Homemade Tartar Sauce

Like tartar sauce? Make your own at home! It's tastier, cheaper, and quick with just a few ingredients. This Czech recipe for "Tatarská omáčka" guides you through it.

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Czech

Keyword Recipes with mayo

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 204kcal

Author Petra Kupská

Ingredients

4 Tablespoons mayonnaise
1 dill pickle
1 Tablespoon pickle juice
¼ onion
1 teaspoon yellow mustard or Dijon mustard
¼ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon ground pepper

Cups - Metric

Instructions

Peel and finely chop ¼ onion. Grate 1 dill pickle on a hand grater (small holes).
Put the onion and grated pickle in a bowl. Add the rest of the ingredients: 1 Tablespoon pickle juice, 4 Tablespoons mayonnaise, and 1 teaspoon yellow mustard. Season with ¼ teaspoon salt and ⅛ teaspoon ground pepper.
Mix everything until combined. Leave the tartar sauce to sit in the fridge for a few minutes.
Taste and if necessary, add a little more salt to your liking. Stir and serve.

Notes

The basic recipe makes 2 fair servings.
Serve cold with fish fillets, fried fish sticks or fish fingers, crab cakes, and other seafood dishes, as well as roasted veggies.
Keep leftovers of tartar sauce in an airtight container and refrigerate. It should remain good for a couple of days but at least for one week.
Add a spoonful of full-fat plain Greek yogurt or sour cream to lighten the dip and save some calories.

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