Seafood Sauce

A Seafood Sauce that is light and tangy from the fresh lemon, dill, and capers. Try this creamy condiment with fish and chips, calamari, baked or grilled fish, fried shrimp, crab cakes, and so much more!

Fresh seafood will be the star of the show with this delightful dipping sauce made with simple ingredients. Skip the jarred stuff, and mix up this easy recipe in minutes. Dinner will feel like you are at a fancy seafood restaurant...

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Seafood Sauce Recipe

This is a milder sauce, similar to a tartar sauce but skips the addition of pickles and relish. The lemon zest and juice add brightness that seafood lovers will adore. The fresh dill and capers pair so well with many kinds of seafood dish ideas like wild-caught fish, crab, octopus, and shrimp.

The Ingredients

• mayonnaise
• lemon zest
• fresh lemon juice
• capers (immature flower buds Caper plant usually pickled)
• fresh dill
• garlic clove
• extra-virgin olive oil
• pinch salt and black pepper

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Instructions To Make It!

Finely chop the fresh dill. I highly recommend fresh dill herbs, but dried will work, but not as pretty or have the flavor punch. Wash the lemon, then zest using a Microplane. Slice and squeeze in the lemon juice.

In a small bowl, whisk the mayonnaise with lemon zest, lemon juice, capers, chopped fresh dill, salt, pepper, olive oil, and crushed garlic. Whisk until well combined, and keep chilled in a container or bowl until ready to use. That's it!

Ways To Use Seafood Sauces

Cooked seafood and side dishes like grilled or steamed artichokes are outstanding with this homemade seafood sauce recipe. Add some lemon wedges and melted butter for crab legs and lobster. And use this homemade version as a seafood boil sauce to drizzle on everything from shrimp to corn!

• Seafood Boil Recipes
• Snow Crab Legs
• Lobster Tails
• Fish & Chips (French Fries in North America)
• Crab Cakes
• Popcorn Shrimp
• Crawfish or Crab Boil

Sauce Variations

There are endless optional ingredients to add great flavor and customize it to your taste. The best part is you can change up this recipe and create delicious sauces for all kinds of dishes like the holidays, or a special dinner.

• Spicy Additions: Add in some drops of hot sauce like a Tabasco sauce, a tiny amount of cayenne pepper, a little bit of red pepper flakes, or chili powder for a spicy kick.
• Seasoning Additions: Mix in a sprinkle of Lemon Pepper, Old Bay Seasoning, or Cajun Seasoning.
• Delicious Mix Ins: Try some Worcestershire sauce, a Creamy Balsamic Horseradish Sauce, or Chili Sauce. You could even mix in some Cocktail Sauce!
• More Savory Ideas: Add a splash of white wine or clam juice, use lime juice and zest in place of lemon, more crushed garlic cloves, garlic powder, onion powder, or your favorite seasoning mix. Or mix in a new fresh minced herbs like tarragon, parsley, or basil!

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Remoulade is a popular condiment or dipping sauce, usually paired with shrimp and crab seafood, cold meats, and fried foods.

Lobster Ravioli with Lemon Butter uses a baked ravioli technique you can make in just over an hour or prep ahead for dinner parties, holidays, and romantic nights.

The best homemade Cocktail Sauce Recipe is made in minutes for easy appetizers like cooked Shrimp. Dollop the best shrimp cocktail sauce on oysters, clams, crab, and more!

Try one of the most healthy recipes for Shrimp Cocktail (prawn cocktail) is made by oven-roasting large jumbo shrimp, then dipping them in your own cocktail sauce!

A fast oven-baked Shrimp Boil is an easy weeknight family dinner ready in 35 minutes. Loaded with andouille sausage, potatoes, corn, shrimp, and a garlic butter sauce! Get all the deep delicious taste of a low country boil. A new classic without the fuss of boiling water!