There is a chance that you may get some extra juice, get rid of it. Add cucumber to the mayo mixer.
- Add lemon juice to the mix.
- Rinse fresh dill, dry it by patting with paper towels, and finely chop it into fine pieces. Add to the bowl together with a pressed garlic.
- Mix everything thoroughly once again to make sure that the sauce is well blended. Let it sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- Enjoy with your favorite type of appetizer/snack or main dish!
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If you have never tried making tartar sauce at home, I strongly advise you to try it at least once. You will see how easy the recipe is to follow and how tasty it turns. There are no special extra ingredients, which will be difficult to buy. Simple, quick, and easy. What else you can ask for?
Tartar Sauce Homemade Recipe with Pickles
Ingredients
- 200 ml mayonnaise
- 70 g pickled cucumbers
- 2 garlic cloves
- 20 g fresh dill
- 1 tbsp. mustard
- 1 tbsp. lemon juice freshly squeezed
Instructions
- Combine mustard with mayonnaise in a deep bowl by stirring them until well mixed.
- Shred pickles using any size of grater that you prefer. There is a chance that you may get some extra juice, get rid of it. Add cucumber to the mayo mixer.
- Add lemon juice to the mix.
- Rinse fresh dill, dry it by patting with paper towels, and finely chop it into fine pieces. Add to the bowl together with a pressed garlic.
- Mix everything thoroughly once again to make sure that the sauce is well blended. Let it sit in the fridge for at least 30 minutes before serving.
- Enjoy with your favorite type of appetizer/snack or main dish!
Notes
If you have any questions left, feel free to ask them in the comment section below!
