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Tartar Sauce (Western and Japanese)

fried fish with two types of tartar sauce. American tartar sauce and Japanese tartar sauce
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Two tartar sauces that impress!

Ingredients

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Western Style Tartar Sauce

  • 3/4 cup light mayonnaise
  • 1/2 cup chopped dill pickles (or chopped cornichons)
  • 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon shallots or red onion (finely chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon capers (chopped)
  • 2 teaspoons grain mustard
  • 1/2 teaspoon granulated sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Japanese Tartar Sauce

  • 2 tablespoons shallots or red onion (finely chopped)
  • 3/4 cup Kewpie mayonnaise (Japanese mayonnaise)
  • 2 hard boiled eggs (peeled and finely chopped)
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 ounces sweet cornichons (finely chopped)
  • 1 tablespoon parsley (finely chopped)
  • 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon karashi hot mustard

Instructions

  1. For both tartar sauces, put all the ingredients and a bowl and stir well.

Notes

Both of these sauces will keep in the fridge, stored in an airtight jar or other container, for up to 1 week.

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