variants
or tartare sauce
: a sauce made principally of mayonnaise and chopped pickles
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For dinner this evening, then, Melissa Clark’s recipe for baked fish and chips (above), served with a horseradish tartar sauce.
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Sam Sifton, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The fish and chips are perfectly flaky served with a tasty tartar sauce and mushie peas to get the real deal UK rendition of the dish.
—Rana Good, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Our fish fry, a small pile of super-crisp panfish atop a generous portion of steak fries and served with a pile of coleslaw and some homemade tartar sauce, was worth every second of the wait.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2025
Some customers on social media noted that Arby's was a little light on the tartar sauce and agreed more was needed.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
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Sam Sifton, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2025
The fish and chips are perfectly flaky served with a tasty tartar sauce and mushie peas to get the real deal UK rendition of the dish.
—Rana Good, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Our fish fry, a small pile of super-crisp panfish atop a generous portion of steak fries and served with a pile of coleslaw and some homemade tartar sauce, was worth every second of the wait.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 27 Mar. 2025
Some customers on social media noted that Arby's was a little light on the tartar sauce and agreed more was needed.
—Peter Burke, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Tartar sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tartar%20sauce. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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tartar sauce
noun
tar·tar sauce
variants
or tartare sauce
: a sauce made chiefly of mayonnaise and chopped pickles
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