Name: Chip Shop-Style Tartare Sauce
Prep time: 5 min
Ingredients: 240 ml (1 cup) full-fat mayonnaise; 2 tbsp finely chopped pickled gherkins or cornichans; 2 tbsp capers (roughly chopped); 1 tsp lemon juice; pinch of white pepper

This simple tartare sauce is tangy and creamy with a bit of bite from the gherkins.
I absolutely love to serve this up with crispy fried fish and chips!

A tall, overhead shot of Chip Shop-Style Tartare Sauce. In the centre of the image, there is a light grey bowl of tartare sauce with a gold spoon sticking out of the left of the bowl. In the top of the background, there are some Chip Shop-Style Fish and Chips on some newspaper. The food is placed on a dark wooden board. This is all on a light grey background.

This recipe is an essential addition to any chippy feast. A super quick and easy recipe that leaves you with a velvety and tangy sauce!

It takes less than 5 minutes to whip up and is just SO good.

📋 Ingredients
How do you make tartare sauce?
Pro Tip
🍽️ What to serve it with
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Chip Shop-Style Tartare Sauce Recipe

📋 Ingredients

Mayo – You can of course swap out the full-fat mayonnaise for your favourite lower-fat mayo.

Mini Gherkins – You can use any type of gherkin/cornichans/burger-pickles you like. We opted for mini gherkins because I always have them on hand.

How do you make tartare sauce?

Full recipe with detailed steps in the recipe card at the end of this post.

This recipe is SUPER simple, all you need to do is mix the ingredients together and that’s it!

A wide overhead shot of the prep for tartare sauce. There is a white bowl which has some finely chopped pickled gherkins and capers. To the left of the bowl, there is a large silver knife with a black handle. To the top middle and left of the bowl, there is the open jars of pickled gherkins and capers. This is all on a wooden board.

A wide overhead shot of the prep for tartare sauce. In the middle of the image, there is a white bowl with the completed tartare sauce in it, with a silver spoon sticking out of it. To the right of the bowl, there are closed jars of pickled gherkins and capers and a whole lemon. This is on a wooden board.

Pro Tip

You can use the amount of lemon juice to control the consistency and tartness of the tartare sauce. Add mode to create a thinner, more tangy version, or less for a thicker, creamier tartare sauce.

This is one of my favourite side dishes to fish and chips!

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🍽️ What to serve it with

Dip in some delicious Chip Shop-Style Chips.
You could make a cheeky Battered Fish butty and dollop some on the bread!
You could sub out the lemon garlic mayo in this Crispy Fish Burger for this creamy sauce!

The sharp twist of this sauce pairs perfectly with some tender, crispy fish and the salty, golden chips.

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Chip Shop-Style Tartare Sauce

By Nicky Corbishley

This simple tartare sauce is tangy and creamy with a bit of bite from the gherkins.I absolutely love to serve this up with crispy fried fish and chips!

Prep Time: 5

Servings: 10 servings (approx 1 rounded tbsp per serving)

Course: accompaniment

Cuisine: British

Ingredients

▢ 240 ml (1 cup) full-fat mayonnaise
▢ 2 tbsp finely chopped pickled gherkins or cornichans
▢ 2 tbsp capers roughly chopped
▢ 1 tsp lemon juice
▢ pinch of white pepper

Instructions

Mix all of the ingredients together and serve.
240 ml (1 cup) full-fat mayonnaise, 2 tbsp finely chopped pickled gherkins or cornichans, 2 tbsp capers, 1 tsp lemon juice, pinch of white pepper

Notes

Want to lower the calorie amount?

You can of course swap out the full-fat mayonnaise for your favourite lower-fat mayo.

Can I make it ahead?

Yes! Just make it up as per the recipe, then cover and store it in the fridge for up to a week.

How to scale up and down this recipe.

As long as you stick to the same ingredient ratios, you can double this recipe to serve a crowd, or halve it to serve a few!

Nutritional information is approximate, per serving, based on this recipe making 10 servings (approx 1 rounded tablespoon each).

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Comments

Steve says:

June 16, 2024 at 6:36 am

Never thought about making my own tartar sauce before. I will not be buying ready made again, it’s so easy and so much tastier to make your own. Thanks for the inspiration.