Today in our new Throwdown Kitchen series, we show you how to make tartar sauce for a Faidley’s crab cake. Crab cakes need Tartar Sauce! Yes, traditional Tartar sauce. Not some fancy-schmancy aioli. Just a simple easy to make seafood sauce for our fish.
Start with heavy mayonnaise and sweet pickle relish. Add in some seasoned salt. In this recipe we used Lawry’s Seasoned Salt.
Finally, a little hint of horseradish and bang! Wonderful stuff.
Faidley’s World Famous Crab Cakes
Throwdown Kitchen hails from Baltimore, Maryland and if you are a seafood lover, there is one spot that you must visit when in Charm City. Faidley’s Seafood. The atmosphere in the old Lexington Marketplace is charming and just the setting to sit and enjoy a Maryland crab cake.
The tartar sauce is amazing with the perfect creamy blend to go with just about any seafood. Faidley’s serves their crab cake with saltines on the side for a little extra Baltimore flavor.
Watch How We Made Tartar Sauce For Seafood
7 Ingredients You Will Need For Seafood Sauce
- Mayonnaise
- Pickle Relish
- Horseradish
- Seasoned Salt
- Sugar
- Lemon Juice
- Cayenne Pepper
How To Make 1 Minute Tartar Sauce
Just mix all the ingredients together with a fork, add in a spike of lemon juice and you’ve got it. All done and ready in about 1 minute. You can use it immediately or set the tartar sauce in the refrigerator for a little while to firm up and get extra happy.
I love making filet of fish at home. And you can bet I use this tartar sauce recipe with extra cheese and a lot of shredded lettuce on my perfectly grilled bun. I wouldn’t even be opposed to adding some crispy bacon!
But, back to the Tartar sauce. This tartar sauce recipe goes well with almost any seafood and it is the perfect sauce for crab cakes. It is the essential sauce for fish and chips. So it’s important to have a quick and easy tartar sauce recipe in your arsenal.
The other seafood sauce that is important to know is a classic cocktail sauce, but we’ll cover that in another Throwdown Kitchen episode of 1-2-3.
Once you have your condiments and spices in a bowl, give them a quick whisk with a fork or spoon. I find that setting the sauce in the refrigerator for an hour or two really helps the flavors develop and the sauce will thicken as it sets.
Tartar Sauce Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup Mayonnaise
- ¼ cup Pickle relish sweet
- 1 teaspoon Sugar white
- ½ teaspoon Horseradish
- ¼ teaspoon Seasoned salt
- 1 teaspoon Lemon juice
- Pinch Cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Combine the mayonnaise (1 cup), Sweet Pickle Relish (¼ cup), Sugar (1 teaspoon), Horseradish (½ teaspoon) Seasoned Salt (¼ teaspoon) Lemon Juice (1 teaspoon) and Cayenne (1 pinch) in a bowl and stir with a fork or whisk. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes or use immediately if needed.
Nutrition
The tartar sauce was easy to make. It went perfectly with our broiled crab cakes and I used the extra sauce to dip my french fries. A lot of people just like mustard with crab cakes or cocktail sauce, but I am a fan of simple seafood sauce with maybe a squeeze of lemon on top. Enjoy!
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