tartar sauce

American  

Or tartare 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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Etymology

Origin of tartar sauce

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

Example Sentences

She advises breading and frying before dipping into a tartar sauce or marinara.

From Salon • May 21, 2025

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.

From National Geographic • Oct. 19, 2023

"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 • Sep. 13, 2023

A “CLT” sandwich will swap out the B in BLT for Spanish chorizo, and Corrales expressed excitement about featuring boquerones fritos, adobo-marinated-and-fried anchovies served with piparra tartar sauce.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 25, 2023

Five hours later, we’re eating seafood at a little shack on a North Carolina beach, looking out to sea, licking tartar sauce from our fingers.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King