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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tartar sauce¹

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

Example Sentences

Okra charred on the grill, paired with pickled fennel and eaten with a sumac-seasoned tartar sauce is detailed so passionately by a server, we bite — then scrape our plate clean.

From Washington Post

It has a slick of tartar sauce, akin to the mayo that tops its progenitor.

From Washington Post

Bojangles is also putting its “Bojangler” fish sandwich — “wild-caught Alaskan Pollock filet” served with American cheese and tartar sauce — back on the menu this week.

From Eater

To assemble taco place escabeche, fish and tartar sauce in a tortilla and garnish with cilantro and lime.

From The Daily Beast

For tartar sauce combine diced onions and jalapenos with mayo and mix well.

From The Daily Beast

Shallot is stronger than garlic and onion; a real Tartar sauce cannot be made without shallot.

From Project Gutenberg

When an older chicken is prepared hunter-like, it is generally served with a Tartar sauce.

From Project Gutenberg

Serve on a napkin with fried parsley, quartered lemons, and Tartar sauce separate.

From Project Gutenberg

Serve with Tartar sauce as fried fillet of sole, or use as a garnish for fish.

From Project Gutenberg

Mix the meat of one boiled crab with a cup of Tartar sauce and a little Cayenne pepper.

From Project Gutenberg