How to Make a Dipping Sauce for Fish and Seafood

How to make a cocktail sauce that goes well with freshwater or saltwater fish and with seafood. This is great with shrimp cocktail.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Mayonnaisse
• Horseradish
• Ketchup
• Salt
• Pepper
• Mixing Bowl
• Spoon
• Measuring Cup

1. Determine how much sauce you will need for this meal. If you make more than you need, refrigeration will keep the sauce fresh for another meal.

2. Spoon equal amounts of all three ingredients into a mixing bowl and stir well. Add a little salt and pepper.

3. Taste the mixture and adjust the ingredients until it is what you want.
   It will look like light ketchup with bits of white horseradish throughout. You will be able to eyeball the measurements after you make the sauce a few times. You will know it's ready by the way it looks.

4. Use two separate dishes if you want to give diners a choice of spiciness.

5. Serve cold in small dishes with serving spoons to be put on the dish with the food or give each person their own filled ramekin for dipping.

6. This home made cocktail sauce goes well with baked, broiled or fried fish or seafood.

Tips & Warnings

• Use more horseradish if you want a spicier dip.
• Add less horseradish for those who do not want extra heat or if children will be eating.
• Making the sauce a day ahead will allow the flavors to meld and become saucier.
• Refrigerate leftovers for up to a week.
• Food items with mayonnaise in them need to be kept cool.

Resources

• Horseradish Facts

[FrazzledNanny]

on 6/10/2009 Thanks for the fish and seafood dipping sauce recipe. 5*

[pamelaa75]

on 5/8/2009 Thanks for sharing your recipe of dipping sauce 5*s

[joanhaines]

on 5/7/2009 This is one of those secret sauces you think they can only make in restaurants...until someone comes along and gives us all the recipe! Thanks!

[gahazeleyes]

on 5/5/2009 Wish I had seen this yesterday. I have all of these items in the frig. and I had some shrimp cocktail yesterday. Will try later. Thanks

[starlet67]

on 3/21/2009 Thanks for the great homemade cocktail sauce!This will go great with popcorn shrimp!5*