Cocktail Sauce
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Beautiful fresh seafood really shines with this zesty, zippy cocktail sauce so skip the store-bought stuff and pull this together in a snap.
Homemade cocktail sauce is one of those classic condiments that’s surprisingly easy to make—and so much better than anything you can buy in a store. This zesty blend of ketchup, horseradish, lemon juice, hot sauce, and Worcestershire sauce has been my go-to recipe forever. It’s got the perfect balance of tangy and spicy, with just the right amount of kick to elevate shrimp cocktail, peel-and-eat shrimp, crab legs, or oysters. Fresh seafood really shines with a good cocktail sauce, so skip the store-bought stuff and whip this up in a snap. Once you see how easy it is, you’ll never go back to the bottled kind!
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Cocktail Sauce
Beautiful fresh seafood really shines with this zesty, zippy cocktail sauce so skip the store-bought stuff and pull this together in a snap.
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- 3 tablespoons prepared horseradish
- ½ teaspoon (packed) lemon zest, from one lemon
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice, from one lemon
- ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- A few dashes hot sauce, such as Tabasco, to taste
Instructions
- In a small bowl, stir together the ketchup, horseradish, lemon zest and juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
- Make-Ahead Instructions: The cocktail sauce can be made up to a week ahead and refrigerated.
Nutrition Information
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- Per serving (5 servings)
- Calories: 54
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Sugar: 11 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Sodium: 482 mg
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
This website is written and produced for informational purposes only. I am not a certified nutritionist and the nutritional data on this site has not been evaluated or approved by a nutritionist or the Food and Drug Administration. Nutritional information is offered as a courtesy and should not be construed as a guarantee. The data is calculated through an online nutritional calculator, Edamam.com. Although I do my best to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures should be considered estimates only. Varying factors such as product types or brands purchased, natural fluctuations in fresh produce, and the way ingredients are processed change the effective nutritional information in any given recipe. Furthermore, different online calculators provide different results depending on their own nutrition fact sources and algorithms. To obtain the most accurate nutritional information in a given recipe, you should calculate the nutritional information with the actual ingredients used in your recipe, using your preferred nutrition calculator.
Gluten-Free Adaptable Note
To the best of my knowledge, all of the ingredients used in this recipe are gluten-free or widely available in gluten-free versions. There is hidden gluten in many foods; if you're following a gluten-free diet or cooking for someone with gluten allergies, always read the labels of your ingredients to verify that they are gluten-free.
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