Rémoulade

Rémoulade
Gentl and Hyers for The New York Times. Food stylist: Frances Boswell. Prop stylist: Pamela Duncan Silver.
Total Time
5 minutes
Rating
4(244)
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This tangy, well-spiced sauce starts with mayonnaise and ends with a horseradish kick. It comes together quickly and is the ideal accompaniment to Jared Austin’s Cajun shrimp boil. It’s also pretty tasty served with steamed or fried fish, crab cakes or fritto misto. A full batch of this recipe makes enough sauce for a 12-person seafood boil, so for everyday home cooking, make half a batch.

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Ingredients

Yield:About 3½ cups
  • 2cups mayonnaise
  • 6tablespoons Creole or Dijon mustard
  • ¼cup finely chopped parsley
  • ¼cup finely chopped scallions
  • ¼cup prepared or finely grated horseradish
  • 2garlic cloves, finely grated or pounded
  • 2teaspoons hot sauce
  • 2teaspoons lemon juice, plus more as needed
  • ½teaspoon cayenne-pepper powder
  • 1teaspoon paprika
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Nutritional analysis per serving (10 servings)

332 calories; 36 grams fat; 5 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 9 grams monounsaturated fat; 21 grams polyunsaturated fat; 2 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram dietary fiber; 1 gram sugars; 1 gram protein; 421 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Place all ingredients in a medium bowl, and stir to combine. Taste, and adjust seasoning with lemon juice and salt as needed. Cover, and refrigerate sauce until serving. Any remaining sauce can be covered and refrigerated for up to 3 days.

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I'm concerned about the absence of herbs in this sauce. I would add thyme, and/or tarragon and/or summer savory to round it all out.

I added a bit of spicy ketchup I made earlier in the week for fries and a bit of leftover tartar sauce hanging out in the fridge. Terrific.

Very good, but I would add that if you or your guests don’t like spicy food, might want to cut down on the cayanne a bit. This is pretty spicy as is written.

This is delicious but making 1/4 of the recipe for crab cakes still gave me leftovers for sandwiches or a shrimp dip. Grate/chop very finely, add zest of lemon, a pinch of Cajun or Creole seasoning if you have it. Fat Tuesday!

Real good. Added zest of lemon and juice of half a lemon.

Subbed vegan mayo & used as a dip for steamed artichokes—so good!!!!!

Very tasty - recommend using homemade mayo instead of store bought

I used Duke’s mayonnaise, Dijon mustard and cornichons.

Made exactly half this recipe and generously drizzled this delicious remoulade over baked-off frozen Phillips mini crab cakes on a bed of romaine and maque choux. Perfect

Thanks to all of the helpful and interesting suggestions. I made this as written and then added a little ketchup, some capers, some tarragon and a little extra parsley. It’s very good and was lovely on the Baltimore style crab cakes. I’m not sure if this qualifies as remoulade but it’s a very tasty sauce.

This is the remoulade I’ve been searching for. Leave it to Samin. Perfectly seasoned. NO KETCHUP. All the ingredients already in my pantry.

This makes a lovely white remoulade. It's delicious on boiled shrimp and as a dressing for a shrimp salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and if you have some black olives, even better. Could add a few boiled egg slices and croutons over butter lettuce or maybe red leaf. It's quick, easy, tasty and doesn't even require you to clean the mayo out of your blender ... just dice the veggies fine. Other than using the sauce in a shrimp salad we made it as written, only substituting cilantro for parsley.

Really good. Did half recipe, more than enough for 6 servings of Cajun shrimp boil recipe. No notes, other than a squirt of ketchup, cause it was too Mayo white, and needed at least a pink/ red for real remoulade.

This remoulade is delicious!! I used creole mustard which gave the sauce the pink color others are looking for. Since the creole mustard is a bit spicy, I omitted the horseradish and cayenne. It was perfect with the hot sauce - just the right amount of heat for the crab cakes I served this with. Everyone loved this sauce!

I was out of mayo, so I used Mark Bittman's recipe to make my own. This was amazing!! Sadly, I totally forgot to serve it with the Cajun Shrimp Boil! Aargh! I'll need to use it for leftovers.

Made half a recipe as suggested for home cooking. I added 1 tsp ketchup, as some others suggested and because most remoulades I've seen look pinkish. Love the zip, but just a tad too hot for my taste even after halving the ¼ cup prepared horseradish to ⅛ cup (maybe next time a scant ⅛ cup). I used it as a spread on a steak sandwich. Divine!

I made 1/2 recipe and added 2 tablespoons of ketchup because we like it that way. My husband was very happy.

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