Tartar Sauce Recipe
This post may contain affiliate links. Read my disclosure policy.
I was frustrated with store-bought tartar sauce; one disappointing can after another. Solution: homemade tarter sauce. Making your own is really easy. It’s fresh and amazing for these salmon cakes fish sticks or breaded fish fillets.
See those fish sticks there – yeah, those are from Costco. Maybe one day, I’ll make my own fish sticks, but for now, these are really good (the Trident brand). Sometimes I find that I eat more tartar sauce than fish stick (sounds gross, but this sauce is THAT GOOD!). This recipe stays fresh in the fridge for a few days.
Ingredients for Tartar Sauce:
1 cup real Mayonnaise
1 cup finely chopped dill pickles
1 Tbsp dill (fresh or frozen), OR 1 Tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tsp sugar
1/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper
2 Tbsp finely chopped onion is good too, but optional (I usually skip it)
How to Make Tartar Sauce:
This is really complicated so pay attention. Are you ready?…
1. Combine everything in a mixing bowl and give it a good stir.
Tartar Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup real Mayonnaise
- 1 cup dill pickles, finely chopped
- 1 Tbsp dill, fresh or frozen, OR 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
- 2 Tbsp onion, finely chopped, optional
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine.
- Add more lemon juice or pickles if desired.
Nutrition Per Serving
Natasha Kravchuk
Hi! I'm Natasha Kravchuk. Here you'll find delicious, trusted recipes with easy step-by-step photos and videos. 
I love this simple and delicious tartar sauce! The texture with the chopped pickles and the subtle sweetness with the added sugar makes this recipe a keeper!
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Lu!
It’s AMAZING! I’m a tartar sauce connoisseur and this is probably the best one I’ve ever had. Thanks
That’s just awesome! Thank you for sharing your wonderful review, Mark!
This is a great recipe. The 2nd time I made it I added in some capers. It was delicious!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Angel!
This is the recipe I’ve used for decades, only about 1/3 of the amount, Except, I add dill pickle juice instead of lemon and I grate a small amount of onion instead of chopped (it’s a must for me).
Love all your recipes! I just made your Crockpot Chili tonight and I have salmon in the freezer so eyeballing your salmon patties! 🤤 And of course I’ll make “our” tarter sauce! ☺️
Love you!
Thank you so much for sharing, Kelly! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the recipes.
The best tartar sauce ever! I also left out the diced fresh onions.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Larry!
I’m going to make your chicken soup recipe.
I’ll let you know how it goes.😜
You asked about how to avoid onion tears.
I use swim goggles🤣
My husband teases me about it but I don’t care.
That works, I have tried that LOL. Thanks and looking forward to your feedback!
Wet a paper towel and set it next to the onion on the cutting board. No more tears! Onion are attracted to water molecules. Easy fix!
The best tartar sauce ever! My family was upset that I didn’t make more
So glad it was a hit!
I used dill relish. Added a touch of garlic powder as well as onion powder. Didn’t add the onion but I might add a little as it seems slightly runny. It’s chilling in the refrigerator now so we will see how it goes.
Thanks for sharing, Jake! I hope you love it.
Oh yeah I forgot you can use onion powder and or garlic powder as spices too….maybe Old Bay seasoning – I just thought of that.
Thanks for sharing!
I use purchased sweet pickle relish in mine (drained) instead of the dill pickles since I like a sweeter taste, also you can use dill weed and celery seed and lemon pepper for some seasoning in addition to salt and sugar, some sour cream too mixed in….
I tried for the very first time. I purchased some tarter sauce from my local market.
R u ready?
Very good!
Used dill relish as a substitute. It’s fantastic on Shrimp Cake “Sandwich’s”. The onions work for sure.
That’s great, Bo!
Can you tell me how much dill relish you used? Since it is just for two of us, I will be cutting the recipe in half. Thanks!
Delicious! Made as written, but added a dash of cayenne. I’ll never buy tartar sauce again!
Hi Shannon, nice to know that you enjoyed it!
You’re absolutely right about a couple of things. It’s so complicated and you’ll eat more of it than the fish! A reason to fry more fish. 🙂 Thank you, Natasha…for sharing this wonderful recipe!
You’re welcome, Maybelle!
Made exactly as written.delicious!!!! Easily halved or doubled.family loved it and no extra chemicals like store bought.
Hi Chris! I’m glad to hear the recipe was enjoyed. Thanks for sharing.
First, I want to point out this is a great recipe. Made it a dozen times in 1/4 amounts for 2 people. I keep the liquid down by using a manual food processor (the ones with the pull cord). Mine came with a spinner basket that can spin the liquid out of ingredients such as jarred relish.
Hi Alex! That’s a great idea. Thank you for sharing with us.
I loved making this even though I substituted a few ingredients, it came out very tasty. No more store bought tartar sauce for us. Thx!
You’re welcome, glad that you enjoyed our Tartar Sauce Recipe!
I tried these and they were so quick and delicious! Thank you!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Muniba Ali!
Great recipe! Everyone loved it and said it was much better than the tarter sauce from the restaurant. This will definitely be my go-to tarter sauce recipe.
That’s great, Cleve! Thank you for the feedback.
Great Tartar Sauce, have made it three times now and everyone loved it
I’m so glad it was a hit!
This is freaking AMAZING tartar sauce. I will never use any other! A billion stars!
Thanks, Terry and wow a billion stars!
Easy to make and excellent to taste. I am not a pickle person but even I ate some. My husband was reminiscing about a coastal restaurant we visited on vacation a couple years ago…it was that high quality. The only modification I made was using onion powder and blending up the ingredients in my food processor. Yum! Thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome, Beth! Thank you for the feedback.
I’m possibly looking to make this for a business who sells calamari, how long does it keep in the fridge, would it last a week or less?
Hi Marisa! The tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days.
Didn’t have enough tartar sauce to serve with your Cheesy Chicken Fritters (which we love) so I found this recipe and halved it for dinner. Only had dried dill on hand but it turned out great! Will let chill for longer next time. The fritters with this sauce in a bun – yum. Thanks Natasha!
I’m so glad you loved that combination! Have you tried our Garlic Aioli with the Cheesy Chicken Fritters recipe?
Love the salmon cakes! Can I use lite Mayo for the tartar sauce and do you know how many calories per tablespoon your recipient has?
Hi! I haven’t tried it with lite mayo for flavor, but I imagine it will work. You can find the nutritional information on the printable recipe card. I recommend clicking “Jump to recipe” at the top of the post, it will take you to our printable recipe where you’ll see it. I hope that helps.
I also like Trident’s fish sticks. Trident is a good company.
I also am disappointed with the bottled tartar sauce on the market and am thankful for your recipe. I don’t have dill pickles, but I have sweet pickles and will use them. Thanks for the recipe.
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Joan!
Tartar sauce is great . I sometimes crush capers instead of pickles for a change up I like capers too !
Sounds great, Dan!
Best tartar sauce I’ve ever had. Great with Mahi mahi. Used more onions. Thanks!
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Julia!
I don’t understand all of the good reviews. The proportions are way off. It tastes like dill pickles. When I was making it I realized I had made it before and cut the dill pickle amount in half. Still way too much.
Well I would just add more of the mayo and other ingredients . At least that what I did.
I originally thought the same thing added a pinch of sugar and some onion powder and it mellowed it out.
Fantastic!! I made it with onion powder instead of onions and it was delish!! Also, after tasting, I added horseradish, but I really didn’t need to. This recipe is perfect as written. Thank you Natasha!!
Aaaw, thank you! It means a lot to us, thanks so much for sharing.
I think that would taste fabulous with horseradish added…when I tried the recipe and tasted it, it hinted at that tart flavor…I will have to try it that way,too.
I reduced the dill pickles a bit and found this to be absolutely delicious. I’m curious how long it is expected to last in the fridge.
Hi Teri, this recipe stays fresh in the fridge for a few days.
I made this one day when I decided last-minute to have fish for dinner and the tartar sauce in my refrigerator was outdated. I had all the ingredients on hand plus fresh chives from the garden. It’s delicious! The next day I mixed some chopped, hardboiled eggs into it which made a wonderful egg salad dish!
Hi Mary! Thank you for trying the recipe! I’m glad you loved it!
I like to add cilantro in mine. A friend made this for me once and since then I have been hooked!
Mine needed a touch of salt, even though there was plenty in home made pickles I chopped for the recipe. Other than that, it was pretty good!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
5 stars just for the instructions… made me laugh! Getting real tho – I scaled the recipe to yield 1/4 cup because it’s just me and I’m a vegetarian so I’m going to eat fake fish. At first this was so abrasive! Like fear for your veneers abrasive! BUT. Make it a bit ahead (I only did 12 minutes) and there’s magic happening. Rivals any commercially available. Except for the scaling, I didn’t change anything and it’s good. Thanks for the recipe.
You’re welcome, thanks for sharing your experience trying out this recipe and good to know that you enjoyed it!
Love This! 😋😋Frozen Dill? Where can you find frozen herbs? I Never seem to have fresh on hand…Help?!
Hi Kari! Some grocery stores carry them in the frozen section but you can also buy fresh herbs, wash them, pat them dry and freeze them yourself as well. I hope that helps.
If you grow your own dill (which we do) it is cut, washed, separated into as many individual use sections, wrapped up in waxed paper like a cigar. Then all are put into a large freezer bags and frozen. Take out when needed.
This is the best tartar sauce we have ever had. The entire family loves it!!!
Hi Bonnielyn! Thank you for the feedback. I’m so glad your family loved it!
I have tried a few of your recipes and really like them. Eggs rolls is one of my favorites. I just made the relish for fish and I really like it. Thankyou.
That’s great! Thank you for trying my recipes.
Your recipe is so clear I could make this with 9 year old daughter who loves them. Pickles in tarter sauce were a big hit.
That’s wonderful to hear, Madeleine! I appreciate the feedback.
Make this tartar sauce and you will never buy store bought again! Easy, tastes great and wonderful with fish. I added a wee bit of horseradish instead of the onions. Will definitely make this again.
That’s great to hear, Janet! I’m so glad you love the recipe. Thank you for the feedback.
Love this tarter sauce, it’s easy to make and taste GREAT!!! I make my own tarter sauce now that i’ve found your recipe. I am a big vinegar fan ,so I do add some to the mix.
I’m so happy you loved it, Ed! We never buy it anymore!
Perfect Tartar sauce, few tweaks, omitted sugar, added splash of pickle juice. Delicious! Thanks 😊
Sounds great, Amadea!Thank you for sharing. 🙂
I halved all the ingredients & subbed dill relish for the dill pickles which probably made it thinner. Next time I’ll cut the relish down a bit more. Overall it was very tasty and my hubby loved it… TY appreciatively for the recipe.
You’re very welcome, Frances!
When I read the ingredients in premade tartar I decided to make this recipe and it was delicious. Can we freeze the leftover sauce?
Hi Krista! The tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days but I have not tested freezing.
Once again you knocked it out of the park! Every recipe of yours we had tried has been fantastic.
So glad you loved it, Bob! Thank you for the feedback.
My kind of girl and recipe….omit raw onions!!! Great taste…thank you!
I just made this for dinner. I love it! My husband didn’t really care for it, but what does he know. LOL
Hi Pamela! Well, I’m glad you loved it. 🙂
Natasha
love all of your cooking
l have love this dish
Ps! waiting for your cook book in October
Thank you, Bruce! 🙂
Natasha, I follow you every day and Ir have made so many of your recipes. Now I have a problem, where can I find a large recipe for Tartar Sauce for our church fish try. I mean really large, like to start with for a 100 servings. Our little packets of Tartar sauce Friday night were awful.
Love your family.
Hi Carol Ann, you can go to the recipe card and click servings to adjust the serving size but the maximum is 20 servings so I would multiply it if you need more.
Did not know you can change serving size by changing the number. Thank you. I usually do that in my head, but this is much easier. Thank you.
I’m so glad that’s helpful, Randy!
My only suggestion is squeezing most of the juice out of the pickles. The sauce was more runny than I’d like.
Thanks for your suggestion, Greg!
Agree! Hoping putting in the fridge is going to help make it less runny for tonight’s dinner. Otherwise tastes good
I use relish in my potato/macaroni salads. I dump a whole jar of the relish in my mid size strainer and let it drain for quite a long time over a bowl or cup. My salads don’t get to “drippy” that way. Good luck.
This is delicious! I halved the recipe and we put them on fish sandwiches. SO good! Way better than store-bought.
Thank you for trying my recipe. I’m so glad you loved it!
How long will this Tartar sauce keep in the fridge? My husband is the only one that likes Tartar sauce so takes him months to go thru a 12 oz. bottle.
The tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days.
I follow You Since 00s Twenty And I enjoyed all your recipes, you are my hero
Hi Leny! I’m so glad you love my recipes, thank you!
you forgot the capers in the tartare sauce. It adds another layer to the flavours of the gherkins, onion and dill
Hi AJ, I saw others shared that they added capers and enjoyed it!
I used 6 sweet gherkins plus 1 tsp pickle juice instead of dill pickles and added 1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar. Delicious is an understatement! Thank you!
Sounds good! Thanks for sharing, we’re glad that you enjoyed this!
Can I use dill relish instead of chopping up dill pickles? Not sure what brand dill pickles to buy? Cooking is beyond me so I need specifics, haha! I eat the polish dills but think they might be too much for tartar? Any thoughts?
Hi Cristin! Yes, you could use relish. Some of my readers have reported good results using relish.
I made the tartersauce with the onions, it is the best we ever had! Thanks 😊
I’m so glad you loved it!
You can also try “grating” the onions for a finer texture. I like to strain a bit of the juice after grating it. Still adds good flavor, but reduces the liquid so it won’t make it runny after it sits for a bit.
Thank you for the tip! I also just leave them out sometimes when I’m feeling to lazy to deal with onions and the tartar sauce is still delicious.
I love salmon Pattie’s they were r go to in college but I’ve never added the red Belle pepper will try this week Thank you for the recipe I agree home made tarter sauce is the best Try adding a T spoon of horseradish to it delicious
Hi Sally! I hope you love this recipe! 🙂
You beat me to post. The addition of horseradish takes this delicious tartar sauce over the top.
My tartar sauce is always so runny, what am I doing wrong???
Hi Lisa! If you are following the instructions and ingredients as listed you should not be having that issue. Did you make any substitutions? Or possibly use too much lemon juice or not drain your pickles?
I added 1 tablespoon on capers and half the sugar.. this was awesome! Thank you so much, I’m rapidly becoming a huge fan of all your recipes!!
That’s wonderful Abby! Thank you for sharing. I’m so glad you love my recipes.
Is dry dill ok to use in place of the fresh stuff.. look so forward to trying this out –
Hi Germaine! That should be fine, several of my readers made a comment of using dry instead of fresh dill. I hope you love the recipe.
absolutely love this recipe… made tilapia for dinner and forgot to buy tartar sauce and luckily i had all the ingredients for this recipe.
This tartar sauce is a must-have! I’m so glad you loved it, Monika!
It was nice to go through your post. Thanks for sharing the recipe here. Keep up the good work.
Hi! I’m going to try this as I love tartar sauce but can’t find a store bought that I like. How long does this keep for in the fridge?
Hi Heather! The tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days. I hope you love the recipe!
Made this last minute as it was suggested with the salmon cakes recipe I was using and it was delicious!
So glad you loved it, Wendy! 🙂
This is 5 stars for a reason!! Easy, quick delicious, time saying, perfect!! if you have specialty pickels with garlic or a mix of bread/butter pickels and garlic pickels it will definitely kick it up a notch..it did for me and never used sugar because of the sweetness in the bnb pickels! To quote Matt Pitman ” I ain’t mad at it”!
Hi Tim! I’m so glad you loved the recipe. Thank you.
Outstanding ! Didn’t have dill (family doesn’t love dill anyway)used parsley and one clove garlic crushed ! I used gherkins (never had them before)omg so good. I always love your recipes. You are my “go to”. You have taught me a lot . Thank you.
Aww, thank you, Cathy! I’m so glad you love my recipes.
Hi Natasha! thanks for sharing your recipes. This is the best tasting tartar sauce we’ve ever had. Tastes fresh and tangy… goes real well with any fried fish… anything fried really… anything at all really! I can put this on my shoe and I’d eat it. thanks much!
You’re so welcome, Pam. We’re happy to that you enjoyed this sauce!
Just wondering if anyone made this tartar sauce with a combo of both chopped parsley and dill?
Hi Mary, we used dill for this recipe, but parsley is a great substitute. Since it’s a great substitute, I bet that combined; they will work well. I hope that is helpful!
This tastes amazing! I omitted the sugar in it, flavor is right on.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Veronica!
Easy to make, with everyday ingredients – no special trips to the store, I appreciate that! I’ve made this recipe several times (halving the ingredient amounts) and I like to add a dash of Worcestershire sauce, as well as a tsp of good quality Dijon mustard, and a touch of Caesar dressing, reducing the mayonnaise by as much. Gives it a little kick! Mahalo Natasha and Aloha from Maui!
Thank you for the wonderful feedback. 🙂
Absolutely love this.! Grew up in the PNW and we had always had tartar sauce with our fries. I like to add Tabasco sauce for a bit of a kick.
Yum! I’m glad you loved it!
This is a great recipe especially now that the store bought brand we like is almost $8!
I made too much though. How long will this keep refrigerated?
Hi Stephanie, good to know that you enjoyed this! The tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days
Fried some fish today and forgot the tarter sauce 😡 googled best tarter sauce recipe and boom 🤯 I’m never buying store brand again the onions surprisingly adds a great texture to the sauce 10/10 for sure loved it
I’m so glad you found this recipe, Darren! Thank you for sharing.
Adding minced garlic to see how it kicks it up a notch 😂 I have fresh cod running it through beer batter. I’ll follow up with comments.
I’m looking forward to your feedback, Robbie!
Used Dill relish and made great fish tacos with a couple other things. Well be much easier to eat more fish with this. Thanks again
I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Charlie!
I cut the recipe in half. It was so easy and so yummy! No need for store bought again!
Yay! That’s great feedback, thank you for sharing.
I’m not a fan of tartar sauce, but this recipe is excellent. I used sweet pickles, since that’s what I had on hand. Dried dill and minced fresh onion. It is a tasty complement to the Salmon cakes.
I’m so glad you gave it a try and loved it, Donna! Thank you so much for sharing that with me.
Thanks so much by using bread and butter pickles it goes towards the sweeter side and makes an incredible tartar sauce for those who prefer it sweeter.
That sounds like the perfect combination, Jeffrey! Thank you so much for sharing that with me!
I usually make tartar sauce without a recipe but I decided to try this. Excellent! My daughter just said it was amazing. Definitely would use this now as my go to recipe. Thanks!
That is the best when kids love what we moms make. That’s so great!
Omg. Hubby brought home fresh pike and made a beer batter. Made this tartar sauce and DELICIOUS!!! Had to share with friends down the road, because it was SO DELICIOUS. Definitely our now go to recipe.
That’s wonderful feedback, yay! Thank you for sharing, I hope your family will enjoy all the recipes that you will try from my website.
Was looking for a simple but good tartar sauce recipe. I have used some of your previous recipes and liked them so tried this one. Loved it!!!! I just added some Dijon mustard for an extra kick. Will keep
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Yasmeen!
Hi Natasha,
I can’t wait to try your Salmon cake recipe. And for the tartar sauce-I am not a Pickle lover, so I was wondering if there could be a substitute for the pickles? Thank you
I have not tried a substitution but someone else shared this comment “Delicious. I used relish instead of pickles. I added mustard.” I hope that helps.
Pickles are kind of an essential part of tartar sauce. Otherwise, it’s just mayonnaise.
We love it! Had blackened halibut one night then used it next day for halibut tacos with homemade coleslaw. Delish. Also used on fried shrimp.
Sounds great! Good to know that you enjoyed this recipe!
It definitely needs to rest for at least 30 minutes to let the flavors meld. It tasted way too sweet when first mixed and I almost threw it out. So glad I didn’t! I do like my tarter extra briney, so I also minced up some capers and added a little of the juice as well. Overall, pretty yummy, but next time I will be reducing if not omitting the sugar all together.
I made this to go on the Salmon patty recipe you have..it was really great. I did 1/3 of the recipe, because we didn’t need that much, but think I added too much sugar :/ oh well, it was still good, will 100% make again!
Wonderful! Thank you for the feedback, Crystal. 🙂
I’ve found that adding onions tends to enhance tarter sauce, however I know many folks don’t like the texture of raw onions. So, to have the best of two worlds, I grate onions for almost all my sauces. To add a bit of zip, try adding horseradish (to taste)!
Thank you for the feedback, Nikki! 🙂
Best ever! Will never buy tarter sauce again. Did I read a response that said this could be frozen?
Hi Cheryl! So glad you enjoy this recipe. The tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days but I have not tested freezing. I am trying to see if there are any comments/feedback about freezing this but I cannot find them…
I’ve made this a handful of times and it always turns out great. The consistency is right on and I can make it in small batches since I’m the only fish and tartar sauce lover at home. Thanks!
So glad to hear that, Robin.
This was delicious! I added a splash of pickle juice, which upped the wonderful dill flavor. This recipe is a keeper.
That’s a great idea, thank you for sharing that with us!
Made this tonight and my husband loved it (me too!). Thank you for the recipe. It’s a keeper for sure.
Awesome! I’m glad to hear that.
I will never buy tartar sauce ever again! The best tartar sauce I’ve ever tasted in my life. Absolutely delicious!!! 😋 Thank you for sharing this recipe
I’m so happy you loved it as much as we did! Thank you for your fantastic review, Lee!
Just like everything you make, this was simple and yummy. I think one of the best things about all your recipes and I have made many, is that you make it simple without some exotic ingredient so home cooks can easily make any of your wonderful recipes. Loved it.
Hello Dayna, that’s wonderful feedback. Thank you for sharing that with us! I’m glad you enjoyed this recipe.
Thanks so much for sharing this amazing recipe! I realized we had run out of our usual tarter sauce (K^*%t) and needed something quick since all the grocery stores were closed. Found your recipe and tried it, and the entire family LOVED IT! In fact, they loved it so much they asked me to stop buying the grocery store brand I had been using for as long as I can remember! It’s so quick to make, delicious and full of flavor, and I know exactly what is in it. Thank you again for sharing your wonderful recipe! *Kids told me to comment so other families would benefit from the homemade version of tarter sauce too!
Love it, thank you for sharing that wonderful feedback with us!
I would dearly love to try some of your fantastic looking recipes, but when it says click here for recipe and I click…nothing happens! Can’t get the recipe to open at all! What is the matter?
Hi LIn-Lin, I recommend trying out another device or internet connection as all my recipes are working at the moment.
Delicious! I just added 1 clove of garlic and it was amazing 😋
Thank you for sharing, Wilma. I’m happy you enjoyed this recipe.
Hello again. Since I was sick with covid and recovered thank God. Well I had alot time on my hands so I discovered you on the utube channel. Can’t wait to try your recipes so easy. Ooh Can’t wait till your cookbook comes out.
Hi Debra! I’m glad you found my channel. I hope you love my recipes. Let us know which ones you try and how you like them. 🙂
Made this last night to serve with pan seared Rock Fish. This is without a doubt the best Tartar Sauce I’ve EVER had ANYWHERE. The freshness imparted by the fresh parsley, the brightness from the fresh squeezed lemon juice and the bit of chunkiness from the finely chopped dill pickle and onion. I have fresh dill growing in my garden so I’ll try that next time. I might even try substituting greek yogurt for a different taste. I don’t buy premade dressings or sauces like Tartar sauce because I find great recipes like this.
That’s so great! It sounds like you have a new favorite, Maria!
Mayo is the worst! I made it with Greek yogurt and it was a hit!
Thank you Natasha. I just made the tarter sauce and it is delicious. I ask my daughter if she like tarter sauce and she said no and I said well I won’t make any and she said oh if you are going to make it then. After I made it she tasted it and gave me a thumbs up. Thank you again. Stay safe and take care.
Sounds like you found a new favorite, Twila! I’m so glad you both enjoyed it!
I substituted lime juice for lemon because I didn’t have lemon, dill relish drained for dill pickle, dried dill weed, lowrys garlic salt with parsley, minced garlic and the rest the way your recipe called for and it was awesome! Thank you, better than any bought tartar sauce!!!
That sounds delicious! So glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Very simple yet bang on!! I was making some last minute fish and didn’t have tarter sauce and I was in a rush so I always look for something quick and simple and this recipe is exactly what I was looking for 🙂
So glad you found this recipe, Natalie. Thank you for sharing.
Skip the sugar, onion and pickles. Use sweet relish instead.
Oh that’s Brilliant. Love shortcuts and of course less work. 😉
This is so good and a great recipe. Please try a few minced capers in the mix. Game changer.
I’m so happy you enjoyed that. Thank you for sharing that with us, Deeanne!
in a pinch, I’ve used relish, but freshly chopped pickles sounds much better!
I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
Your recipe says 1 cup of pickles chopped. Is that one cup of chopped pickles or one cup of pickle slices chopped? I want to make this but I’m confused. One cup of chopped pickles sounds like a LOT!!
Hi Coleen, 1 cup measured after they are chopped. 🙂
What is the shelf life after it’s made if it’s stored in an airtight container?
Hi Melissa, the tartar sauce keeps covered and refrigerated for 5 to 7 days.
Saw this recipe pop up on FB, last night and since I was out of tartar, I thought…oooo let’s try Natasha’s, since everything I’ve made of hers has been really good! OMGosh, so easy and delish! I will never buy store bought again! I liked this one because it is made with dill pickles, not sweet, which I can’t stand. I think next time…and there will be a next time, since I’m a tartar girl, not ketchup…I will add a bit more dill, and maybe some garlic. It’s better if you! let the flavors blend overnight! You won’t be disappointed in this recipe, TY Natasha! : )
Excellent! So glad you found this recipe. Thank you for the wonderful feedback, Cindy. 🙂
We ran out of store bought tartar sauce and I k ew I had seen your recipe for it lately. Easy to make and everything was in the house for it. What could be easier? It is delicious too and I am not a tartar sauce lover generally. Great with popcorn shrimp.
Glad you enjoyed this tartar sauce recipe, Andrea! Homemade is always better, so good to know that you liked it!
This was very good and easy. I had to go buy dill though and the rest was wasted. Can I use dried dill with decent results? Thank you.
Hi Monica, I haven’t tried it with dried dill, it truly is best with fresh dill. If you happen to try it thought, I’d love to know how you like that!
I’ve used dehydrated dill and it was still very delicious. It also stayed “fresh” in the refrigerator for over two weeks. If using dried dill, refrigerated for about an hour before using. This is the best tarter sauce recipe ever!
Hi Janice! That’s great to know. Thank you for the feedback.
Any remaining fresh dill can be frozen and used in the future, to prevent wastage.
I have made this recipe several times now and absolutely love it. Made it tonight and everyone loved it as well. Thank you for the recipe
You’re welcome! I’m so happy you enjoyed it, Cheryl!
Made this tonight to put on our cod. Added honey instead of sugar plus added some capers. It was amazing.
So glad you enjoyed this recipe, Melinda! Thank you!
You add such flair to everything you do. It’s so engaging and captivating to watch you prepare and cook. You give detailed information and exceptional visual effects to keep us wanting to watch more. Thank you to you and your family for making an everyday thing more fun and interesting.
That is so heartwarming, thank you for your kind words and good feedback. It helps inspire us to do more recipes for you all!