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tartar sauce

or tartare sauce

noun

  1. a mayonnaise dressing for fish and seafood, usually with chopped pickles, onions, olives, capers, and green herbs added.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of tartar sauce1

First recorded in 1895–1900, tartar sauce is from French sauce tartare
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Example Sentences

Additionally, Red Lobster tweaked its tartar sauce recipe following complaints from several fans on TikTok.

From Salon

Those who appreciate the minty mushy peas will wish for more than the small dollop provided; ditto the housemade tartar sauce.

Especially when seasonings and sauces are familiar—gravy in the first case, tartar sauce in the second—people tend not to miss the meat, she notes in her cookbook.

"When we paid the bill we discovered that the tiny pot of mushy peas was £2 extra, as was the tartar sauce as was the curry sauce. Unfortunately I don't think we will be returning!"

From BBC

The pleasingly crispy batter encasing juicy white meat was blessedly ungreasy, while the tartar sauce was just the right balance of citrus tang and creamy texture.

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