Easy Tartar Sauce

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This easy tartar sauce is made with simple ingredients like Miracle Whip, dill pickles, fresh dill, and lemon juice for a creamy, flavorful condiment that comes together in minutes. It’s tangy, creamy, and perfect for serving with fish, fries, or sandwiches.

White bowl filled with easy tartar sauce recipe made with creamy sauce, dill, and chopped pickle pieces, with fried fish on a plate in the background.

Tartar sauce is one of my favorite condiments, a must-have anytime I’m making battered fish for dinner. But it’s pretty expensive where I live. So I came up with a simple version that our family loves and takes just a few minutes to make.

Plus, it uses basic pantry ingredients I always have on hand and costs about 1/4 as much as buying it premade.

It’s an easy homemade tartar sauce recipe you can make ahead and keep in the fridge for quick meals during the week. It’s especially good served alongside fried fish, crab cakes, or homemade fries.

A Quick Look At The Recipe

  • Recipe Name: Easy Tartar Sauce
  • Cook Time: About 5 minutes
  • Servings: about 8 servings
  • Main Ingredients: Miracle Whip, dill pickles, fresh dill, lemon juice
  • Dietary Info: One bowl, vegetarian, gluten-free, family-friendly, budget-friendly
  • Difficulty Level: Easy

Why You’ll Love This Easy Tartar Sauce

  • Quick And Easy To Make: This easy sauce comes together in just a few minutes with simple ingredients.
  • Budget Friendly: This homemade tartar sauce is an easy way to make a flavorful condiment without buying premade sauce. Just simple budget-friendly pantry staples are needed.
  • Creamy And Flavorful: The combination of dill pickles, fresh dill, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce gives this sauce plenty of flavor.
  • Easy To Customize: You can easily adjust the pickles, lemon juice, or other seasonings to make it exactly how your family likes it.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Miracle Whip (or mayo)
  • 2 tablespoons finely diced dill pickles (about 2 small pickles)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

How To Make Homemade Tartar Sauce

Glass bowl with mayonnaise, chopped pickles, fresh dill, mustard, and seasonings ready to be mixed.

Add the Miracle Whip, diced dill pickles, fresh dill, garlic powder, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and Worcestershire sauce to a small bowl.

Glass bowl of creamy tartar sauce with dill and chopped pickles being mixed with a red handled whisk.

Stir everything together until well combined.

Glass jar filled with creamy tartar sauce with dill and chopped pickle pieces on a gray counter for an easy tartar sauce recipe.

You can serve it immediately, but it’s best chilled for 30 minutes to let the flavors blend.

Spoonful of creamy tartar sauce with dill and chopped pickle pieces lifted from a glass jar for an easy tartar sauce recipe.

Recipe Notes & Tips

  • Dice the pickles finely – Small pieces mix more evenly through the sauce and give it a better texture.
  • Use fresh dill if possible – Fresh dill gives the best flavor, but dried dill also works.
  • Let it chill for more flavor – The flavors blend together even more if the sauce sits in the fridge for 30 minutes before serving.

Substitutions

  • Fresh dill – you can use 1 teaspoon of dried dill weed instead.
  • Miracle Whip – you can replace it with your favorite mayonnaise.

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FAQ’s

Yes, actually, the flavor gets even better after chilling the fridge for a bit.

Store it in an airtight container in the fridge for about 4 or 5 days.

Yes, use about 1 teaspoon of dried dill weed in place of the fresh dill.

Yes, mayonnaise works well if you prefer a less sweet flavor.

It’s great with fish, fries, crab cakes, sandwiches, and other seafood dishes.

If you prefer a smoother tartar sauce, you can mince the pickles or pulse everything a few times in a food processor.

White bowl filled with easy tartar sauce recipe made with creamy sauce, dill, and chopped pickle pieces, with fried fish on a plate in the background.

Easy Tartar Sauce

This easy tartar sauce is a simple homemade dip made with Miracle Whip, dill pickles, fresh dill, and lemon juice. Creamy, flavorful, and perfect for seafood, fries, and dipping.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Total Time 5 minutes
Serving Size 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Miracle Whip
  • 2 tablespoons finely diced dill pickles (about 2 small pickles)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh dill chopped
  • 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 teaspoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

  • Add all ingredients to a small bowl.
  • Stir until well combined.
  • Serve immediately or refrigerate until needed.

Notes

Yield: About 1 cup of sauce
  • Chill for 30 minutes before serving for the best flavor.
  • Substitute 1 teaspoon of dried dill weed for fresh dill.
  • Substitute mayonnaise for Miracle Whip if desired but it’s less sweet you may want to add a teaspoon of sugar to balance the flavors.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serving | Calories: 29kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 0.1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 298mg | Potassium: 31mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 34IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg

These values are from a nutritional database and automatically calculated, and should only be used as an approximation.

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