Keto Tartar Sauce
A couple years ago, I got tired of always pulling a bottle of expired tartar sauce out of my pantry. I swear the stuff has the shortest shelf life! So I decided to start to make my own homemade tartar sauce.
You know what? It was even easier than I thought. And since I had complete control over the ingredients, I could make it low carb: keto tartar sauce!
The ingredients you need are mayo, lemon juice, and pickles plus some of the pickle juice.
Chop the pickle and place it in a bowl. Add everything else and mix it up.
Easy-peasy.
Variation Ideas:
With the right mayo, this keto tartar sauce is low carb, dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free and sugar-free. If you’d rather go low-fat, then use a reduced fat mayo.
Fresh squeezed lemon juice gives the sauce a bright and fresh taste, but I will confess that I keep bottled lemon juice around for emergency back up and it has certainly been used for this tartar sauce. If you want to make tartar sauce without lemon juice, just substitute a little more pickle juice to compensate.
If you don’t usually keep dill pickles around, then maybe pick up some dill pickle relish. Not the sweet relish – you want the dill version. Since it’s already chopped, that will make things even quicker. However, you don’t really have access to the juice in relish, so you’ll probably have to play with the proportions a little. Start with 2 tablespoons of relish and be prepared to make adjustments.
I recommend you take a quick taste once everything is mixed. The tartar sauce should have a distinct tang, and not taste overwhelmingly of any one of the flavors. This is the perfect time to add a bit more pickle juice, lemon juice or mayo as needed. It’s very, very simple.
Keto Tartar Sauce
Recipe details
- 4 servings
- Prep time: 5 Minutes Cook time: 0 Minutes Total time: 5 min
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