MAKE YOUR OWN COCKTAIL SAUCE
This easy recipe for homemade cocktail sauce is great with any seafood. Use it for shrimp cocktails, fried shrimp or any fish where you like a hot sauce. You can make it mild or as hot as you like by just adjusting the ingredients to suit your taste and I think anything’s better homemade. You could double or even triple this recipe for a crowd and it keeps well refrigerated for at least a week.
Homemade cocktail sauce is easy and delicious on your favorite seafood.
1 cup ketchup
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 to 2 tablespoons grated raw horseradish or can us horseradish sauce
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
pinch salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
few drops Tabasco or hot sauce, (optional)
Mix all ingredients together. I use the hand mixer to do this. Can make as little or much as you like by doubling or tripling recipe. Keeps well in refrigerator for weeks. Makes 1 cup. Enjoy!
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Instead of using hot sauce, try using some wasabi to kick it up a few notches.
I make mine with Ketchup and liquid crab boil…..