This homemade remoulade sauce recipe is so delicious, creamy, and flavorful and it’s the perfect addition to your favorite seafood, like crab cakes. Wonderfully tangy, it's made for dipping! Ready to use in minutes, this is sure to become a family favorite!
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Remoulade sauce, oh how I love thee! It’s a sauce that I would eat a lot of in restaurants, especially when I ordered crab cakes. Thing is, now that I make crab cakes at home, I found that I needed to learn how to make the sauce at home or find one that I loved in the stores.
This remoulade sauce is the Louisiana-style remoulade, made with a creamy mayonnaise base with additional flavorings of sweet relish, paprika, creole seasoning, and horseradish.
It’s a sauce loved by Southerns and generally served alongside seafood dishes as well as fried dishes. I typically find it paired along with my favorite appetizers when we go out to eat.
I’m a huge fan of homemade sauces and played around with ingredients until I found a remoulade I fell in love with. The flavor combination is complex, in a good way, resulting in a tangy and bright creamy sauce.
Be sure to try my Vinegar BBQ Sauce and Chimichurri Sauce too!
How to make homemade remoulade sauce
- Whisk ingredients in a bowl. Serve and enjoy. Keep refrigerated.
How long does it keep?
Once you have made up your remoulade sauce, you can use it straight away, or transfer it to a sealable glass jar or bottle and it will keep well for up to a week. Because it's made with mayonnaise it's not freezable and it's best not to leave it out at room temperature for more than a couple of hours.
Can you make it spicy?
This sauce is full of amazing flavors, but I prefer to not make it spicy so that it's more family friendly. If you prefer a bit more of a kick with your sauce you can easily amp it up my mixing in some cayenne pepper or chili flakes to suit your tastes.
Can you make it healthier?
When it comes to mayonnaise based dips, I much prefer the texture and flavor of full fat, but you can use a reduced fat one if you prefer. To reduce calories and fat, you could also swap some of the mayo for Greek yogurt so that you don't loose that creaminess.
What do you serve with it?
This homemade remoulade sauce is made for dipping, drizzling, and sharing! It's great with seafood and fried foods and it's a definite must-have for your next game day!
Hope you enjoy this remoulade sauce as much as we do!
Recipe Notes and Tips
- For best results, use fresh lemon juice in this recipe. It's so much zingier than bottled and will give the sauce a fresh tang.
- Use a whisk to combine the ingredients together. It will be quicker and result in a smoother sauce than if you used a spoon.
- Keep covered and refrigerated for up to a week.
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Homemade Remoulade Sauce
Ingredients
Instructions
- Whisk ingredients in a bowl. Serve and enjoy. Keep refrigerated.
Nutrition
Notes
- For best results, use fresh lemon juice in this recipe. It's so much zingier than bottled and will give the sauce a fresh tang.
- Use a whisk to combine the ingredients together. It will be quicker and result in a smoother sauce than if you used a spoon.
- Keep covered and refrigerated for up to a week.
Tried this recipe?
Let us know how it was!This post was updated on 4/13/2022 with additional photos and helpful information.
Ava says
I love this sauce. Excellent recipe. Thank you Tanya 🙂
Diane Crumpacker says
I love your recipes!!! The Remoulade sauce is easy and amazing!!! Thanks also for your tips on cooking crab cakes in the air fryer!!
Tanya says
Thanks so much Diane 🙂
Keith says
This is the best!!!
Kris says
This is the best remoulade sauce recipe ever! Just the right kick and easy to make ahead. Thank you so much for sharing. It was great the first night with crab cakes then the next night on burgers. So versatile.
Regina says
Tanya you are a rock star besides all your other skills, lawyer Mom etc. Love your easy can do remoulade sauce recipe. Thanks for sharing.
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Tanya says
Thank you so much Regina 🙂
Patrick says
Better than any store bought product. So easy and so good. Whole family loved it. Feel free to kick it up a notch with more pepper sauce and/or more creole seasoning.
Tanya says
Thanks so much Patrick 🙂
Lori says
Tanya's recipe for remoulade sauce is PERFECT. I made the sauce as an accompaniment for grilled shrimp, and my family loved it! Truly delicious! Easy to make and stayed fresh-tasting for over a week in the fridge. Definitely a keeper in my kitchen arsenal. Thanks, Tanya!
Tanya says
Thanks so much Lori! So glad you enjoyed the recipe.
Terry H says
I did not have hot sauce. Used cyanne pepper (pinch) and chinese chili garlic sauce.(half tbl spoon.). It is east coast worthy!!! Very good recipe. Thank you for a lifetime recipe!
Tanya says
Thank you so much Terry 🙂
Lesia says
Made this sauce two days ago and IT IS DELICIOUS!!!! How long does it keep in refrigerator?
Tanya says
Thank you! I wouldn't keep it longer than 7 days.
Michele says
I love,love,LOVE this sauce! I had homemade Cajun seasoning already on hand, which I used in place of Creole seasoning. And I used dill pickle relish in place of sweet. This made a delicious low carb dipping sauce for cold shrimp. Thank you!
Tanya says
Thank you Michele! This dip is perfect for cold shrimp. It's one of my favorites snacks for the summer.
Michele says
@Tanya, you have a new subscriber!
Rachel says
Creole seasoning? What's in it so I don't have to buy this? Will likely never use it, if I need a spices, I add them.Likely I have everything in this mix already.
Tanya says
Hi Rachel, You probably do have all the seasonings needed. I haven't ventured into making my own creole seasoning but this one looks promising. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/38214/creole-seasoning-blend/
Pamela Wright says
I was visiting my sister & we made loaded baked potatoes with smoked brisket, cheese, etc... she had the Louisiana brand Remoulade & we drizzled it on top our brisket loaded potatoes. It was amazing but I live in a rural area and couldn’t find the sauce around here. Quick google search & this recipe was a home run!!! Thank you. Delicious sauce. Try it on brisket. You won’t be sorry.
Tanya says
Thank you Pamela! Adding it to my list of things to try, it sounds like an amazing flavor combination.
A says
Awesome and easy
Jill says
This sauce sounds so good! I want to make shrimp burgers and use this on them. I can't wait!
Tanya says
Thanks Jill. Shrimp burgers with this sauce sound amazing.
Julie says
This was by far one of the most amazing sauces I have ever made. I only adjusted the "heat" factor by omitting the horseradish and cutting back on the hot sauce. I am thinking of all the ways we will use this sauce. It was perfect with your crab cake recipe. Thank you!
Tanya says
So glad you liked it Julie! Thank you 🙂