McDonalds Tartar Sauce Recipe | Easy To Make In Just 1 Minute

You would never be able to guess how easy it is to make McDonald's tartar sauce at home; that is until you give this recipe a try! With just a handful of simple ingredients, you can transform basic mayonnaise into the best tartar sauce you've ever had! And you'd also never guess it takes just a few minutes to whip up.

The Best McDonald's Tartar Sauce Recipe

McDonald's tartar sauce is pretty hard to beat. It's the perfect balance of creamy, sweet, savory, and tart.

It's no wonder that McDonald's classic fish sandwich is so popular!

And the best part about this copycat recipe is that you can make as much of this tartar sauce as you want. I mean, there's a good chance you'll want to use it on absolutely anything and everything!

I love using tartar sauce on this fried salmon and this fried mahi mahi recipe. It really completes the meal, and it's just so good.

Not to mention, this McDonald's tartar sauce recipe is super easy to make and requires just a few simple ingredients!

Seriously, all you have to do is a little mixing, and this tartar sauce will be ready to be put on some fish sandwiches in no time!

Also, it lasts for a long time in the fridge, so you can make a big batch and have it ready to go whenever you need some flavor elevation to your meal. 

Anyway, now let's get into the ingredients you'll need to make this McDonald's tartar sauce!

Ingredients

With only 7 ingredients, a small bowl, and a couple of minutes, you can have enough tartar sauce to satisfy all of your creamy-tangy sauce needs! 

Here's everything you need for this McDonalds tartar sauce recipe:

• 1 cup Mayonnaise
• 3 tbsp. White onion, minced
• 2 tsp. Dill Pickle Relish
• 1 tbsp. Fresh Lemon Juice
• 1 tsp. Sugar
• 1 tsp. Salt
• ½ tsp. Pepper

Pretty simple, right?

With this recipe, you get all of the same flavors as the McDonald's tarter sauce, just without all of the junk.

By the way, this recipe makes approximately one cup of tartar sauce, which should be plenty for a family-sized serving of whatever you're cooking up for dinner. Plus, it should make enough, so you have a little extra for the next few days too.

Oh, and if you like the flavor combination that these ingredients make, you'll definitely want to check out this dill dip next!

How To Make McDonalds Tartar Sauce

This recipe is about as easy as it gets, meaning it only has one step! 

Now, without further ado, here's how to make Mcdonald's tartar sauce at home.

Step 1: Combine The Ingredients

First, take out a small bowl and add all of the tartar sauce ingredients to it. Then, give everything a mix until the ingredients combine into a smooth sauce.

Now transfer the tartar sauce from the bowl to a glass jar that has a sealable lid for easy storing. 

Either use this tartar sauce immediately or transfer it to the fridge.

How To Use This McDonald's Tartar Sauce

There are plenty of ways to serve up your tartar sauce. Traditionally, tartar sauce works best when served with fried fish, as in fish and chips or in a fish sandwich. That's because the combination of mayonnaise with lemon juice and sweet dill pickle relish compliments fried food so well - especially seafood.

In addition to fried fish, such as cod or haddock, any kind of seafood will work wonderfully with tartar sauce, such as fried shrimp, or alongside these salmon bites.

Now, just because fried fish is recommended it doesn't mean you can't experiment!

This tartar sauce actually goes really well with a variety of foods. You can serve this tartar sauce as a dip for french fries, fried polenta, jalapeno poppers, chicken cutlets, or anything else really!

How to Store McDonald's Tartar Sauce

If you don't use all of this copycat tartar sauce in one sitting - or if you are making it to store for later use - make sure to store the tartar sauce in a sealed glass jar or airtight container. Then you can store it in the fridge for up to 1 week.

I personally like to store mine in a little squeeze bottle to make it easier to serve up at a moment's notice.

Wrapping It Up

Well, that's how to make McDonald's tartar sauce at home!

Trust me, the homemade version of this delicious sauce is way better than anything McDonald's can cook up.

Whether you're looking to make the perfect McDonald's fish sandwich or something else, this tartar sauce recipe is perfect for you.

McDonald's tartar sauce is one of the easiest sauce recipes to make at home, which means you get to save money, avoid the drive-thru, and keep rockin' your sweats!

As always, if you gave this copycat recipe a try, leave a comment below and let me know how it went.

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More McDonald's Recipe

If you enjoyed making this copycat McDonald's sauce, you'll love all of our other McDonald's recipes! 

Give all of these a try next: 

• Breakfast Sauce
• McGriddle
• Egg McMuffin
• Breakfast burrito
• Chicken nuggets
• McDonald's smoothie
• McDonald's sweet and sour sauce
• Szechuan sauce

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