What Is Tartar sauce and How Can I Use It?

If tartar sauce has turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use it with confidence and how to choose it, cook it, store it, what to substitute, and 7 recipes to try it in.

Recipes using tartar sauce

There are 7 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Super Salmon Burgers

Super salmon burgers bind canned pink salmon with egg, breadcrumbs, cheddar, and thyme into pan-seared patties, served in pita pockets with lettuce, tomato, and tartar sauce. A 35-minute pantry burger.

Chicken Burgers

Homemade chicken burgers ground from chicken breast and bound with soaked bread, egg, onion, garlic, marjoram and paprika. Pan-fried golden and served on buns with tartar sauce, lettuce, tomato and dill pickles.

Steak Sandwichs with Tartar Sauce

Grilled filet mignon pounded thin and served on toasted buns with creamy tartar sauce and fresh watercress. A luxurious steak sandwich that comes together in just 20 minutes.

Fish Tacos

Instead of using plain old beef, enjoy this delicious variation of tacos that's fun to make and eat.

Low-Fat Lobster Canapes

Let your kids help you cook dinner with this simple recipe that makes a scrumptious dish everyone will love.

Baked Stuffed Shrimp

Jumbo butterflied shrimp topped with a golden breadcrumb stuffing loaded with garlic, sun-dried tomato, Parmesan, and fresh herbs. Ready in 30 minutes flat.

Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes

These scrumptious crab cakes are made with a variety of tasty spices and served with delicious tartar sauce.

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