Homemade Cocktail Sauce

This iconic sauce could not be easier to prepare. And it is so much better than the bottle variety!

We love our cocktail sauce to have a little kick, and this recipe fits the bill perfectly. Of course, you can pull back on the hot sauce if you prefer little, to no heat. Increase the prepared horseradish sauce, based on your own liking. Another great part of this delicious dipping sauce is that it can be made up to 3 days in advance. Perfect for classic shrimp cocktail or Southern-fried shrimp!

How To Make Homemade Cocktail Sauce

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The Ingredients You Will Need

Many of these ingredients you’ll already have on hand.

Go with quality ingredients, and you will have a cocktail sauce that is quite honestly the best in town. Here’s what you need to have:

• Good-quality Ketchup
• Horseradish Sauce
• Fresh Lemon Juice
• Worcestershire Sauce

That’s all there is to it!

How To Serve

This cocktail sauce can be prepared several days in advance of serving. Place in a jar, or container, with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate until ready to use.

It’s wonderful served with steamed shrimp, either homemade or purchased. Just remember to go with top-notch shrimp. This sauce is so good, it deserves quality shrimp.

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Homemade Cocktail Sauce

This is a solid, standard recipe for homemade cocktail sauce, but, of course, you can tweak to your own tastes!

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Course: Sauce

Cuisine: Seafood

Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes

Total Time: 5 minutes minutes

Servings: 10 people

Calories: 30kcal

Author: Kris Longwell

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Ingredients

• ▢ 1 cup ketchup
• ▢ 2 tablespoon horseradish
• ▢ 2 tablespoon lemon juice
• ▢ 2 tablespoon hot sauce like Crystals, Tobasco or Franks
• ▢ 2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce

Instructions

• Whisk all ingredients together. Serve at once, or cover and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

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The cocktail sauce can be made several days in advance of serving. Keep in a jar, or container, with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate until ready to use.

It will keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks. It freezes nicely for up to 2 to 3 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 30kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 311mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 123IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg

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POST UPDATE: This post was originally published in February, 2015, but was updated with improved tweaks to the recipe with new tips and photography and a fabulous video in October, 2024!