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A spicy olive oil and mayonnaise based southern condiment that's as good on fried seafood as it is as a salad dressing. |
The French version of sauce rémoulade is mayonnaise based, and far less seasoned than Creole remoulade. It usually also includes capers, a mixture of herbs, and some form of anchovy. I tried the vinegar and oil version and found it far too tangy and lacking something for my taste. The addition of mayonnaise fixed that and made it just right for my tastes. I guess my version falls somewhere in between the two, and by the way, if you want, make your own homemade mayonnaise if you prefer, though I don't find it necessary, and frankly, neither do most chefs.
Greek yogurt makes a perfectly acceptable substitute for the mayo in this tart sauce if you want to reduce the fat - I can even show you how to make your own Greek style yogurt at home. To make this a smooth sauce, process it in your blender or food processor, but I don't personally find it necessary since I like the texture.
Remoulade Sauce is perfect dabbed on top of fried green tomatoes or atop pan-fried crab cakes, but is also a great dipping sauce for a variety of meats, fried fish, shrimp, or oysters, fried pickles, fried okra, onion rings, or shrimp boulettes {recipe coming up soon!}. It is used as a dressing for a nice garden salad and, of course, is most well known to dress the cold appetizer, shrimp remoulade. It's also very good when tossed with fried shrimp, similar to a Bang Bang style shrimp.
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Recipe: Remoulade Sauce
©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Ingredients
Prep time: 10 min |Inactive time: 8 hours | Yield: About 2 cups
Instructions
- 1/2 cup of chopped green onion
- 1/2 cup of finely minced celery
- 1 clove of garlic, finely minced
- 2 tablespoons of ketchup
- 1/8 cup of spicy Creole mustard
- 1 tablespoon of horseradish
- 1 cup of mayonnaise
- 2 yolks from hard boiled eggs, chopped
- 1/8 to 1/2 cup of white or apple cider vinegar
- 1 tablespoon of paprika
- 1 teaspoon of Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama)
- Couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce
- Couple dashes of hot pepper sauce
- Pinch of thyme
- Pinch of tarragon
- Couple pinches of chopped parsley
- Kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil
Combine all of the ingredients except for the olive oil. Drizzle in the olive oil, a little at a time, while whisking briskly until mixture is well blended and reaches a nice creamy consistency. Can also process in a food processor for a smoother consistency, if desired. Taste, adjust seasonings, and refrigerate for several hours or overnight to thoroughly chill.
Remoulade Sauce is perfect dabbed on top of fried green tomatoes or atop pan-fried crab cakes, but is also a great dipping sauce for a variety of meats, fried fish, shrimp, or oysters, fried pickles, fried okra, onion rings, or shrimp boulettes. It is used as a dressing for a nice garden salad and, of course, is most well known to dress the cold appetizer, shrimp remoulade.
Cook's Notes: Adjust the vinegar for your level of desired tang. I lean more toward sweet than tart with my taste buds, so I use only 1/8 cup and that is plenty tart for me, but some folks like it real tangy, so start with a little and increase to your own taste. Use only enough to loosen the sauce if you want to use this as a spread instead. Also, if you use Emeril's Creole mustard, which I often do, it does contain a bit of cayenne pepper and horseradish.
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OhMyGosh does your food look delish!
ReplyDeleteIt was so nice to meet you at BlogHer Food. And sit next to you. Even when we were both exhausted, it was still fabulous!
I'll definitely come back to visit here often!
Donna
Hi Donna! Thanks so much for stopping by. It was great meeting you also and I look forward to a long friendship!
ReplyDeleteDelish! This makes we want a crab cake with lots of remoulade sauce immediately!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLooks incredibly yummy!
ReplyDeleteI just developed a whole new appreciation for remoulade sauce! This looks yummy. Now I just need a plate of crab cakes!
ReplyDeleteHi Mary! I haven't been by in awhile but man--you are always speaking my language.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure I can put this sauce to use on a shrimp po' boy. YUM. Love the greek yogurt substitution too.
Remoulade might be a sauce but I swear I could eat it as a soup :)
ReplyDeleteYour remoulade is much more complex than mine so I am going to give it a shot, just bookmarked it.
Love it. At Christmas I like to make this type of sauce in place of cocktail sauce for our shrimp. So good!
ReplyDeleteI love remoulade sauce and the only one I've made is from a Paul Prudhomme cookbook. It's wonderful. Your photo is mouthwatering.
ReplyDeleteI'm a bit late to the party! How long will this keep in the fridge?
ReplyDeleteHi Nan! Just a guess here because we use it up pretty quickly, but because of the egg, I'd try to use it up within a week's time.
DeleteMaking this tonight to go with some crab cakes and fried green tomatoes. Didn't have a hard boiled egg so left that out. Tastes fantastic already!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy Ellen!!
DeleteHi Mary
ReplyDeleteI'm a NOLA girl but moved to MS. Your recipe sounds a lot like the one my older sister would make us for Christmas back in the 80's. I won 5 lbs of shrimp yesterday from a local restaurant / seafood market. I want to make a small shrimp remoulade salad for my husband and I. I have other ideas for the rest of the shrimp. It's one of my favorite foods so I want the meal to be special. Thanks for sharing. I'm going look in on you from time to time.