cocktail sauce
noun
: a somewhat spicy sauce that consists typically of ketchup or tomato-based chili sauce mixed with horseradish and often lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and hot-pepper sauce and that is served especially as a condiment for cold seafood (such as shrimp or oysters)
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Wasabi is also sometimes substituted for horseradish to make cocktail sauce extra spicy.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Oysters are prepared seven different ways, from raw with baja mignonette, yuzu green peppercorn sauce, or cocktail sauce and lemon to jerk-style, with a Caribbean-spiced jam.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
The shrimp had a nice snap to it and served as an excellent vessel for the piquant, faintly sweet cocktail sauce.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
Something to savor Start off with the Oysters West Coast and East Coast, served with red wine vinegar mignonette and lemon cocktail sauce, and the lavraki, served with horta and ladolemono sauce.
—Amanda Mesa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
This is worth more than a passing notice and not only for those of us who enjoy our occasional plate of oysters on the half-shell or perhaps dipped in flour and corn meal, fried and served with a nice cocktail sauce.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
The cocktail ceviche, priced at $11.99, features shrimp, tomato, red onions, jalapeño, cilantro, cucumbers, avocado, and cocktail sauce.
—Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Jan. 2024
Popcorn shrimp are even better when served with a dipping sauce—stir together our creamy Old Bay sauce, or use store bought cocktail sauce.
—Julia Levy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
Stir together cocktail sauce, vodka, oil, lemon juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire, celery seeds, pepper, and remaining Bloody Mary mix.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
Oysters are prepared seven different ways, from raw with baja mignonette, yuzu green peppercorn sauce, or cocktail sauce and lemon to jerk-style, with a Caribbean-spiced jam.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
The shrimp had a nice snap to it and served as an excellent vessel for the piquant, faintly sweet cocktail sauce.
—The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2024
Something to savor Start off with the Oysters West Coast and East Coast, served with red wine vinegar mignonette and lemon cocktail sauce, and the lavraki, served with horta and ladolemono sauce.
—Amanda Mesa, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
This is worth more than a passing notice and not only for those of us who enjoy our occasional plate of oysters on the half-shell or perhaps dipped in flour and corn meal, fried and served with a nice cocktail sauce.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 17 Jan. 2024
The cocktail ceviche, priced at $11.99, features shrimp, tomato, red onions, jalapeño, cilantro, cucumbers, avocado, and cocktail sauce.
—Dana McMahan, The Courier-Journal, 2 Jan. 2024
Popcorn shrimp are even better when served with a dipping sauce—stir together our creamy Old Bay sauce, or use store bought cocktail sauce.
—Julia Levy, Southern Living, 25 Dec. 2023
Stir together cocktail sauce, vodka, oil, lemon juice, hot sauce, Worcestershire, celery seeds, pepper, and remaining Bloody Mary mix.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2023
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“Cocktail sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20sauce. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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