After you make this Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe, you’ll never eat store-bought tartar sauce again! This super easy recipe can be part of a low-carb, keto, gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, diabetic, or Whole-30 diet.
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This recipe for tartar sauce may make you change the way you think about the condiment! There is something about making tartar sauce with truly fresh ingredients that makes it sing! Fresh dill and fresh onions make all the difference in flavor.
So with hundreds of recipes for tartar sauce on the internet, what makes this one different? Pickle juice! Instead of using lemon juice or vinegar like so many recipes do, I decided to use pickle juice for that acid in the recipe. The results are fantastic! Pickle juice already contains a lot of the flavors we love in tartar sauce, like dill and garlic. These flavors have already had time to truly harmonize with each other. Instead of adding a single bright note, like we would if we added a vinegar or lemon juice, we add a melange of flavor along with the brightness.
Another thing that sets this tartar sauce apart is the use of red pepper flakes. Using red pepper flakes is something I find myself doing more and more in my cooking. I love the spark of heat it gives foods. Adding just a bit keeps the heat from being overwhelming. I find that these spicy flakes compliment the dill quite nicely.
This Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe takes only a few minutes to whip up to serve with your favorite fish. Don’t have a low-carb fish recipe, yet? No worries! Just check back on Monday for a low-carb fish recipe that goes perfectly with this recipe. For a sneak peak, check out the last photo.
Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe
After you make this Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe, you'll never eat store-bought tartar sauce again! This recipe can be part of a low-carb, keto, gluten-free, dairy-free, grain-free, diabetic, or Whole-30 diet.
Ingredients
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons dill pickles minced
- 1 tablespoon dill pickle juice
- 2 tablespoons onion minced
- 1/8 teaspoon red chili pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon fresh dill
- sea salt to taste
- freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
Place all ingredients in a medium mixing bowl.
Stir to blend.
Recipe Notes
Serving size: 1 tablespoon
Per serving:
Calories: 71
Fat (g): 8
Carbs (g): <1
'Fiber (g): 0
Net carbs (g): <1
Annissa,
This tartar sauce is the bomb.com! So good, and I think whenever I go out to eat or know I’m going to eat fish, I’m hauling this sauce with me. Amazing!!! (Plus after your bleu cheese dressing, I kept thinking that a tartar sauce should be made and then it appeared!)
Thanks so much, Haley! I’ve been on a bit of a condiment kick lately! It’s all about the sauce these days.
Annissa
How long can this be stored in refrigerator after making? Cant wait to make it. Sounds so great! Thanks for sharing!
Ashley,
I’m not really a food science expert, so I’m going to go with the standard recommendation of 3 days in an airtight container in the fridge.
-Annissa
I loved this recipe. I always add a bit of apple cider vinegar or white to tarter sauce as it will keep for up to 2-3 weeks in frig. Sher
I gave up buying prepared Tartar Sauce after the store stopped carrying my usual brand. All the available brands contain added sugar. I don’t sprinkle sugar on my fish to make it taste sweet, so I don’t need a sauce that makes fish taste sweet! (Rant over). I began making my own by tossing a few baby dills and a wedge of onion into my food processor, and then adding mayo. Congratulations on keeping your recipe simple and healthy!
Thanks, Elaine! It is amazing the foods where manufacturers add sugar.
–Annissa
Ooh, recipe saved! Thank you! looks delicious and I can’t wait to try it.
I hope you enjoy it!
-Annissa
I add a dash of worchestershire sauce and a squeeze of lemon in mine also.
This recipe was so good. I put only ingredients I had on hand, which meant leaving out the dill, yet it was still delicious! A keeper for my seafood dishes and my son can use it as a base for 1000 island dressing.
I hadn’t thought of using it as a base for 1000 island dressing. Two thumbs up for you!
-Annissa
This is my go-to tarter sauce – easy to make, easy to adjust serving amounts & best of all, delicious!
Yay! I love it when my recipes make it on someones go-to recipe list!
-Annissa
Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.