Homemade Tartar Sauce

Course Appetizer, Condiment

Cuisine American, Southern

Keyword homemade-tarter-sauce-recipe, tarter-sauce-recipe

Prep Time 5

Chill time 4

Total Time 4 5

Servings servings (may vary)

Calories 142kcal

In a medium size bowl whisk together mayonnaise, pickle relish, onion, lemon juice, dill, sugar, salt, granulated garlic and pepper until fully combined.
Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or transfer to an airtight container and pop into the fridge.
Refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight before serving. (This can be done up to one day in advance)
Serve with fried shrimp, fried fish fillets, oysters, crab cakes or as a spread on sandwiches.

Mayo - You can use lighter mayonnaise to make tartar sauce. I don't recommend using Miracle Whip, but should you choose to do so, omit the sugar.
Dried DilI - I highly recommend using fresh dill in this recipe but you could adapt using dried dill if that's what you have on hand. You'll only need a fraction of the amount so begin with 1/4 teaspoon then taste and add more to your taste. Dried herbs have a much more intense flavor that fresh herbs.
Fresh Herbs - You could add fresh chives or fresh parsley.
Onion - You could use finely diced shallots or green onions in place of sweet onion.
Capers - You can add 1 tablespoon of finely diced capers to the mix.
Customize - When making homemade tarter sauce, there's always room for personalization. For example, a more tart sauce may suit your taste so in that case you should use diced dill pickle. If you like a hint of sweetness, go with sweet pickle relish.
Sugar - The granulated sugar won't make the tartar sauce sweet it primarily serves to balance the flavor of the other ingredients. You can use an alternate sugar free sweetener that you enjoy.