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Remoulade is a French sauce that loosely resembles Thousand Island dressing. In the United States, itโs often served with Southern classics like crab cakes, fried green tomatoes, Poโboys, and other fried favorites.
Everyone has their own version of โsecret sauce.โ McDonaldโs has special sauce on their Big Macs, In-N-Out has the infamous โspread,โ and in the United States we love our Thousand Island dressing.
In France, the secret sauce is Remoulade. Made with mayonnaise and featuring a briney element such as pickles or capers, Remoulade can have many ingredients such as anchovies, ketchup, and lemon juice.
Itโs great with Fried Fish and seafood (itโs similar to Tartar Sauce), Fried Green Tomatoes, and Crab Cakes. Use it as a dipping sauce or a sandwich spread. It comes together fast with mostly pantry ingredients.
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Recipe ingredients
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Ingredient notes
- Tabasco: For a spicer sauce, add extra tabasco and cayenne pepper.
- Worcestershire: You get plenty of umami oomph from the anchovy paste, so taste the sauce before adding more Worcestershire.
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, ketchup, lemon juice, mustard, anchovy paste, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper. Add salt, pepper, tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce to taste. Fold in parsley. Cover and chill until serving time, up to four days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Recipe tips and variations
- Yield: This recipe makes 1 ยฝ cups remoulade or 12 servings, 2 tablespoons each.
- Storage: Store covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
- Craft your favorite version: All the ingredients can be modified to your taste. The version we serve with Crab Cakes, for example, has dill relish but no ketchup.
- Eat it on everything: This Remoulade Sauce is perfect with Fried Okra or Hush Puppies and delicious on your next Shrimp Poโ Boy. Personally, I love it with Blackened Chicken, too.
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Remoulade Sauce
Ingredientsย
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 teaspoon anchovy paste or 3 fillets, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- Salt and ground white pepper to taste
- Tabasco sauce to taste (see note 1)
- Worcestershire sauce to taste (see note 2)
- 1/4 cup minced fresh parsley
Instructionsย
- In a medium bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, ketchup, lemon juice, mustard, anchovy paste, garlic powder, onion powder, and cayenne pepper. Add salt, pepper, tabasco, and Worcestershire sauce to taste.
- Fold in parsley. Cover and chill until serving time, up to four days in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Notes
- Tabasco: For a spicer sauce, add extra tabasco and cayenne pepper.
- Worcestershire: You get plenty of umami oomph from the anchovy paste, so taste the sauce before adding more Worcestershire.