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Cilantro Tartar Sauce

A vibrant tartar sauce blended with fresh cilantro, lime juice, garlic, and red onions — a punchy condiment for fried fish, shrimp, or crab cakes.

FrenchVegetarianIntermediate10 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
6
  • 1 each egg
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 2 tbsp fresh lime juice
  • 1 tbsp chopped cilantro
  • 2 tbsp chopped red onions
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 to taste salt
  • 1 to taste hot sauce

Instructions

  1. 1

    Put the egg, mustard, garlic, lime juice, cilantro, and red onions in a food processor. Purée for 15 seconds.

  2. 2

    With the processor running, pour the oil through the feed tube in a steady stream until the sauce is thick and emulsified.

  3. 3

    Season with salt and hot sauce. Pulse once or twice to blend.

  4. 4

    Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour before using. Best used within 24 hours. Yields about 1 1/3 cups.

Tags

emerilcilantrocondimentsaucetartar-sauce