This tartar sauce recipe needs only 5 ingredients and only about 3 minutes to make. You’ll love how fast and easy it is to whip up homemade tartar sauce!

Whether you have a sudden need for tartar sauce and are wondering if you have the ingredients to make it at home, or if you just want to make your own condiments, I’m here to tell you that making your own tartar sauce is almost shockingly easy!

Mix together just a few ingredients and you’re on your way to the perfect sauce for fries, fish, and more.

Why You’ll Love Homemade Tartar Sauce

There’s just something so satisfying about being able to make your own condiments! Tartar Sauce in particular is super simple to make. Once you know the base recipe, you can customize your homemade tartar sauce however you like. Love it lemony? Double up on it! Dill fan? Add more more more! My guy loves to shake a bit of green Tabasco into his tartar sauce, and he’s right – it’s spicy and delicious.

You NEED a signature tartar sauce in your life. It’s true.

Ingredients

• Mayonnaise – Use your favorite brand, or if you’re eating vegan, opt for a vegan mayo.
• Dill pickles – You can start with whole pickles or spears. I like to dice them pretty finely.
• Lemon juice – You don’t need a lot of fresh lemon juice, so one lemon should be plenty.
• Sugar – I really wanted to love my homemade tartar sauce recipe without sugar, but the truth is, I think it’s a must-have ingredient! You don’t need a lot, but it adds that signature kiss of sweetness that makes tartar sauce so delicious.
• Onion powder – Onion powder is such a secret weapon ingredient. It adds the most wonderful depth of flavor, and you don’t even have to do any chopping! Win win.
• Dill – You’ll want just a touch of fresh minced dill (or you can use dried dill if fresh isn’t available; it’s also delicious!)

Adaptations/Variations

• Add a touch of Dijon mustard. Many homemade tartar sauce recipes call for Dijon. I tried it with the mustard, but I felt like the overall flavor wasn’t as good – like it muddled the other flavors a bit to much and no longer tasted like pure tartar sauce. But if you’re a Dijon mustard lover, I encourage you to try it – maybe it will be perfect for you!
• Spicy Tartar Sauce: Add a few dashes of green Tabasco sauce, to taste. My guy swears by this!
• Vegan Tartar Sauce: Use a vegan mayo like Vegenaise.

I hope this homemade tartar sauce fulfills all of your tartar sauce dreams! It’s just so easy to make at home, and you can customize it however you like it.

More Delicious Homemade Sauce Recipes

• Homemade Thousand Island Dressing
• Homemade BBQ Sauce
• Homemade Pizza Sauce
• Fresh Tomato Pizza Sauce
• Peanut Sauce

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Homemade Tartar Sauce Recipe

Just 5 ingredients and 3 minutes for the most delicious homemade tartar sauce! With dill pickle, lemon, and a touch of sugar for sweetness.

Keyword homemade tartar sauce, tartar sauce, tartar sauce recipe

Prep Time 3 minutes minutes

Total Time 3 minutes minutes

Servings 8

Calories 261kcal

Author Kare

Ingredients

• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1/3 cup finely diced dill pickles about 3 dill pickle spears or one large dill pickle
• 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh dill or 1/2 teaspoon dried dill

Instructions

• Add all ingredients to a small bowl. Mix until well-combined. Serve.
• Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Notes

Adaptations/Variations

• Add a touch of Dijon mustard. Many homemade tartar sauce recipes call for Dijon. I tried it with the mustard, but I felt like the overall flavor wasn’t as good – like it muddled the other flavors a bit to much and no longer tasted like pure tartar sauce. But if you’re a Dijon mustard lover, I encourage you to try it – maybe it will be perfect for you!
• Spicy Tartar Sauce: Add a few dashes of green Tabasco sauce, to taste. My guy swears by this!
• Vegan Tartar Sauce: Use a vegan mayo like Vegenaise.

Nutrition

Serving: 2tablespoons | Calories: 261kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 17g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 16mg | Sodium: 301mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 39IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 8mg | Iron: 0.1mg

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So when I decided to serve a chilled soup shooter recipe for my plant-based canapé party, I thought it was the perfect time to bring the idea to fruition. No pun intended. You know, because tomatoes are a fruit?

Moving on …

This recipe has a longer list of ingredients than most of mine do. That’s because I wanted to get a little more fancy schmancy than my norm for my class.

But this soup is still super simple to make – just throw the ingredients in the blender, pour into glasses, garnish, done!

Flavor-wise, it took me a bit of tinkering to get the gazpacho just right. In the end, two traditional ingredients – almonds and bread – got the texture to where I wanted it.

Yep! Almonds and bread. Not necessarily something you’d expect, just looking at it, but there you have it. (Note that you can totally leave one or both out if they seem weird to you – the soup might just be thinner and not quite as full-bodied).

Tomato juice, on the other hand, is not necessarily a traditional gazpacho ingredient, but I felt this one needed it to make it more Bloody-Mary-like.

And then we have shallots, garlic, tomatoes, cucumbers – stuff you’d find in a regular gazpacho that gives it heaps of flavor. Along with Worcestershire, horseradish, and Tabasco. Because hello Bloody Mary.

But the best part of this recipe is how you dress it up. I used cute little 1/2 pint Weck jars dipped lightly in a mix of celery salt and freshly cracked black pepper, assembled skewers with green olives and a baby pickle, and then plopped a celery stick in for good measure. It’s a salad … it’s a soup … it’s a mocktail … it’s whatever you want it to be! Oh, and it’s really really tasty, too.

Creamy, zingy, just the right amount of spice. I love how refreshing this soup is on a hot summer day.

Tip: Make the soup and prepare the garnishes ahead of time, then refrigerate overnight or even for a couple of days. The flavors of the soup will have longer to develop – making it even more tasty – and serving these Bloody Mary Gazpacho Shooters to guests will be a breeze.

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Many vegetarians confess to missing bacon the most, but when it comes to lunch, I’ve gotta say: I miss tuna sandwiches. They were so comforting, satisfying, and easy. Which is why this Vegetarian Tuna Salad Sandwich fills that lunchtime void – something I was missing for so long.

Table of Contents

• The Story Behind the Recipe
• Vegetarian Tuna Salad Sandwich Ingredients
• How to Make Vegetarian Tuna Salad Sandwiches
• More Vegetarian Sandwich Recipes

The Story Behind the Recipe

Do you remember, as a kid, sneaking a few potato chips onto your sandwich? That salty crunch, the slightly rebellious maneuver. Well, today, not only am I declaring chickpea salad the perfect swap for tuna, I’m also proposing we remove the shameful cloak from the practice of potato-chip-sandwich-stuffing.

Loud and proud, my friends. Loud and proud. Put those potato chips in with purpose. THE RECIPE CALLED FOR IT! You won’t regret it.

Vegetarian Tuna Salad Sandwich Ingredients

• Chickpeas – One can, drained and rinsed, or about 1 1/2 cups cooked chickpeas.
• Pickles – I really like sweet pickles in this chickpea salad, but dill pickles will work, too
• Red onion – Finely chopped, adds so much flavor. Scallions or sweet onion will work, too.
• Mayo – Use your favorite, just make it vegan if you want a vegan chickpea salad sandwich.
• Mustard – Plain ol’ yellow.
• Celery salt – Optional, but I like the traditional tuna-salad taste that it brings.
• Salt & pepper
• Bread – Your favorite sandwich bread
• Potato chips – I love the crunchy addition of potato chips on my chickpea salad sandwich, but if you’re more of a purist, you could always serve them on the side.
• Lettuce – I love green leaf lettuce, but any will do.
• Sliced pickles – More sweet pickles for topping your chickpea salad.

How to Make Vegetarian Tuna Salad Sandwiches

Basically, you take a can of chickpeas (also known as garbanzo beans, if you prefer), and smash them up with your typical tuna salad ingredients. I like mayo, mustard, onion, pickles, and a touch of salt and pepper. Maybe some celery or celery salt.

That gives you a tasty, creamy-but-with-bite sandwich filling that, I think, is the perfect sub for tuna salad.

Then, just smear it on one slice of bread and pile on the lettuce, pickles, and potato chips, if you like. Top with another slice of bread and that’s it!

More Vegetarian Sandwich Recipes

• Ultimate Veggie BLT
• Vegetarian Club Sandwich
• Bahn-Mi Inspired Egg Salad
• Grilled Veggie Sandwich
• Chickpea Salad Sandwich
• Cauliflower Steak Sandwich
• Roasted Red Pepper & Goat Cheese Sandwich
• The Perfect Grilled Cheese

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Vegetarian Tuna Salad Sandwich Recipe

Who needs tuna?! This vegetarian tuna salad, made with chickpeas, is a tasty vegetarian substitute, especially when piled with extra pickles and, yep, crunchy potato chips too. Stack 'em high!

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Total Time 10 minutes minutes

Servings 2 generous sandwiches

Author Kare

Ingredients

• 15 ounces chickpeas 1 can, drained and rinsed
• 1/4 cup chopped sweet pickles + more pickle slices for topping
• 2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise or vegan mayo I use olive oil based mayo; a light option or even Greek yogurt also works
• 2 teaspoons mustard
• 1/8 teaspoon celery salt optional
• 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt plus more to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 4 slices bread your favorite sandwich bread is perfect
• 1 cup potato chips
• green leaf lettuce optional

Instructions

• Add the chickpeas, 1/4 cup chopped pickles, onion, mayonnaise, mustard, celery salt if using, kosher salt, and black pepper to a small bowl. Using a fork or potato masher, smash the chickpeas while mixing and mashing the ingredients together. You’re not looking for hummus-consistency; just a nice, spreadable, chunky salad will do.
• Divide filling between two slices of bread (you may have enough to make more sandwiches, depending on your preference and the size of your bread). Spread to within about 1/2 inch of the edge of the bread. Add lettuce if using, pickle slices, and potato chips. Top with remaining bread. Smush down a bit, cut in half, and serve.

Notes

Vegan option:

Use vegan mayo.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g

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