Homemade tartar sauce is the easiest thing in the world to make! A few simple ingredients make a basic sauce, and you can easily modify it to your taste!
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Ingredients
- mayonnaise I sometimes use some greek yogurt as well
- lemon juice dash
- pickle juice dash, optional
- diced dill pickle or pickle relish, sweet or dill, your preference
- salt and pepper
- dried dill quite a bit!
Ingredients
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Instructions
- I never measure, just start with a couple of heaping tablespoons of mayonnaise. If I'm wanting to be healthier and I have some plain greek yogurt on hand, I will substitute some of that for the mayo.
- Add a dash of lemon juice (fresh or bottled) and a dash of pickle juice (optional, I like the flavor of dill pickles). Finely dice some dill pickles (or whatever you like) and add. Sprinkle in some salt and pepper and a fair amount of dried dill (more than you think you'll need). Mix and taste and adjust as you go.
- Refrigerate before serving.
Recipe Notes
Stacy's Notes: I'm sure there are lots of fancy ways to make homemade tartar sauce. One day, I will experiment and add diced shallots or red onion. Another time, I want to try it with salty capers.
But this is my basic everyday tartar sauce that my mom taught me to make. I no longer buy bottled tartar sauce, I just mix some of this up quickly before a meal of seafood or fish, or salmon patties, or tuna cakes or crab cakes. Refrigerate before you serve, it gives the flavors time to "meld". Enjoy!
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