Traditional Tartar Sauce

One taste of my easy homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe and you'll never bother with store-bought again! It's so easy and has so much flavor!

Course Condiment, Sauce

Cuisine French

Keyword homemade tartar sauce, tartar sauce, tartar sauce recipe, traditional tartar sauce

Prep Time 5

Total Time 5

Servings

Calories 387kcal

Finely chop the dill, parsley, and pickles, and set aside. Then add the mayonnaise, lemon juice, and sugar in a bowl, and mix until the sugar has dissolved.
1 cup Mayonnaise, 1 teaspoon Lemon juice, ½ teaspoon Sugar
Add in the chopped herbs, pickles, and pepper, and mix until well incorporated.
¾ cup Dill pickles, 1 Tablespoon Dill, 1 Tablespoon Parsley, ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
Store in a container in the fridge until ready to serve, recommended at least 2 hours.

Let the sauce rest for the best flavor! The flavors in the sauce will meld together with time, making for an even more delicious tartar sauce.

Adjust the flavors to your taste by adding more lemon juice for a more tart sauce, or mixing in some sour cream or greek yogurt.

Fresh dill or dry will work for this recipe. If you're using dry, use half the amount of each. Tartar made with dry herbs will need to rest in the fridge.

Pickles: If you don't have whole pickles, dill relish or any other pickle relish work great.

Mayo: If you want to leave out the mayo, try using greek yogurt, sour cream, and a bit more pickle juice.

Vegan Tartar Sauce: To make this easy tartar sauce recipe vegan, just swap the mayo out for your favorite vegan mayo substitute, such as olive oil mayo!

Tartar Sauce with Capers: A classic way to serve tartar is with capers. Stir in a tablespoon of capers to the sauce to add a strong tang!