Best Spicy Tartar Sauce Recipes

SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together the mayonnaise, egg, onion, relish, cayenne pepper, and seasoned salt in a bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

HUSHPUPPY-BATTERED CATFISH NUGGETS WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together hushpuppy mix, milk, water, egg, jalapenos, hot pepper sauce and cayenne; let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour oil to a depth of 1/2 inch in a large deep skillet; heat oil to 350 degrees F.
• Pat catfish fillets dry with paper towels, and cut into bite-size pieces. Dredge catfish pieces in flour, and then dip in hushpuppy batter mixture. Drop catfish pieces into hot oil, and fry, in batches, 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until golden. Serve with Spicy Tartar Sauce.
• Stir together all ingredients in a medium bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

GRILLED AMBERJACK SANDWICHES WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat a grill or grill pan to medium heat.
• Brush the fillets with the olive oil and sprinkle on all sides with the fish rub. When the grill is hot, place the fillets evenly spaced on the grill. Cook until the fish is just cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Flip only once if possible.
• While the fish is cooking, combine the mayonnaise, cilantro, relish, garlic and a sprinkle of salt and pepper in a medium bowl. Start with a generous tablespoon of hot sauce, then stir and taste to assess the heat. If more is preferred, add up to 1 more tablespoon. Set aside.
• Slice the buns and place face-down on the grill until toasted, or toast in the oven. Spread the desired amount of the tartar sauce, around 2 tablespoons, on the top half of each bun. Place the grilled fish on the bottom halves.
• If desired, quickly grill the romaine leaves until some light charring occurs. Top each sandwich with 1 leaf and enjoy!

SPICY CATFISH TENDERS WITH CAJUN TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Make Tartar Sauce: Stir together all ingredients in a bowl and chill, until ready to serve.
• Prepare fish: Whisk together egg and hot sauce in a wide shallow dish.
• Stir in fish strips and let stand at room temperature at least 10 and up to 30 minutes.
• Pour enough oil into a 4 to 5 quart heavy pot to measure 2 inches and heat over medium heat until thermometer registers 350°F (you can use a fry daddy) Stir flour, cornmeal, salt and Cajun seasoning in another wide shallow dish.
• Fry fish; drain fish well in a colander.
• Dredge one fourth of fish in flour mixture shaking off excess flour, then fry in oil, stirring occasionally with a slotted spoon, until golden brown and just cooked through,1 1/2 to 2 minutes, remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Repeat until all fish is fried.
• Serve hot with tartar sauce and lemon wedges.

HUSHPUPPY-BATTERED CATFISH NUGGETS WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, stir together hushpuppy mix, milk, water, egg, jalapenos, hot pepper sauce and cayenne; let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour oil to a depth of 1/2 inch in a large deep skillet; heat oil to 350 degrees F.
• Pat catfish fillets dry with paper towels, and cut into bite-size pieces. Dredge catfish pieces in flour, and then dip in hushpuppy batter mixture. Drop catfish pieces into hot oil, and fry, in batches, 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until golden. Serve with Spicy Tartar Sauce.
• Stir together all ingredients in a medium bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

SPICY CATFISH TENDERS WITH CAJUN TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare fish:
• Whisk together egg and hot sauce in a wide shallow dish. Stir in fish strips and let stand at room temperature at least 10 and up to 30 minutes.
• Pour enough oil into a 4- to 5-quart heavy pot to measure 2 inches and heat over moderate heat until thermometer registers 350°F.
• Stir together flour, cornmeal, salt, and Cajun seasoning in another wide shallow dish.
• Make tartar sauce:
• Stir together all sauce ingredients in a bowl and chill, covered, until ready to serve.
• Fry fish:
• Drain fish well in a colander. Dredge one fourth of fish in flour mixture, shaking off excess, then transfer to oil and fry, stirring occasionally with a slotted spoon, until golden and just cooked through, 1 1/2 to 2 minutes. Transfer with slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Return oil to 350°F. Repeat procedure with remaining fish strips in 3 batches.
• Serve fish tenders hot with tartar sauce and lemon wedges.
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BEER BATTER FISH AND SPICY CHIPS WITH LEMON-HABANERO TARTAR SAUCE AND SERRANO VINEGAR

Steps:

• Preheat a deep-fryer or a deep pot filled halfway with oil to 375 degrees F.
• Whisk together the flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and beer in a large bowl. Set aside for 10 minutes. Fold in the eggs. Batter should be thin.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.
• Season the fish with salt and pepper. Dredge fish in the additional flour, tap off the excess, and then dip the fish in the batter to coat. Fry in batches until golden brown on both sides. Remove with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towels. Transfer to a baking sheet and keep warm in the oven. Serve with Serrano Vinegar drizzled over top, Spicy Chips on the side, and Lemon-Habanero Tartar Sauce for dipping.
• Bring vinegar to a simmer in small saucepan. Add the chiles and salt, remove from the heat, and transfer to a glass bottle or jar. Let sit at room temperature for at least 8 hours. Strain.
• Place the potato slices in a bowl of cold water. Let stand 15 minutes. Drain, rinse under cold water, and drain again. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Heat enough oil to come 4 inches up the sides of a large deep saucepan to 370 degrees F.
• Mix together the salt, ancho powder, and chile de arbol powder together in a bowl.
• Add the potatoes to the hot oil in batches and cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, drain on paper towels, and immediately season each batch with some of the spice mixture and some of the chopped cilantro. Serve hot.
• Bring the lemon juice to a boil over high heat in a small saucepan and cook until reduced to 1/2 cup. Let cool.
• Combine about 2 tablespoons of the cooled reduced lemon juice, mayonnaise, anchovies, habanero, cornichons, and capers in a medium bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Add more lemon juice, to taste, if desired. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.

THE BEST SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together all ingredients in a medium bowl. Cover and chill until ready to serve.

GRILLED FISH SAMMIES WITH GARLIC TARTAR SAUCE AND BAKED WAFFLE FRIES WITH SPICY BLOODY KETCHUP AND A SLAW SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F and bake fries 20 minutes, or according to package directions, turning once.
• Heat skillet or grill or grill pan over medium-high heat.
• Season the fish with salt and pepper and coat with about 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil.
• Toast rolls on grill or heat broiler and set them in the middle of the oven to brown, then reserve.
• Combine mayonnaise with grated garlic, capers, olives, parsley.
• Combine ketchup with Worcestershire, hot sauce, horseradish and lots of black pepper.
• Cook fish 3 to 4 minutes on each side until firm, opaque and cooked through. Squeeze lemon over cooked fish.
• Remove fries from oven and season with celery salt and pepper.
• Place fish on rolls with lettuce, red onion and tartar sauce. Serve fries alongside with bloody ketchup.
• In a large bowl, combine the fennel, fennel tops and red cabbage. In a separate small bowl, combine the honey, cider vinegar, grill seasoning, poppy seeds, and sesame seeds. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Pour the dressing over the salad and toss together.

COCONUT SHRIMP WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE DIP

Steps:

• Mix the panko and coconut flakes in a shallow bowl. In another shallow bowl beat the eggs and stir in the sugar. Set aside.
• Prepare the Spicy Tartar Sauce by combining all the ingredients together. Stir to mix well. Set aside.
• Heat up your deep fryer to 350°F.
• Pat dry the shrimp with paper towels and dip each shrimp into the egg mixture, and immediately roll the shrimp in the panko and coconut flakes. Shake off the excess, place the shrimp on a plate lined with parchment paper.
• When the deep fryer is ready, drop each shrimp gently into the oil, don't overcrowd. Fry until both sides turn golden brown, turn once to ensure even cooking. Transfer the shrimp out with a slotted spoon, onto a serving ware lined with paper towels.
• Serve immediately with the Spicy Tartar Sauce.

BEER BATTERED FISH AND CHIPS WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat vegetable oil in a large heavy pot to 325 degrees F. Blanch French friesin batches for 5 minutes to cook through with no color. Drain and set aside. When done, increase heat to bring oil up to 375 degrees. Prepare batter by combining dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Form a well in the centre then slowly pour in the beer as you mix. Slowly incorporate dry ingredients from the centre so lumps don't form. Lightly dredge fillets of fish in flour then dip in batter. Let excess batter drain off then fry in hot oil for 4-5 minutes. Cook in batches, ensuring the oil comes up to temperature before each new batch. Drain fish on a wire rack over paper towels. Season hot fish with salt. When fish is done, cook French fries for the second time in hot oil - about 2-3 minutes. Season with salt. To prepare tartar sauce. combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl and stir well. Serve with beer battered fish and crispy French fries.

SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, chili sauce, parsley, mustard, and chopped gherkins (or pickles). Season with hot sauce, as desired.

SOFT SHELL CRAB SANDWICHES WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE (PO BOY)

Steps:

• Make the Tartar Sauce: In a small bowl, combine the mayonnaise, onion, pickle, capers with spicy tartar sauce chives, Old Bay, lemon juice, and hot pepper sauce. Set aside.
• To Cook the Crabs: In a wide, shallow bowl, combine the flour, cornmeal, salt and pepper. Dredge the crabs to coat on both sides.
• Heat the oil in a 12-inch skillet (preferably cast iron) over medium-high heat until shimmering hot. Add the butter to the skillet and swirl the pan to melt it. Add the crabs top side down and cook, shaking the pan once or twice, until crisp and browned, about 3 minutes. The crabs may pop and splatter, so be careful.
• Flip the crabs and cook until crisp and just cooked through (an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the crab should read 145°F), about 3 minutes more. Transfer the crabs to a large paper-towel-lined plate.
• To Assemble the Sandwiches: Spread the tartar sauce on the 8 slices of toast. Top 4 of the toast slices, sauce side up, with a piece of lettuce and 1 or 2 slices of tomato. Put one crab on each sandwich, top with the remaining toast, sauce side down, and serve.

SPICY AVOCADO TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine wasabi powder and water in a small bowl to form a paste. Add mayonnaise; stir until smooth.
• Cut avocado in half; discard seed. Scoop avocado pulp into wasabi mixture, and mash to desired consistency. Add remaining ingredients; stir until combined.

SPICY PAN-FRIED FLOUNDER WITH TOMATO TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Fill a pie pan with all-purpose flour, another with egg wash, and a third with the Panko breadcrumb mixture. Season the flounder fillets lightly with dry rub, then coat the fillets in all-purpose flour. Dip the fillets in the egg wash. Finish by coating the fillets with the Panko breadcrumb mixture. Add peanut oil to a saut頰an to a level of three-fourth of the thickness of the fillets. Heat the oil to 360 degrees. Carefully place the flounder fillets into the hot oil. Do not overfill the pan or your food will steam, not fry, and it will become soggy. Cook the fillets in two batches if you don?t have a pan big enough to cook them all at once. Brown on each side, turning only once. Cook until the center is opaque. It will continue to cook a little after you take it out of the pan. Once a fillet is done, place it on a paper towel to absorb any excess oil. Serve immediately with tomato tartar sauce.

SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Add pickles, shallots, hot peppers and parsley to mayonnaise. Let stand at least an hour. The vegetables will season the mixture.
• Adjust seasoning with vinegar, salt and cayenne.

SPREAD ESSENTIALS: SPICY SRIRACHA TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. PREP/PREPARE
• 2. Gather your ingredients (mise en place).
• 3. Add all the ingredients to a mixing bowl.
• 4. Mix all the ingredients together, and place in a non-reactive jar.
• 5. Throw into the fridge until ready to use.
• 6. PLATE/PRESENT
• 7. Use as spread for a spicier alternative to regular tartar sauce. Like a nice yummy fish sandwich. Enjoy.
• 8. Keep the faith, and keep cooking.

GRILLED SOFT-SHELL CRABS WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the grill to high.2. Prepare the tartar sauce. Combine the mayonnaise, chiles, mustard, 1 tablespoon lime juice, the capers, chives, pickles, and tarragon in a small bowl and whisk thoroughly to mix. Taste for seasoning, adding salt or lime juice as necessary the mixture should be highly seasoned. Set aside until serving time (see Note).3. Combine the melted butter and lemon juice in a small bowl and whisk to blend. Brush the crabs on both sides with some of the mixture and season generously with salt and pepper.4. When ready to grill, oil the grill grate. Arrange the crabs on the hot grate and grill, turning with tongs, until the shells are bright red, 3 to 6 minutes per side. Brush the crabs with the remaining butter mixture once or twice as they cook.5. Transfer the crabs to serving plates or a platter and serve immediately, accompanied by the tartar sauce.Serves 4 to 6Note: The sauce can be made up to 2 days ahead of time. Refrigerate, covered.

SPICY TARTAR SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients until well blended; cover.
• Refrigerate several hours or overnight.
• Store leftover sauce in refrigerator.

HUSH PUPPY BATTERED CATFISH NUGGETS WITH SPICY TARTAR SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir together first 7 ingredients in a medium bowl; let stand 5 minutes.
• Pour oil in a large deep skillet over medium heat (oil should be to a depth of 1/2 inch in skillet); heat oil to 350°F.
• Pat catfish dry with paper towels, and cut into bite-size pieces. Dredge catfish pieces in flour, and then dip in hush puppy batter mixture.
• Add catfish pieces into hot oil, and fry, in batches, 3 to 4 minutes on each side or until golden. Serve with spicy tartar sauce.