Quick & Spicy Cocktail Sauce
- 5m Prep Time
- 0sCook Time
- 5m Ready In
A quick and spicy cocktail sauce made with ketchup, lemon juice, horseradish, and hot sauce. Perfect for fried fish, oysters, or shrimp.
Ingredients
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 lemon juiced
- 2 tbsp horseradish sauce
- 1 tsp Texas Pete or Crystal hot sauce
- Kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Nutrition (per serving, estimated)
Estimated based off 4 of 6 identified ingredients (per 100 g food data, scaled by amount).
Vitamins & minerals
- Calcium: 118 mg
- Iron: 2.46 mg
- Magnesium: 60.1 mg
- Phosphorus: 109 mg
- Potassium: 1070 mg
- Zinc: 0.81 mg
Let's Prepare
Collect
Gather these ingredients — no prep needed yet.
- 1 cup ketchup
- 2 tbsp horseradish sauce
- 1 tsp Texas Pete or Crystal hot sauce
- Kosher salt
- freshly ground black pepper
Prepare
- Juice 1 lemon
Let's Cook
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Step 1.
In a small bowl, combine 1 cup ketchup, the juice from 1 large lemon, 2 tablespoons horseradish sauce, and 1 teaspoon hot sauce. Stir until well blended.
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Step 2.
Season the sauce to taste with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. If the sauce is too spicy, add a little more ketchup to mellow the flavor.
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Step 3.
Chill the cocktail sauce before serving. Store any leftover sauce in a lidded glass jar in the refrigerator; it will keep for up to 2 weeks.